Historical Fiction

The Pearl of Orr's Island

by Harriet Beecher Stowe Read by Bridget Gaige 4.5
Go on a journey to the coast of Maine and immerse yourself in the picturesque community on Orr’s Island. See the raindrops glistening on the…

The Turn Of The Tide

by Eleanor H. Porter Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.8
"What a joy! How exciting!" Margret Kendall returned home, to her loving and equally beloved mother's arms after 4 years in the sl…

Anna Karenina

by Leo Tolstoy Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.9
In Part 2, Kitty’s health deteriorates from regret and heartbreak, while Levin retreats to his country estate. Anna and Vronsky continue to …

The Possessed

by Fyodor Dostoyevsky Read by Expatriate 4.5
Although titled The Possessed in the initial English translation, Dostoyevsky scholars and later translations favour the titles The Devils o…

A Horse's Tale

by Mark Twain Read by John Greenman 4.7
A Horse's Tale is a novel by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens), written partially in the voice of Soldier Boy, who is Buffalo Bill's favorite hors…

The Count of Monte Cristo

by Alexandre Dumas Read by David Clarke 4.9
Le Comte de Monte-Cristo is an adventure novel and one of the author's most popular works. He completed the work in 1844. The story takes pl…

Gods of the North

by Robert E. Howard Read by Phil Chenevert 4.4
"The Frost-Giant's Daughter" is, arguably the earliest chronological story by Robert E. Howard in terms of Conan's life. The brief…

Titus

by Florence Morse Kingsley Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
Titus: A Comrade of the cross is a book full of suspense and drama, but more importantly truth. It is about Titus, a young man living in the…

Marguerite de Valois

by Alexandre Dumas Read by John Van Stan 4.4
A historical fiction novel set in Paris (1572) during Charles IX's reign and the French Wars of Religion. Marguerite de Valois, daughter of …

A Study In Scarlet

by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Read by Robert Dixon 4.8
"A Study in Scarlet" is the first ever Sherlock Holmes story split into two quite distinctive parts. The first part is told from …

The Guns of Shiloh

by Joseph A. Altsheler Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.6
The Northern Army has just be handed a great defeat at Bull Run and is headed back to Washington, DC. How will the North answer this defeat?…

Elizabeth and her German Garden

by Elizabeth Von Arnim Read by ashleighjane 4.6
Elizabeth and Her German Garden is a novel by Elizabeth von Arnim, first published in 1898; it was very popular and frequently reprinted dur…

War and Peace

by Leo Tolstoy Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.4
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,…

Unknown to History

by Charlotte Mary Yonge Read by Tanica 4.8
During the captivity of Mary, Queen of Scots, plots, conspiracies, and intrigue engulfed the country. Catholics were apprehensive of Protest…

The Children of the New Forest

by Frederick Marryat Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.7
The children of Colonel Beverley, a Cavalier officer killed at the Battle of Naseby are believed to have died in the flames when their house…

By Pike and Dyke

by G. A. Henty Read by David Leeson 4.6
It is the 1570's, and the people of the Netherlands live in terror under the cruel dominion of Spain. Though many long to be free of Spanish…

Lady Barbarina

by Henry James Read by Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019) 4.4
Rich and beautiful American girls heading to England to find themselves noble titles through marriage, and using their New World wealth to p…

The Ghost

by Arnold Bennett Read by Simon Evers 4.4
The novel opens with Carl Foster, a recently qualified doctor, coming to London to try and make his fortune. He meets a famous tenor, Signor…

The Mystery of the Ravenspurs

by Fred M. White Read by Roger Melin 4.2
The Ravenspurs have for generations resided quietly in prosperity and comfort at their seaside castle. But the clan is suddenly besieged wit…

In the Reign of Terror

by G. A. Henty Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
Like all Henty books, this one centers around a young English lad whose courtesy and courage win the day. Harry Sandwith travels to France t…

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