Historical Fiction

The Deerslayer

by James Fenimore Cooper Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.7
The Deerslayer is a captivating tale set in the early 18th century, chronicling the adventures of Natty Bumppo, a young frontiersman known f…

The Rainbow Trail

by Zane Grey Read by Richard Kilmer (1942-2022) 4.6
The Rainbow Trail is a sequel to The Riders of the Purple Sage. Both novels are notable for their protagonists' mild opposition to Mormon po…

Winning His Spurs

by G. A. Henty Read by Jennifer Gasiecki 4.7
Set in the late twelfth century during the Third Crusade, the Norman Conquest having occurred not much more than a hundred years ago, Winnin…

The Tiger of Mysore

by G. A. Henty Read by Mike Harris 4.8
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 Spirit of the Border

by Zane Grey Read by Leonard Wilson (1930-2024) 4.6
This is an early novel by the phenomenally successful author of frontier, western and sports stories. It deals with historical characters an…

The Mystery Girl

by Carolyn Wells Read by Roger Melin 4.4
Was it murder or suicide? All entrances to the study where the body was found were locked from the inside. The future college president an…

War and Peace

by Leo Tolstoy Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.7
War and Peace (Russian: Война и мир, Voyna i mir; in original orthography: Война и миръ, Voyna i mir") is an epic novel by Leo Tolstoy,…

The Mayor of Casterbridge

by Thomas Hardy Read by Bruce Pirie 4.7
Irritated and drunken, an itinerant farm-worker sells his wife and child to a stranger. Thus begins The Mayor of Casterbridge, set in rural …

Marie

by H. Rider Haggard Read by Peter John Keeble 4.8
This is a superb sweeping romantic adventure story of how Alan Quatermain, hero of fourteen of Rider H Haggard's books, met, fell in love wi…

War and Peace

by Leo Tolstoy Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.6
War and Peace (Russian: Война и мир, Voyna i mir; in original orthography: Война и миръ, Voyna i mir") is an epic novel by Leo Tolstoy,…

War and Peace

by Leo Tolstoy Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.6
War and Peace (Russian: Война и мир, Voyna i mir; in original orthography: Война и миръ, Voyna i mir”) is an epic novel by Leo Tolstoy, firs…

Great Expectations

by Charles Dickens Read by Mil Nicholson 4.9
In one of Charles Dickens’ most beloved stories, Philip Pirrip, known as “Pip”, narrates his own journey, from the hindsight of 50 years.Pip…

What's Mine's Mine

by George MacDonald Read by Hannah Mary 4.8
Set in the invigorating wilds of Scotland, clans are crumbling and emigrating as their homeland is bought out from under them. The character…

One of the 28th

by G. A. Henty Read by Mike Harris 4.7
One of the 28th transports listeners to the tumultuous era of the Napoleonic Wars, where valor and romance intertwine amidst the chaos of ba…

The Million-Dollar Suitcase

by Alice Macgowan Read by Mark Nelson 4.5
Private detective Jerry Boyne is hot on the heels of a bank teller who has just embezzled nearly a million dollars in a suitcase. Cornered i…

The Gloved Hand

by Burton Egbert Stevenson Read by Don W. Jenkins 4.5
Mr. Lester, a private investigator, and his friend Godfrey are caught up in a strange case that takes them to a large estate in the country …

The Moorland Cottage

by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.3
"Maggie Brown is torn between her mother who constantly tells her to live for her selfish brother (to whom she gives all her love) to h…

The Benefactress

by Elizabeth Von Arnim Read by Helen Taylor 4.4
Anna Estcourt, twenty-five and beautiful, is the penniless ward of her distant brother and his exasperating wife. Turning down all offers of…

Miss Maitland, Private Secretary

by Geraldine Bonner Read by Holly Jenson 4.4
Semi-retired sleuth Molly Morgenthau Babbitts goes undercover as a governess to investigate a robbery at the aristocratic Janney mansion on …

The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard

by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Read by Phil Griffiths 4.6
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…

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