Historical Fiction

Biographien der Selbstmörder, 1. Teil

Read by Rainer


Christian Heinrich Spieß


Die "Biographien der Selbstmörder" sind keine wirklichen Biographien, sondern eine Sammlung von kurzen Geschichten, die meist…

Libro II de la Historia de Heródoto

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Herodotus


Las Historias (en griego antiguo ἱστορίαι historíai 'aproximaciones, investigaciones') de Heródoto de Halicarnaso (484–despu&e…

A Journal of the Plague Year

Read by Denny Sayers (d. 2015)


Daniel Defoe


The novel is a fictionalized account of one man's experiences of the year 1665, in which the Great Plague struck the city of London. The boo…

In Freedom's Cause

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G. A. Henty


Another stirring tale from the master of historical fiction set in the time of Robert Bruce and William Wallace and their struggle for Scotl…

One of the 28th - a Tale of Waterloo

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G. A. Henty


A tale of Victorian-style romance, maritime battles and even the penultimate Napoleonic battle - Waterloo. (Introduction by Mike Harris)

With Frederick The Great: A Story of the Seven Years' War

Read by Gary Olman


G. A. Henty


Among the great wars of history there are few, if any, instances of so long and successfully sustained a struggle, against enormous odds, as…

A Prairie-Schooner Princess

Read by Sharon Kilmer


Mary Katherine Maule


The story of a Quaker family's journey from Ohio to Nebraska beginning in 1856. They encounter a mystery which leaves them an orphan girl wh…

The Tiger of Mysore

Read by Mike Harris


G. A. Henty


During the Indian war with Tippoo Saib, 15 year old Dick Holland and his mother set out from England to find and rescue his father, shipwrec…

The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard

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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle


The hero, Etienne Gerard, is a Hussar in the French Army during the Napoleonic Wars. Gerard's most notable attribute is his vanity - he is u…

Pearl Maiden

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H. Rider Haggard


This is the story of Miriam, an orphan Christian woman living in Rome in the first century. She falls in love with a Roman officer, but know…

Scaramouche

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Rafael Sabatini


Scaramouche is a romantic adventure and tells the story of a young aristocrat during the French Revolution. His successive endeavors as a la…

Los cuatro jinetes del apocalipsis

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Vicente Blasco Ibáñez


La obra se centra en los acontecimientos acaecidos durante la primera guerra mundial en la que se ven enfrentadas dos familias procedentes d…

The Prairie - A Tale

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James Fenimore Cooper


The story opens with Ishmael, his family, Ellen and Abiram slowly making their way across the virgin prairies of the Midwest looking for a h…

Ride Proud, Rebel!

Read by Richard Kilmer (1942 - 2022)


Andre Norton


Drew Rennie, served as a cavalry scout in Confederate general John Hunt Morgan's command. He had left home in 1862 after a final break with …

The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling

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Henry Fielding


Tom Jones is considered one of the first prose works describable as a novel. The novel is divided into 18 smaller books. Tom Jones is a foun…

Dead Souls

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Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol


Dead Souls (Russian: Мёртвые души) by Nikolai Gogol, Russian writer, was first published in 1842, and is one of the most prominent works of …

At Agincourt - White Hoods of Paris

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G. A. Henty


The story begins in a grim feudal castle in Normandie. The times were troublous, and soon the king compelled Lady Margaret de Villeroy, with…

King Henry IV, Part 1

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William Shakespeare


King Henry IV, Part 1 is the second of Shakespeare’s eight Wars of the Roses history plays, with events following those of King Richard II. …

The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson (Version 2)

Read by John Greenman


Mark Twain


It was published in 1893–1894 by Century Magazine in seven installments, and is a detective story with some racial themes. The plot of this …

Robert Surcouf

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Karl May


Robert Surcouf (* 12. Dezember 1773 in Saint-Malo, Frankreich; † 8. Juli 1827 in Saint-Malo) war während der Revolutionskriege franz&ou…

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