Fiction · 37 stories · 79,899 total words
Stories set in historical periods. Read 37 historical fiction stories including The Book Smuggler, The Last Letter, The Bronze Ring, The Silk Merchant's Daughter, The Lighthouse Keeper and 32 more. All stories are free to read online with RSVP speed reading.
A museum curator must preserve ancient artifacts while Nazi ideology threatens to corrupt history itself.
A widow in occupied France carries a secret letter that could change the course of the war.
A Pompeii blacksmith's daughter flees with her father as Mount Vesuvius prepares to erupt.
A young woman escapes an arranged marriage in Constantinople to forge her own path to freedom.
Anna continues her new life teaching merchant daughters while navigating the dangers of medieval trade.
A young apprentice discovers evidence that the world is far larger than anyone imagined possible.
Martim continues his secret work mapping new lands while hiding from the Inquisition's watchful eyes.
During the plague, a young healer risks her life to treat the sick while documenting treatments.
Miriam faces the Great Fire while continuing her mission to heal London's most vulnerable citizens.
A female telegraph operator sends the historic message connecting America's first transcontinental railroad.
Clara documents the truth of the railroad's construction while continuing her work across the frontier.
A brilliant mathematician works secretly at Bletchley Park to crack Nazi codes during World War II.
Joan navigates the aftermath of her secret war work while fighting for recognition as a woman.
A silk worker organizes her fellow laborers to demand fair wages and better working conditions in Lyon.
Camille leads the workers' uprising against the silk merchants who seek to crush their movement.
An Indian engineer must choose between building the British railway and protecting his own people.
Rama continues his quiet resistance while training a new generation of Indian engineers for independence.
A governess discovers the dark secrets haunting a Yorkshire estate and its reclusive master.
A Roman senator's daughter uncovers a conspiracy against Caesar and must choose between loyalty and truth.
A fallen knight is given one chance to redeem his honor by protecting a princess through enemy territory.
An apprentice to Lorenzo de' Medici discovers a plot that threatens all of Renaissance Florence.
An engineer discovers his closest friend has been sabotaging their railway for financial gain.
A Roman centurion leads survivors through enemy territory after a devastating defeat in Germania.
A young woman escapes an arranged marriage in Constantinople to forge her own path to freedom.
A young woman accused of witchcraft must flee while uncovering the true source of the Black Death.
A young Venetian artist becomes entangled in political intrigue while painting a secret portrait.
A journalist investigates disappearances connected to London's new underground railway system.
A Roman widow joins Spartacus's rebellion to find the truth about her husband's disappearance.
A young knight must recover a stolen holy relic while journeying from England to Jerusalem.
A botanist discovers her family's garden contains rare plants used for both healing and murder.
A journalist exposes corruption reaching from London's slums to the highest levels of government.
A Greek slave becomes attendant to Empress Agrippina in a court of deadly intrigue and ambition.
A woman must impersonate her executed father to forge a sword for the French king during wartime.
A shipbuilder's daughter must find a saboteur to save her father and protect Venice from invasion.
A female telegraph operator sends the historic message connecting America's first transcontinental railroad.
A master thief plans the greatest diamond heist in history from the Tower of London.
An Indian engineer must choose between building the British railway and protecting his own people.
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