Historical Fiction Classics

Raised in a swamp by a mad witch, poor Louisa grew up with one goal in mind: to marry a wealthy man, then inherit his lands and money by whatever means it takes. And Louisa may well succeed, for she is a stunning beauty with the manners of an angel. At last she sets off to make her fortune...and with the help of her vial of undetectable poison, she soon finds her first victim. A dazzlingly dark fantasy, as only Tanith Lee could write it!

Twenty-five-year-old Lady Millicent Smythe has come a long way since her elder brother, as her then-guardian, tried to marry her off. It was a deal he’d made when she was but 17 with his friend Sir Montague Morton MP, in return for funds. Her escape all those years ago was not a little to do with Lord Charles Lombard, a chivalrous 20-year-old army officer who found her stranded on the road and carried her to safety.

Eighteen-year-old orphan Harriet Thomson has resided with a distant cousin’s aristocratic household since the age of five, first as companion to Prudence, the youngest daughter of house, later as carer of Pru’s ailing father. When he dies, she has to make her own way in the world and finds work as companion to the elderly Countess Arden, who resides in the Dower House on the Hertfordshire estate of the dashingly handsome Duke of Fairbridge.

Veinte años tardará Ulises, el rey de Ítaca, en volver a su patria. Luego de luchar en la guerra de Troya por diez años, siendo uno de los héroes, Ulises emprende el regreso a su tierra natal. Pero una ofensa al dios Poseidón lo alejará de su camino por otros diez años, siendo condenado a navegar sin rumbo y a vivir las más extrañas aventuras y vicisitudes en el camino. Así, en su retorno a Ítaca, Ulises desafiará monstruos y tempestades, se enfrentará a encantamientos y a las seductoras sirenas, sobreponiéndose al designio de los dioses, en su intento por volver a su hogar.

The Manimekhala is the second part of the Silappathikaram written by IlangoAdikal. This Tamil fiction was written by Kulavanikan Cheethalai Chathanar. It is a sangham-era work, like the silapathikaram. Manimakhala is the daughter of Madhavi and Kovelan the hero of Silapathikaram. The impact of Buddhism is clearly seen in this work. The work was born in the second century AD. This audiobook has been independently retold and narrated by Vinod Narayan.

تحكي الرواية قصّة أربعة أجيال متتابعة من "آل بودنبروك" وهم يتعرضون لمحنة مالية تعصف بمكانة أسرتهم المالية والاقتصادية التي كانت تتمتع بها الأسرة في مدينة لوبوك شمال ألمانيا.

Witty, romantic and insightful, this novel retells the love affair at the heart of Jane Austen's Persuasion from the perspective of the suitor--Captain Wentworth. Written in the language of the era, Captain Wentworth's Persuasion re-creates the original style, themes and sardonic humor of Jane Austen's novel while turning the entire tale on its head in a most engaging fashion. Listeners hear Captain Wentworth's side of this tangled story while gazing into his thoughts and emotions.

Paru en 1874, il a pour toile de fond les plus terribles années de la Révolution française : la Terreur. À l'origine, ce roman devait constituer le dernier volume d'une trilogie romanesque consacrée à la Révolution française, dont L'Homme qui rit constituerait le premier volume, mais Victor Hugo n'a pas mené ce projet jusqu'à son terme (le deuxième tome sur la monarchie n'ayant jamais été rédigé).

Mr Finchley takes a fancy to a horse-drawn caravan that he sees for sale, but his new wife does not relish the prospect of a caravan journey, so he sets off alone to explore the countryside and go house-hunting. While learning to handle the horse and the caravan, he encounters a variety of eccentrics and country characters, and several unsuitable houses. It gradually emerges that the caravan contains a secret, and Mr Finchley finds himself in real trouble. This gentle comedy trilogy was a runaway bestseller on first publication in the 1930s and retains a timeless appeal today.

George MacDonald once declared, “I do not write for children, but for the childlike, whether of five, or 50, or 75.” The Day Boy and the Night Girl is a splendid example of such writing. With words of wonder, beauty, and adventure, and with acute spiritual insight and sensitivity, MacDonald spins an enchanting tale of two children, a boy and a girl, who grow up from infancy in the castle of a witch. Unaware of each other’s presence in the castle, the children are victims of an unnatural design upon them.

Edna Pontellier is married, twenty-eight, and at a crossroads in her life. She is passionate and artistic but has no one who understands her deep yearnings. She jumps at the chance to spend a summer away from her husband and the heat of New Orleans at a small coastal retreat.

Romanzo storico ambientato nel piccolo cantone di Zugo e in una Svizzera dall’atmosfera “gattopardesca”, il racconto inizia poco prima della lotta politica realmente avvenuta fra il partito dell’avvocato Joseph Anton Schumacher e quello del barone Fidel Zurlauben. Tra subdole manipolazioni, faide famigliari, disuguaglianze e invidie, il Cantone nel Settecento è un piccolo mondo scosso da un pervasivo conflitto sociale, che sfocerà in una profonda spaccatura della popolazione, portando al rovesciamento del patriziato dal governo.

Abraham “Bram” Stoker was born in 1847 in Dublin as the third of seven children. Stoker was bedridden with an unknown illness until the age of seven, when he made a complete recovery. He even grew up to become a successful athlete. Stoker is best known today for his 1897 Gothic novel Dracula. The novel Dracula begins when an English lawyer, Jonathan Harker, travels to Eastern Europe to meet Count Dracula, who is a client of his. When he arrives in Transylvania, he immediately notices that locals are shocked to learn where he is heading.

This Raging Bull Publishing Box Set contains three classic Western books.

Graf Fönix - Acharat - Joseph Balsamo - hinter all diesen Namen verbirgt sich der selbe Mann; ein Magier, Goldmacher, Umstürzler, der seine Verbindung zu höchsten Kreisen des Hofes nutzen will, um diesen zu stürzen. Doch der Preis für dieses Streben ist nicht nur der Verlust seines persönliches Glückes - er zieht auch die Familie Taverney in einen Strudel von Gier, Leiden und Verbrechen. Der Entstehungszeit des Romans geschuldet, sind heute einige Elemente mit der Ethik nicht mehr vereinbar, wurden aber nicht gestrichen, um den ungekürzten Text mitsamt seinem Kontext zu erhalten.

Emma, by Jane Austen, is a novel about youthful hubris and the perils of misconstrued romance. The story takes place in the fictional village of Highbury and the surrounding estates of Hartfield, Randalls, and Donwell Abbey and involves the relationships among individuals in those locations consisting of "3 or 4 families in a country village". The novel was first published in December 1815 while the author was alive, with its title page listing a publication date of 1816.

Barnaby Rudge, published in 1841, is Dickens's first historical novel, largely set during the Gordon Riots of 1780. It was the fifth of Dickens's novels to be published. It had initially been planned to appear as his first, but changes of publisher led to many delays. British historian and Dickens biographer Peter Ackroyd has called it "one of Dickens's most neglected, but most rewarding, novels".

Основная тема произведения—жизнь первых христиан в Римской империи во время правления императора Нерона, охватывает период 64-68 гг.

La gran novela de Tolstoi sirve de base para mostrar la vida de la alta sociedad de San Petersburgo que mira con preocupación la llegada de las tropas francesas hacia 1805. Este audiolibro mezcla los hechos históricos con las experiencias privadas de distintos personajes relacionados entre sí.

Sound interesting? The author thinks so too! Listen to The Way We Live Now and experience the zesty, compelling world of 1870s London.