Historical Fiction

History and Fiction

Read by Roy Schreiber


Roy Schreiber


Why don't writers who fictionalize history just write fiction? Why did Shakespeare call his character Richard III or King John? Why not ca…

Bonaventure, A Prose Pastoral of Acadian Louisiana

Read by Jacquerie


George Washington Cable


This is a gentle, delightful story of life and love on the bayoux of Acadian Louisiana during the latter half of the 19th century. Bonaventu…

No Surrender

Read by Lisa Reichert


Constance Elizabeth Maud


Written from the midst of the struggle for female suffrage, Constance Elizabeth Maud’s novel No Surrender (1911) is a Call to Arms. It is a …

歌行灯 (Utaandon)

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Kyōka Izumi


二人の老人が桑名の駅に降り立った。彼らは、伊勢から東京への帰路で、そこの宿に泊まった。若い男、流しの歌い手が桑名のうどん屋で休みをとった。この二つの話が平行して語られ、最後にひとつに混じり合う。Two elderly men get off the train at Kuwana…

The Boy Scout Aviators

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George Durston


Follow the adventures of Harry Fleming, Dick Mercer, and Jack Young in this exciting Boy Scout adventure! Harry is an American Boy Scout sep…

Lady Sybil's Choice

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Emily Sarah Holt


This historical novel is set in the 1100s in France and Jerusalem, following the First Crusade. Part of the story of Guy of Lusignan (a real…

Os Fidalgos da Casa Mourisca

Read by L.S.B.Seabra


Júlio Dinis


A obra conta a história dos fidalgos Negrões de Vilar dos Corvos, uma família abalada por várias tragédia…

La copa de rom

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Teodoro Guerrero Pallarés


La copa de rom es una breve novela que narra la venganza de un amor aparentemente correspondido pero que se ha visto envuelto en la traici&o…

Shakspere: Personal Recollections

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John A. Joyce


A fictitious account of a "friend" of William Shakespeare, who accompanies him from his birth to his death and beyond, chronicling…

Fulco de Minstreel

Read by Anna Simon


Cornelis Johannes Kieviet


Dit avonturenverhaal speelt zich af vlak voor het jaar 1300. Fulco, dienaar van de ridder Gijsbrecht van IJsselstein, heeft zijn bijnaam &qu…

Faraon (tom 2)

Read by Piotr Nater


Bolesław Prus


Książę Ramzes wypełnia misję zleconą mu przez ojca w jednej z prowincji, a tymczasem intrygi wokół jego osoby zagęszczają się. Kapłan…

La bête du Gévaudan

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Élie Berthet


Dans la moitié du 18e siècle une bête féroce terrorisait la population du Gévaudan. Le mythe de la bê…

The Train Dogs

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E. Pauline Johnson


LibriVox volunteers bring you 18 recordings of The Train Dogs by E. Pauline Johnson. This was the Weekly Poetry project for February 6th, 20…

In Search of Mademoiselle

Read by Tony Oliva


George Gibbs


Preface note by George Gibbs: There were no more vivid episodes in the colonization of the New World than those resulting from the attempts…

Mr. Wicker's Window (Version 2)

Read by Arthur Piantadosi


Carley Dawson


When Christopher Mason walked into Mr. Wicker's antique shop, he had no idea he would soon be embarking on a marvellous journey to China to …

The Death Disk

Read by John Greenman


Mark Twain


Mark Twain's "Death Disk" was inspired by the historical account of the execution of Colonel John Poyer of Pembroke, Wales on Apri…

The Inheritance

Read by Jim Locke


Susan Edmonstoune Ferrier


"As the noblest attribute of man, family pride had been cherished time immemorial by the noble race of Rossville. Deep and incurable, t…

Marie Antoinette Romances, Vol 4: Taking the Bastile

Read by John Van Stan


Alexandre Dumas


This 4th volume of the Marie Antoinette Romances begins several years after the close of "The Queen’s Necklace.” It describes the event…

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