Historical - a genre of audiobooks on the website knigi-audio.com/en/. Page - 1
Joel, a Boy of Galilee - Annie Fellows Johnston
Joel, a Boy of Galilee - Annie Fellows Johnston
- Author: Annie Fellows Johnston
- Genre: Historical Fiction / Historical
Joel, a crippled boy, cannot play with the children and has nothing to care about. Rabbi Phineas helps him to find something he can do and tells him the reason that he is so kind is because of a boy from his hometown of Nazareth. Soon stories are...
By Pike and Dyke - G. A. Henty
By Pike and Dyke - G. A. Henty
- Author: G. A. Henty
- Genre: Historical
It is the 1570's, and the people of the Netherlands live in terror under the cruel dominion of Spain. Though many long to be free of Spanish tyranny, efforts at rebellion are failing, and allies are nowhere to be found. Edward βNedβ Martin, son of...
Haste and Waste; The Young Pilot of Lake Champlain - Oliver Optic
Haste and Waste; The Young Pilot of Lake Champlain - Oliver Optic
- Author: Oliver Optic
- Genre: Action & Adventure / Historical
The sixth and last volume of the Woodville stories contains the record of a mechanical, rather than a moral triumph, though the virtues of patience and perseverance are incidentally illustrated, and the "little captain" of the Woodville is always a...
Outlaws of Ravenhurst - Sister M. Imelda Wallace
Outlaws of Ravenhurst - Sister M. Imelda Wallace
- Author: Sister M. Imelda Wallace
- Genre: Religious Fiction / Action & Adventure / Historical
This exciting historical adventure depicts the last stand of the Gordons - God's "outlaws" - fighting for their Catholic Faith in the early days of the Protestant Revolution in seventeenth-century Scotland.Written for the children but enjoyed by...
Dusty Diamonds Cut and Polished - R. M. Ballantyne
Dusty Diamonds Cut and Polished - R. M. Ballantyne
- Author: R. M. Ballantyne
- Genre: Action & Adventure / Historical
A runaway carriage, a spunky little girl, and a street urchin combine on the first page of Dusty Diamonds Cut and Polished: a Tale of City Arab Life in a hilarious combination that you won't want to leave. This story shows first hand what 'city...
Fighting the Flames - R. M. Ballantyne
Fighting the Flames - R. M. Ballantyne
- Author: R. M. Ballantyne
- Genre: Historical / Religion
Frank Willders is a brave young member of the London Fire Brigade - Willie is his mischievous but helpful younger brother. The two of them encounter a cast of unforgettable characters as Frank and his companions perform heroic rescues and fight the...
The Story of Rolf and the Viking's Bow - Allen French
The Story of Rolf and the Viking's Bow - Allen French
- Author: Allen French
- Genre: Historical Fiction / Sagas / Historical
Rolf, a youth in early Christian Iceland, loses first his father, then his property, and finally his freedom to the schemes of a greedy neighbor. Outlawed from Iceland, Rolf travels abroad, meeting with shipwreck, enslavement, Viking berserkers, and...
Otto of the Silver Hand - Howard Pyle
Otto of the Silver Hand - Howard Pyle
- Author: Howard Pyle
- Genre: Historical
The story of little Otto, a gentle, peace-loving child born into the heart of turmoil and strife in the castle of a feuding robber baron in medieval Germany. (Summary by Arctura)...
History Plays for the Grammar Grades - Mary Ella Lyng
History Plays for the Grammar Grades - Mary Ella Lyng
- Author: Mary Ella Lyng
- Genre: Historical / General / Drama
A charming collection of 14 short American history plays for the very young - ranging from Christopher Columbus to George Washington to Susan B Anthony. (Summary by Maria Therese) Cast: Narrator; First Maid of Honor; Second Woman: Availle Narrator;...
The Spanish Cavalier - Charlotte Maria Tucker
The Spanish Cavalier - Charlotte Maria Tucker
- Author: Charlotte Maria Tucker
- Genre: Historical / Religion
When his father dies, Lucius Lepine goes to Spain as a clerk. His fellow clerk, Don Aguilera, doesn't come to work one day. Lucius is worried, he has heard rumors of what has happened to Aguilera. What has happened? Can Lucius find out? - Summary by...
Work and Win; Noddy Newman on a Cruise - Oliver Optic
Work and Win; Noddy Newman on a Cruise - Oliver Optic
- Author: Oliver Optic
- Genre: Action & Adventure / Historical
The fourth book of the Woodville Series shares the progress of a boy whose education had been neglected, and whose moral attributes were of the lowest order, from vice and indifference to the development of a high moral and religious principle in...
The Iliad for Boys and Girls - Alfred John Church
The Iliad for Boys and Girls - Alfred John Church
- Author: Alfred John Church
- Genre: Children's Fiction / Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales / Historical
Alfred J. Church wrote many books looking at classical literature, but is especially well known for his re-telling of classic books in a style so that younger readers may follow the story. The Iliad for Boys and Girls is a retelling of Homerβs...
The Story of the Armada - Amice MACDONELL
The Story of the Armada - Amice MACDONELL
- Author: Amice MACDONELL
- Genre: Plays / Historical
It's the summer of 1588, and all is not well in England. Citizens are plotting to betray their queen for Spanish gold, and the dreaded Armada is coming closer and closer. It's up to Lord Burleigh and brave Sir Francis Drake to stop them, but will...
Priest on Horseback-Father Farmer: 1720-1786 - Eva K. BETZ
Priest on Horseback-Father Farmer: 1720-1786 - Eva K. BETZ
- Author: Eva K. BETZ
- Genre: Historical
A historical novel for children, which tells the story of several months in the life of the then famous Father Farmer, as he traveled a Mass circuit in Pre-Revolutionary, Colonial America. He faced much danger and and adventure, in order to provide...
True Stories of Wonderful Deeds - Anonymous
True Stories of Wonderful Deeds - Anonymous
- Author: Anonymous
- Genre: Historical / General
37 short pieces perfect for newer recorders. These one page Stories of (mostly) Wonderful Deeds were written for Little Folk to teach them about famous incidents in their history. Bonnie Prince Charlie, Nelson and Hardy, Bruce and the Spider, David...
A Yankee Girl at Fort Sumter - Alice Turner CURTIS
A Yankee Girl at Fort Sumter - Alice Turner CURTIS
- Author: Alice Turner CURTIS
- Genre: Historical
Sylvia Fulton is a ten-years-old girl from Boston who stayed in Charleston, South Carolina, before the opening of the civil war. She loves her new home, and her dear friends. However, political tensions are rising, and things start to change....
The Little Duke - Charlotte Mary Yonge
The Little Duke - Charlotte Mary Yonge
- Author: Charlotte Mary Yonge
- Genre: Children's Fiction / Historical
The Little Duke by Charlotte M. Yonge is historical fiction based on the the life of Richard, Duke of Normandy. He assumes the title of Duke at only 8 years of age, after his father is murdered. The story first appeared in her magazine, The Monthly...
Elsie's New Relations - Martha Finley
Elsie's New Relations - Martha Finley
- Author: Martha Finley
- Genre: Historical Fiction / Family / Historical
In this ninth book in the classic Elsie Dinsmore series, the family finishes their summer at the seaside and returns to Ion. The narrative turns from Elsie to Violet's family, particularly her step-children Max and Lulu as they adjust to life in...
Robin Hood - Amice MACDONELL
Robin Hood - Amice MACDONELL
- Author: Amice MACDONELL
- Genre: Plays / Historical
One May Day, Robin Hood and his Merry Men sit in Sherwood Forest, waiting for a traveller to share their dinner. Enter a distraught Knight with his fair daughter Marian, who owe money to the Sheriff of Nottingham, and have not the means by which to...
Indian Child Life - Charles Alexander Eastman
Indian Child Life - Charles Alexander Eastman
- Author: Charles Alexander Eastman
- Genre: Historical
The author was raised as an American Indian and describes what it was like to be an Indian boy (the first 7 chapters) and an Indian Girl (the last 7 chapters). This is very different from the slanted way the white man tried to picture them as...
Child Life in Colonial Days - Alice Morse EARLE
Child Life in Colonial Days - Alice Morse EARLE
- Author: Alice Morse EARLE
- Genre: Historical
The accounts of oldtime child life gathered for this book are wholly unconscious and full of honesty and simplicity, not only from the attitude of the child, but from that of his parents, guardians, and friends. The records have been made from...
Tor, A Street Boy of Jerusalem - Florence Morse Kingsley
Tor, A Street Boy of Jerusalem - Florence Morse Kingsley
- Author: Florence Morse Kingsley
- Genre: Historical
Tor is a young beggar living in the city of Jerusalem during the tumultuous time of the Roman occupation. Shouts of hope are the last thing this street boy expects when he witnesses Jesus riding into Jerusalem on a donkey. Tor comes face to face...
The Young Trailers: A Story of Early Kentucky - Joseph A. Altsheler
The Young Trailers: A Story of Early Kentucky - Joseph A. Altsheler
- Author: Joseph A. Altsheler
- Genre: Historical
This is the story of Henry Ware, a young boy living in the wilds of the Kentucky frontier of the 1700's. The story follows Henry as he helps to establish a frontier outpost, is captured by an Indian tribe, and ultimately ensures the safety and...
Little Men (Version 3, Dramatic Reading) - Louisa May Alcott
Little Men (Version 3, Dramatic Reading) - Louisa May Alcott
- Author: Louisa May Alcott
- Genre: Dramatic Readings / Historical
Jo March's dreams of opening a home for boys comes true as she finds herself the mistress of Plumfield, a boarding school for children -- who have all stumbled in from various backgrounds. When new students arrive at her doorstep, they bring their...
The Enterprise of the ''Mayflower'' - Amice MACDONELL
The Enterprise of the ''Mayflower'' - Amice MACDONELL
- Author: Amice MACDONELL
- Genre: Plays / Historical
"Welcome to all! We show the story of how, nearly three hundred years ago, when this country was not so happy as it is now, some people driven by persecution out of England went on a long and dangerous voyage in a ship called the Mayflower, and made...
The Strange Story Book (version 2) - Leonora Blanche LANG
The Strange Story Book (version 2) - Leonora Blanche LANG
- Author: Leonora Blanche LANG
- Genre: Action & Adventure / Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales / Historical
This is the last book in the The Andrew Lang "Color" Fairy Books series published after his death by his wife. She wrote the stories and he had edited them before his demise. It is a collection of stories that are a bit different than the Fairy...
Hannibal - Jacob Abbott
Hannibal - Jacob Abbott
- Author: Jacob Abbott
- Genre: Historical / Biography & Autobiography / Antiquity
There are certain names which are familiar, as names, to all mankind; and every person who seeks for any degree of mental cultivation, feels desirous of informing himself of the leading outlines of their history, that he may know, in brief, what it...
Sir Gibbie - George MacDonald
Sir Gibbie - George MacDonald
- Author: George MacDonald
- Genre: Historical
These are the adventures of Sir Gibbie through the Scotland moors. Not being able to read or speak, Gibbie survives on the streets without a mother and having an alcoholic father. Yet, he wins the hearts of his neighbors and helps others. Children...
A Warwickshire Lad: The Story of the Boyhood of William Shakespeare - George Madden MARTIN
A Warwickshire Lad: The Story of the Boyhood of William Shakespeare - George Madden MARTIN
- Author: George Madden MARTIN
- Genre: Children's Fiction / Historical
Ever wonder what happened to ol' Billy Shakespeare as a child? How did Little William get to be the great writer that we remember him for? This cute little coming of age story charts Willy's life from the age of 5 into his early adulthood. Summary...
Under the Lilacs (version 3, dramatic reading) - Louisa May Alcott
Under the Lilacs (version 3, dramatic reading) - Louisa May Alcott
- Author: Louisa May Alcott
- Genre: Historical
When a raggedy boy from the circus limps into the lives of the Moss family, he is unlike any child they have ever met. With his devoted and clever dog, Sancho, at his side, Benβs amazing stunts from the big top and kindly, eager persona win the...
The Children of the New Forest (version 2) - Frederick MARRYAT
The Children of the New Forest (version 2) - Frederick MARRYAT
- Author: Frederick MARRYAT
- Genre: Historical Fiction / Historical
The Children of the New Forest is a children's novel published in 1847 by Frederick Marryat. It is set in the time of the English Civil War and the Commonwealth. The story follows the fortunes of the four Beverley children who are orphaned during...
Unknown to History - Charlotte Mary Yonge
Unknown to History - Charlotte Mary Yonge
- Author: Charlotte Mary Yonge
- Genre: Historical
During the captivity of Mary, Queen of Scots, plots, conspiracies, and intrigue engulfed the country. Catholics were apprehensive of Protestants; Scots mistrusted the English. No one felt completely safe. Into the midst of this turmoil was thrust a...
Perils in the Transvaal and Zululand - Henry Cadwallader Adams
Perils in the Transvaal and Zululand - Henry Cadwallader Adams
- Author: Henry Cadwallader Adams
- Genre: Historical Fiction / Historical
A young man travels to South Africa to find his Mother and sister. He wants to be a clergyman and a farmer when he arrives there. This story includes accounts of the Zulu-Boer wars. - Summary by Ingrid Kennedy...
The Scotch Twins - Lucy Fitch Perkins
The Scotch Twins - Lucy Fitch Perkins
- Author: Lucy Fitch Perkins
- Genre: Historical
Jean and Jock are twelve years old when they hear news that could change their lives forever. Will they really have to leave their "little gray house on the brae" - maybe even leave their homeland of Scotland? At least they have one more summer at...
The Little Colonel's Chum: Mary Ware - Annie Fellows Johnston
The Little Colonel's Chum: Mary Ware - Annie Fellows Johnston
- Author: Annie Fellows Johnston
- Genre: Historical
This volume is the result of an avalanche of letters that, reached the author, Annie Fellows Johnston, complaining that she skipped in the Little Colonel series. To entreaties she has responded with this charming, wholesome volume, in which she...
A Lincoln Conscript - Homer Greene
A Lincoln Conscript - Homer Greene
- Author: Homer Greene
- Genre: Historical
A heartwarming novel which visits the last two years of the American Civil War. The center of the story is the conflict of emotions and deeds between a father and son who hold opposing views of the conflict and the surprising role that President...
A Little Girl in Old Boston - Amanda Minnie DOUGLAS
A Little Girl in Old Boston - Amanda Minnie DOUGLAS
- Author: Amanda Minnie DOUGLAS
- Genre: Dramatic Readings / Historical
Doris, an orphan from England, arrives in Boston and adapts to life in America. As she grows up, she undergoes many adventures and experiences the 1812 war. Summary by Elsie Selwyn. Cast List: Narrator: KevinS Doris: Navin Winthrop Adams: ToddHW Mr....
The Greenstone Door - William Satchell
The Greenstone Door - William Satchell
- Author: William Satchell
- Genre: Action & Adventure / Historical
The Greenstone Door is a historical novel, set between 1830-1860βs New Zealand. The main character, Cedric Tregarthen, is remembering his past, telling the story both from his vantage point as an old man remembering, and as a young man experiencing...
Our Little Mexican Cousin - Edward Crompton Butler
Our Little Mexican Cousin - Edward Crompton Butler
- Author: Edward Crompton Butler
- Genre: General / Historical
This book tells about life in Mexico in the early 20th century, through the eyes of a little girl, Juanita. As the story follows her, the reader learns about cultural practices, historical events, and famous landmarks. (Summary by Mike Dunn)...
Molly, The Drummer Boy - Harriet Theresa COMSTOCK
Molly, The Drummer Boy - Harriet Theresa COMSTOCK
- Author: Harriet Theresa COMSTOCK
- Genre: Historical
Molly, The Drummer Boy is the tale of a brave drummer, who, during the war of the Revolution, passed like a gleam of brightness, funβand alas! sadness through the scenes of war and bloodshed; winning the friendship of all, the esteem and...
