Historical Fiction

Wulf the Saxon

by G. A. Henty Read by Peter John Keeble 4.8
Wulf the Saxon is a classic George Henty tale of nobility, loyalty and courage set in 11th century Britain. It relates the adventures of Wul…

Burning Daylight

by Jack London Read by Richard Kilmer (1942-2022) 4.6
Burning Daylight, Jack London's fictional novel published in 1910, was one of the best selling books of that year and it was his best sellin…

The Valley of Fear

by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Read by David Clarke 4.8
Receiving a mysterious cypher message from a Fred Porlock, apparent agent of the infamous Professor Moriarty, Holmes and Watson set about de…

An Unwilling Guest

by Grace Livingston Hill Read by LikeManyWaters 4.6
A young society woman travels to the country to visit her aunt, only to end up as the unwilling guest of a neighboring family. The daughter …

Cross Currents

by Eleanor H. Porter Read by Chiquito Crasto 4.8
Cross Currents: The Story of Margaret, to give it its full title, is delightful story about a little girl’s resilience and a mother’s unwave…

The Rayner-Slade Amalgamation

by J. S. Fletcher Read by MaryAnn 4.6
Marshall Allerdyke is driving through the night from London to Hull in response to an urgent telegram from his cousin. As he nears Hull, a …

Miranda

by Grace Livingston Hill Read by TriciaG 4.5
The third book in the Marcia Schuyler/Miranda trilogy, this story focuses on the irrepressible Miranda Griscom. She has repeatedly rejected …

A Voice in the Wilderness

by Grace Livingston Hill Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.6
Margaret leaves her family home and security to become a school teacher in the wilds of early Arizona. Accidentally getting off her safe and…

Ashton-Kirk, Investigator

by John Thomas Mcintyre Read by Pete Milan 4.5
Ashton-Kirk, who has solved so many mysteries, is himself something of a problem even to those who know him best. Although young, wealthy, a…

The Holladay Case

by Burton Egbert Stevenson Read by Cate Barratt 4.5
Stevenson's introduction of the protagonist Lester (law clerk with New York firm Graham & Royce) finds him occupying a front row seat in…

Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc

by Mark Twain Read by John Greenman 4.9
Mark Twain's work on Joan of Arc is titled in full "Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc, by the Sieur Louis de Conte." De Conte …

The Borough Treasurer

by J. S. Fletcher Read by MaryAnn 4.6
Messrs. Mallalieu and Cotherstone were outsiders who had built a prosperous business in Highmarket and even been elected as Mayor and Treasu…

Anne of the Island

by Lucy Maud Montgomery Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.8
In Anne of the Island, the third installment of Lucy Maud Montgomery's beloved series, Anne Shirley embarks on a new chapter of her life as …

He Fell in Love with His Wife

by Edward P. Roe Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.7
James desperately needs someone to help him keep his farm going, but has failure after colossal failure finding a good housekeeper. Alida ma…

The Talleyrand Maxim

by J. S. Fletcher Read by Kevin Green 4.7
John Mallathorpe, a wealthy Yorkshire industrialist and land owner dies in an accident, apparently without making a will. His estate goes t…

Anna Karenina

by Leo Tolstoy Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.4
Anna Karenina tells of the doomed love affair between the sensuous and rebellious Anna and the dashing officer, Count Vronsky. Tragedy unfol…

Dangerous Days

by Mary Roberts Rinehart Read by Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019) 4.9
Dangerous Days opens in a still neutral America, though within a year the country will have joined the European alliance against the Central…

The Little Nugget

by P. G. Wodehouse Read by Mark Nelson 4.7
Mrs Nesta Ford, in her London hotel room, reveals to her new friend Lord Mountry that she hopes to take her son Ogden on a yachting trip pro…

Rainbow Valley

by Lucy Maud Montgomery Read by Karen Savage 4.8
Rainbow Valley shifts the focus from Anne and Gilbert Blythe to their lively six children, who find themselves intertwined with the new mini…

The Dead Letter

by Metta Victoria Fuller Victor Read by J. M. Smallheer 4.6
Published in 1866, "The Dead Letter: An American Romance" written by Metta Victoria Fuller Victor under the pseudonym, Seeley Rege…

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