Historical Fiction
Round About a Great Estate
Read by Steven Seitel
Richard Jefferies
John Richard Jefferies (1848-1887) wrote of country life, natural history, and agricultural practice at a time when the industrial revolutio…
Sons of Fire
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Mary Elizabeth Braddon
"He was a stranger in Matcham, a 'foreigner' as the villagers called such alien visitors. He had never been in the village before, knew…
The Candle Star
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Michelle Isenhoff
Detroit, 1858. After a tantrum, Emily Preston is shipped from her plantation home to her inn-keeping Uncle in Detroit.There Emily meets Mala…
The Armourer's Prentices
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Charlotte Mary Yonge
Set in the sixteenth century, two young boys are left orphans and are turned out of their home by their older brother, or, more particularly…
The World’s Story
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Eva March Tappan
This is the seventh volume of the 15-volume series of The World’s Story: a history of the World in story, song and art, edited by Eva March …
Raiding with Morgan
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Byron A. Dunn
It is a fictional tale of cavalry actions during the U.S. Civil War, under General John Morgan. (Summary by M. Craun)
The Gold Sickle
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Eugène Sue
The Gold Sickle; or, Hena the Virgin of the Isle of Sen. A Tale of Druid Gaul is the first part of Eugène Sue's The Mysteries of the …
Darnley
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George Payne Rainsford James
A stranger rides across the Kentish countryside when his attention is called to a cottage where violence is being done to an elderly couple.…
Geschichte des Agathon
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Christoph Martin Wieland
Verbesserte und erweiterte Ausgabe von 1794.Wieland war – neben Lessing, Lichtenberg und Kant – der bedeutendste und reflexionsmächtigs…
Corporal Cameron of the North West Mounted Police
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Ralph Connor
Cameron, a young man from Edinburgh, is a university student who is a rising star on the football team. When the big day comes and he nearly…
Anne of Geierstein
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Sir Walter Scott
Anne of Geierstein, or The Maiden of the Mist (1829) is an adventure and romance novel by Sir Walter Scott. It is set in Central Europe, mai…
The Nest of the Sparrowhawk
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Baroness Emma Orczy
This historical novel takes place in Kent in 1657, and focuses on a local nobleman who stops at nothing to gain wealth, and his ward who is …
In the Year of Jubilee
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George Gissing
The Jubilee marks the fiftieth year of the reign of Queen Victoria. Dickensian in its sweeping scope of London life, Jubilee depicts the har…
Rose Mather
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Mary Jane Holmes
Fiction merges with history in this novel taking place during the turbulent times of the civil war and the horrors it entailed. Holme's sill…
Historia Apollonii Regis Tyri
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William James McGlothlin
Apollonius of Tyre is the subject of an ancient short novella, popular during medieval times. Existing in numerous forms in many languages, …
Mrs. Warren's Daughter
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Sir Harry Johnston
Mrs. Warren's Daughter is a continuation, in novel form, of George Bernard Shaw's controversial play, Mrs. Warren's Profession. In the play,…
Magna Carta
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Amice Macdonell
A one-act play which describes the setting and writing of the Magna Carta, including the famous line "now is justice bought and sold&qu…
Self-Control: A Novel
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Mary Brunton
Laura Montreville is a well-born and religious girl, brought up in Scotland by her widowed father. She is pursued by Colonel Hargrave, a lib…
Les anciens canadiens
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Philippe Aubert De Gaspé
Considéré comme l'un des premiers romans du bas-Canada, cette mémoire inclut des légendes québecoises en …
The Golden Canyon
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G. A. Henty
In August, 1856, times were hard in San Diego. Dick, who worked on the ship, "Northampton", was attacked by a ruthless gang - the …