Historical Fiction
The Mabinogion
Read by Jim Locke
Anonymoustranslated By Charlotte Guest and William James McGlothlin
This is final volume of the Mabinogion. As with the other volumes, these Arthurian tales are translated from Welsh manuscripts and largely r…
Carmen
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Prosper Mérimée
On a trip to Spain in 1830, our narrator recounts his encounters with two strange characters: a thief named Don José Navarro and a be…
The Bronze Eagle
Read by Deon Gines
Baroness Emma Orczy
The Bronze Eagle is a romantic historical novel which takes place during the return of Napoleon and his attempt to reestablish his Empire. T…
The Dinner Club
Read by Kirsten Wever
Sapper
Herman Cyril McNeile, better known as Sapper, was one of England’s most popular fiction writers during the period between World Wars I and I…
Living With Capone
Read by John R. Swift
John R. Swift
A fortunate son and failed lawyer turned failed banker turned struggling stockbroker inexplicably marries well, crosses paths with Al Capone…
The Marquise de Ganges
Read by John Van Stan
Alexandre Dumas
The assassination of Diane de Joannis de Chateaublanc (the Marquise de Ganges) is a fitting tale to conclude Dumas’ celebrated crimes series…
Cedric the Forester
Read by Lynette Caulkins
Bernard Gay Marshall
A rollicking juvenile adventure tale, this historical fiction book received the Newbery Honor award in 1922. Set in England during the early…
Viking Tales
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Jennie Hall
The story follows the life of the Viking Harald from infancy to his crowning as King of Norway. It focuses on the Vikings' eagerness for adv…
A Prince of Good Fellows
Read by Lars Rolander (1942-2016)
Robert Barr
Robert Barr (1849 - 1912) was a Scottish Journalist, editor, humorist and author. A Prince of Good Fellows was published in 1902, and is a s…
Windsor Castle
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William Harrison Ainsworth
Book 5 - Mabel Lyndwood. The focus of the novels is on the events surrounding Henry VIII's replacing Catherine of Aragon with Anne Boleyn a…
A Farewell to Arms
Read by Mark Nelson
Ernest Hemingway
Frederic Henry is an American serving as an ambulance driver in the Italian army during World War I, who after being severely wounded and ho…
The Jungle Girl
Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
Gordon Casserly
Mrs Norton is the wife of the Political Officer and confident of Mr. Wargrave who as an officer ends up at her husbands Border Outpost, Rang…
The House of Baltazar
Read by Simon Evers
William John Locke
Twenty years ago, John Balthazar, a notable and brilliant Cambridge mathematician, left England abruptly as he found himself falling in love…
Windsor Castle
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William Harrison Ainsworth
Book 6 - Jane Seymour. The focus of the novels is on the events surrounding Henry VIII's replacing Catherine of Aragon with Anne Boleyn as …
Sentimental Education
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Gustave Flaubert
Sentimental Education (French: L'Éducation sentimentale, 1869) is a novel by Gustave Flaubert, that is considered one of the most inf…
Tales from Jókai
Read by Availle
Mór Jókai
Móric Jókay de Ásva, known as Mór Jókai or Maurus Jokai, was a Hungarian dramatist and novelist. He was a…
Vaninka
Read by John Van Stan
Alexandre Dumas
The story of Vaninka, generally regarded as the most fictionalized of Dumas’ Celebrated Crimes series, occurs during the short and eccentric…
The Piazza Tales
Read by John Greenman
Herman Melville
A collection of six short stories by American writer Herman Melville, published in May 1856. Except for the newly written title story, "…
In the Hands of the Cave-Dwellers
Read by Laurie Banza
G. A. Henty
In the Hands of the Cave-Dwellers is a classic adventure where the hero is an American sailor who saves a young Mexican from thugs. The stor…
Barnaby Rudge
Read by Hamlet
Charles Dickens
The Protestant Sir John Chester and the Catholic Geoffrey Haredale have been feuding for years. In "Romeo and Juliet" fashion, Che…