History

Curiosities of Olden Times

by Sabine Baring-Gould Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.6
Curiosities of Olden Times invites listeners to explore a fascinating collection of essays that delve into the peculiarities and wonders of …

History of the United States

by Charles Austin Beard Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.6
Charles Beard was the most influential American historian of the early 20th century. He published hundreds of monographs, textbooks and inte…

Chronicles of crime and criminals

by Unknown Read by KirksVoice 4.2
Chronicles of Crime and Criminals delves into the dark and chilling world of true crime, offering a detailed exploration of notorious cases …

Richard II

by William Shakespeare Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.2
Richard II is a historical tragedy by William Shakespeare that delves into the complexities of power, kingship, and the nature of authority.…

Saints and Heroes to the End of the Middle Ages

by George Hodges Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.9
Though these stories of the lives of twenty saints and heroes of the faith, we have an introduction to the history of the church from 3rd ce…

Historical Tales

by Charles Morris and Charles Mclean Andrews Read by Kalynda 4.6
Volume I of a series containing anecdotes and stories, some well-known, others less so, of particular countries. This first volume comprises…

The Normans in European History

by Charles Homer Haskins Read by Pamela Nagami 4.8
Wherever their ships took them, the Normans (Northman) were ruthless conquerors but gifted governors. These eight lectures, given in Boston …

The Massacres of the South

by Alexandre Dumas Read by John Van Stan 4.3
The Massacres of the South is a stark exploration of violence and crime in the tumultuous history of the southern regions of France. In this…

Common Sense

by Thomas Paine Read by Phil Chenevert 4.7
Common Sense is a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine in 1775–76 that inspired people in the Thirteen Colonies to declare and fight for indepen…

History Of Egypt, Chaldea, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria

by Gaston Maspero Read by Sibella Denton 4.7
History Of Egypt, Chaldæa, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria is the masterwork of one of the fathers of modern Egyptology. This work, in t…

To the Christian Nobility of the German Nation

by Martin Luther Read by Jonathan Lange 5
Early in the course of the Reformation (1520) Martin Luther penned a trilogy of foundational documents addressing the German Nobility, the C…

The Works of Tacitus

by Publius Cornelius Tacitus Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.2
The historical works of Tacitus are a history of the period from A.D. 14 to 96 in thirty volumes. Although many of the works were lost (only…

The Naval War of 1812

by Theodore Roosevelt Read by James E. Carson 4.3
Somewhat detailed history of naval engagements between the United States and England during the War of 1812, from a decidedly American persp…

Four Discourses Against The Arians

by Athanasius of Alexandria Read by Jonathan Lange 4
In spite of Nicea's condemnation of Arius in 325, Arianism was far from dead. For decades after Nicea, political intrigue and personality cl…

The Recollections of Rifleman Harris

by Benjamin Randell Harris Read by gkeeling 4.7
The Recollections of Rifleman Harris offers a vivid firsthand account of a British infantryman’s experiences during the tumultuous Napoleoni…

The Lausiac History

by Palladius Read by A LibriVox Volunteer 4.8
The Lausiac History (Historia Lausiaca) is a seminal work archiving the Desert Fathers (early Christian monks who lived in the Egyptian dese…

Revolution and Counter-Revolution

by Friedrich Engels Read by Cate Barratt 4.4
Revolution and Counter-Revolution is an account of what happened in Prussia, Austria and other German states during 1848, describing the imp…

The Science - History of the Universe

by Francis Rolt-Wheeler Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.4
The Science - History of the Universe offers a comprehensive exploration of astronomy, tracing the evolution of human understanding of the c…

The Discovery of New Worlds

by M. B. Synge Read by Laura Caldwell 4.5
This is the second volume in the series, The Story of the World, which covers the period of history from the rise of Rome to the Conquest of…

The General History of the Pyrates

by Captain Charles Johnson Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.4
A General History of the Robberies and Murders of the most notorious Pyrates is a 1724 book containing biographies of contemporary pirates. …

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