Top Historical Fiction Books
A Girl Like You
Mixing Mystery and Romance in a Fizzy 1930s Cocktail!A desperate girl. A dead matron. A detective with secrets of his own.It's Chicago, 1935, and ever since the Crash and her father's subsequent suicide, twenty-year-old Henrietta Von Harmon has been...
Miss Buncle's Book
The scene of this entertaining story is laid in a charming English village. The plot centres round Miss Barbara Buncle, a maiden lady who was obliged to write a book because – as she naively explained – her dividends were so poor. Unfortunately, Miss...
Father and I Were Ranchers
In 1906 eight year-old Ralph Moody moves with his family from New Hampshire to a Colorado ranch for his father’s health. Ralph’s family experiences the pleasures and perils of ranching; attending auctions and roundups, battling with neighbors over...
Long Way Home
In this gripping portrait of war and its aftermath from bestselling author Lynn Austin, a young woman searches for the truth her childhood friend won’t discuss after returning from World War II, revealing a story of courage, friendship, and...
A Ring of Truth
Mixing Mystery and Romance in a Fizzy 1930s Cocktail!A high-society summer. A missing ring. A romance put to the test.Henrietta Von Harmon thought accepting Inspector Clive Howard's proposal was the hard part—until she discovers he's heir to a North...
A Promise Given
Mixing Mystery and Romance in a Fizzy 1930s Cocktail!A dazzling wedding. A grand estate. A murder no one saw coming.Henrietta and Clive Howard are finally tying the knot—but family tensions and clashing expectations threaten to upend their plans. As...
The Winter Rose
In this gripping WWII time-slip novel from the author whose books have been called “propulsive” and a “must-read” (Publishers Weekly), Grace Tonquin is an American Quaker who works tirelessly in Vichy France to rescue Jewish children from the Nazis....
The Rose Villa
High above the Mediterranean, on the French Riviera, stands a beautiful pink stucco villa. Once a playground for the rich and glamorous, now - in the aftermath of World War 1 - it is a convalescent home for sick and wounded nurses. Scottish Flora...
A Veil Removed
Mixing Mystery and Romance in a Fizzy 1930s Cocktail!A suspicious death. A hidden letter. A secret worth killing for.Their honeymoon abruptly ended by the untimely death of Alcott Howard, Clive and Henrietta rush back to Highbury. Though the police...
The Girl From Vichy
France, 1942. As the war in Europe rages on, Adèle Ambeh dreams of a France that is free from the clutches of the new regime. The date of her marriage to a ruthless man is drawing closer, and she only has one choice. With the help of her mother, Adèle...
Miss Buncle Married
Marriage to her publisher, Arthur Abbott, has done nothing to stop Barbara Buncle from involving herself in the lives of her neighbours. After leaving Silverstream and moving to London, Barbara and Arthur are enjoying their newly-wedded bliss, but not...
Living among the Dead
This is the story of one remarkable young woman's unimaginable journey through the rise of the Nazi regime, the Second World War, and the aftermath. Mania Lichtenstein’s dramatic story of survival is narrated by her granddaughter and her memories are...
A Modest Proposal
Jonathan Swift almost defines satire in this biting and brutal pamphlet in which he suggests that poor (Catholic) Irish families should fatten up their children and sell them to the rich (Protestant) land owners, thus solving the twin problems of...
Sonnet 130
LibriVox volunteers bring you seventeen different readings of Shakespeare’s Sonnet 130. This sonnet offers a look into the Elizabethan ideal of womanly beauty, then turns it on its head with wry realism. Then as now, real beauty is inside. This was...
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11 Warten Way
Two journeys, bound by generations, shaped by history.In 1940s Italy, Ottie’s life is defined by family loyalty and the demands of her domineering father. Sent to work in a British munitions factory near Positano, she finds herself drawn to Hal, a...
3 Stories - Set in St Petersburg
There is something about the number 3.The Ancient Greeks believed 3 was the perfect number, and in China 3 has always been a lucky number, and they know a thing or two.Most religions also have 3 this and 3 that and, of course, in these more modern...
A Bend In the River
In 1968 two young Vietnamese sisters flee to Saigon after their village on the Mekong River is attacked by American forces and burned to the ground. The sole survivors of the brutal massacre that killed their family, the sisters struggle to survive...
A Better Tomorrow for the East End Library Girls
The next instalment in the Library Girl series, a heartwarming and rousing story of women standing up for their rights!As the war nears its end, the library girls rally for their community...With London still in the grip of war, Cordelia, Mavis, and...
A Bitter Veil
Anna, a young American studying in Chicago falls in love with fellow-student Nouri, the son of a wealthy Iranian. Anna, whose parents are divorced, eagerly moves to Tehran where she marries and is embraced by Nouri's family. A few months later,...
A Brother's Oath
The Untold Story of England’s Beginning.Denmark, 444 A.D. Two brothers – the cold and calculating Hengest and the intrepid but headstrong Horsa – find their separate worlds thrown into turmoil by royal treachery and an evil cult thought long dead....
A Call to Service
After fleeing German-occupied Paris, Alix is back in her home in Belgrade, hoping to finally reunite with her parents. But her parents have fled with King Peter to ensure his safety. Alix and her father's deputy steward Drago's attempt to find them is...
A Certain Death
The battle at Pittsburg Landing altered the course of the war in the west and changed the lives of thousands who fought there and survived.Will Hunter's pursuit of higher command has been interrupted by his capture, the fault of his jealous commanding...
A Child Lost
Mixing Mystery and Romance in a Fizzy 1930s Cocktail!A spiritualist. An insane asylum. A lost little girl.When a restless Clive begs Sergeant Frank Davis for a case, he and Henrietta are sent to investigate Madame Pavlovsky, a spiritualist holding...
A Christmas Beginning
Superintendent Runcorn—who Anne Perry fans will remember as William Monk's ex-boss—is feeling rather lonely during his holiday on the remote, snowy island of Anglesey, off the north coast of Wales. However, he is suddenly called into action when the...
A Christmas Wish
Bristol 1927Ten year old Magda Brodie’s world is torn apart when her mother dies in the workhouse two weeks before Christmas.Her wastrel father arranges for her sisters to be sent to their grandparents in Ireland and for her younger brother to be...
A Class Coveted
Their choices have shackled her dreams…It’s 1836, and Bridget and Cormac have arrived, full of hope, to the city of Boston with their growing family. However, as they adjust to domestic life together for the first time, they face anti-Irish sentiment...
A Class Entwined
They never thought they'd see each other again...Trapped in a loveless marriage far from home, Bridget does what she can to fill her lonely days. She throws herself into charitable work, but her cherished daughter, Emily, is her only true source of...
A Class Inherited
An extraordinary bequest alters their fate…In the winter of 1846, Cormac and Bridget receive two letters that will change their lives forever. Lord Bewley has died and left Bewley Hall to Cormac, while potato blight has struck the Oakleigh Estate,...
A Class Liberated
Freedom may be within their grasp…As the devastation of the potato blight continues, Cormac and Bridget grapple with their dual roles at Bewley Hall in England and Oakleigh Manor in Ireland. In their quest to alleviate the suffering of the Irish...
A Class Reunited
They’ll do anything to protect their children…Having taken matters into her own hands, a triumphant Emily is travelling towards a brighter future. The only thorn in her side is her mulish companion, Rory, who insists upon aggravating her at every...
A Corpse in Christmas Close
A completely gripping cozy mystery story, perfect for fans of Verity BrightWhen a pantomime turns deadly, Iris investigates a cast of killers…Christmas, 1923. When reporter Iris Woodmore is sent to cover the Prince of Wales’ visit to historic...
A Crooked Cottage by the Sea
Bar Harbor, Maine: summer of 1967When Billie Cooper receives a startling medical diagnosis just before a summer-long vacation, she decides to keep it secret. Her husband Derek is a Defense Department official immersed in the Vietnam war effort. Her...
A Debt of Silence
This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.A Debt of SilenceLondon, 1899Private detective Jane Dowling is employed to help catch a blackmailer, but the case becomes complicated because it is clear the blackmailer has collected some state secrets in...
A Dictionary of Mutual Understanding
A Dictionary of Mutual Understanding is a heart-wrenching debut novel of family, forgiveness, and the exquisite pain of love.When Amaterasu Takahashi opens the door of her Philadelphia home to a badly scarred man claiming to be her grandson, she...
A Farewell to Arms
Experience the timeless power of A Farewell to Arms, Ernest Hemingway's masterful tale of love and war. Set against the backdrop of World War I, this audiobook immerses you in a deeply personal story of passion, courage, and heartbreak, brought to...
A Farewell to Arms
This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Immerse yourself in Ernest Hemingway's timeless classic, A Farewell to Arms, a powerful tale of love, war, and the unyielding human spirit.Set against the turbulent backdrop of World War I, this audiobook...
A Ferrie Tale
What a long, strange trip it was. Through the night after JFK was assassinated, a quirky New Orleans man named David Ferrie drove from the Big Easy, rain beating on his windshield, to a deserted ice skating rink in Houston, arriving at three fifteen...
A Game of Senet
This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.In a place where loyalty can become a double-edged sword, Kassaya learns that the art of forming alliances is the true currency of survival. As she uncovers the secrets the Palace guards behind its...
A German Paradise in Texas: The Fate of German Emigrants to Texas in the 1840’s
This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.A German Paradise in Texas – The Fate of German Emigrants to Texas in the 1840's is a gripping historical novel about the Germans who left their home country more than 150 years ago.False promises of a...