Historical Fiction

Works and Days

by Hesiod, Hesiodtranslated Byhugh Gerard Evelyn-White, Hesiodtranslated By Hugh Gerard Evelyn-White and Hesiodtranslated By Hugh Evelyn-White Read by Arthur Krolman 4.6
Works and Days provides advice on agrarian matters and personal conduct. The Theogony explains the ancestry of the gods. The Shield of Herac…

The Wheat Princess

by Jean Webster Read by Celine Major 4.7
Marcia Copley, an American Heiress, comes to Rome. Typically for the period, she may want to attract an aristocrat. He brings the title, she…

The Moorland Cottage

by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.2
"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…

Twelve Years in the Saddle

by W. John L. Sullivan Read by Will the Ninja 4.6
Sergeant Sullivan tells the story of his life as a Texas Ranger for 12 incredible years in the late 1800s. (Summary by Will Nuessle)

A Study In Scarlet

by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Read by Bob Neufeld 4.8
A Study in Scarlet is a detective mystery novel written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, introducing his new character of Sherlock Holmes, who lat…

The Albert Gate Mystery

by Louis Tracy Read by Crln Yldz Ksr 4.4
A new case for barrister and hobby detective Reginald Brett: The imperial diamonds were sent by the Sultan to London, to be cut in Albert Ga…

Kipps

by H. G. Wells Read by Anthony Ogus 4.7
Arthur Kipps, an orphaned draper’s assistant of humble means, unexpectedly inherits a large sum of money and that is when all his troubles b…

Margaret of Anjou

by Jacob Abbott Read by Cate Barratt 4.6
Margaret of Anjou, wife of England’s Henry VI, played a key role in launching the storied War of the Roses – the 30-year civil conflict fuel…

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 …

Don Quixote

by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra Read by Expatriate 4.7
Don Quixote is a Spanish novel by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra. Published in two volumes, in 1605 and 1615, Don Quixote is considered the mo…

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

by Anne Brontë Read by Expatriate 4.7
When Helen Graham moves into old Wildfell Hall with her little son Arthur, the rustic neighborhood comes alive with gossip and speculation, …

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,…

Adventures of Bindle

by Herbert George Jenkins Read by Don W. Jenkins 4.8
Adventures of Bindle introduces readers to the unforgettable Mr. Joseph Bindle, a quintessential Cockney character whose humorous escapades …

A Little Country Girl

by Susan Coolidge Read by Lynne T 4.6
Candace makes the first long trip of her young life alone. Everything is new, from the ocean views, to the fashionable people she encounters…

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 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…

The Marriage of William Ashe

by Mary Augusta Ward Read by Simon Evers 4.6
William Ashe, an up and coming politician, impulsively marries Kitty, a young, flighty and strange girl who, far from supporting her husband…

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…

By Right of Conquest

by G. A. Henty Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.4
In perhaps the most audacious military enterprise in the history of human conquest, Cortez, with only a few hundred men, conquered a civili…

Ride Proud, Rebel!

by Andre Norton Read by Richard Kilmer (1942-2022) 4.4
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 …

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