Historical Fiction

Viviette

Read by Simon Evers


William John Locke


Viviette is a headstrong young girl who is pursued by two brothers: Austin, a headstrong man of the world and a barrister in London, and Dic…

Atala

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François-René de Chateaubriand


What were the lower Mississippi River, Gulf Coast regions, and Appalachians of North America like in the earliest colonial days? Full of unt…

Kangaroo

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D. H. Lawrence


"Kangaroo" is the nickname of a character in this novel, Benjamin Cooley, who was a charismatic leader in the fascist movement of …

The Castle of Twilight

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Margaret Horton Potter


"Wistfully I deliver up to you my simple story, knowing that the first suggestion of “historical novel” will bring before you an image …

In Colonial Days

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Nathaniel Hawthorne


A collection of British aristocrats, soldiers, gentlemen and ladies gather at the Province House inn, as the American imperial possessions c…

Arachne

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Georg Ebers


Ledscha, living in ancient Egypt, has lost her betrothed and all hope of love. But the gods see otherwise. She now loves a Greek sculptor, w…

Gudrun

Read by Steven Fellows


Ferdinand Schmidt


The charming story of “Gudrun” is a romance of the old heroic period, written by some unknown poet of Austria or Bavaria in the thirteenth c…

Old Mortality

Read by Deon Gines


Sir Walter Scott


Old Mortality is part of the Waverley series by Walter Scott. Set in southwest Scotland in the late 1600s, during the period of the Covenant…

Warriors of Old Japan, and Other Stories

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Yei Theodora Ozaki


This is a collection of stories featuring members of the Samurai - the warrior class of old Japan, rendered into English by Yei Theodora Oza…

All Quiet on the Western Front

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Erich Maria Remarque


All Quiet on the Western Front is an iconic anti-war novel. A semi-autobiographical work by WWI veteran Erich Maria Remarque, it is the stor…

Alice of Old Vincennes

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Maurice Thompson


This entertaining book of adventure, love and war was a Bestseller in 1900 and 1901. The heroine Alice Roussillon is a brave young woman who…

Prince and Heretic

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Marjorie Bowen


This novel is centered on the Dutch House of Orange, and begins with its prince, William. It is set in the time of the Holy Inquisition, whe…

Taten des Großen Alexander

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Michail Alexejewitsch Kusmin


Wenig bekanntes Werk über Alexander den Großen.In komprimierter Form werden durch Michail Kusmin sowohl biografische Daten als au…

Silver Pitchers: and Independence, A Centennial Love Story

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Louisa May Alcott


Here are 9 engaging short stories from Louisa May Alcott (of Little Women fame), all period pieces, some of them somewhat autobiographical, …

Peeps at People - Being Certain Papers from the Writings of Anne Warrington Wit…

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John Kendrick Bangs


Written by a fictitious first-person narrator, this book puts a humorous spin on encounters with several famous people of the time. "I …

Katharine von Bora: Dr. Martin Luther's Wife

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Armin Stein


This is a fictionalized biography of the wife of the reformer Dr. Martin Luther. In the author's words, he hopes that "people may learn…

The Star-Chamber: An Historical Romance, Volume 1

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William Harrison Ainsworth


A romance with the backdrop of the notorious Star Chamber of the English legal system. The Chamber began as purely administrative, but gradu…

The Complete Works of Artemus Ward Part 4, To California and Return

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Artemus Ward


Charles Farrar Browne, a native of Maine, became famous as a writer and lecturer under the name of Artemus Ward. Like his friend Mark Twain,…

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