Category Archives: Fictional Biographies & Memoirs

Audiobook: Twelve Years a Slave

Twelve Years a Slave is the memoir of a freeborn African American from New York

Audiobook: Mutiny of the Bounty and Other Narratives

In Bligh’s own words, we hear about the lead-up to the famous mutiny and what

Audiobook: Narrative of the Suffering and Defeat of the North-Western Army, Under General Winchester

This memoir dating from 1812ff, but only published in 1840s is a strikingly profound contrast

Audiobook: Recollections of Bush Life in Australia

This was written in the mid 1800’s at time when Australia saw an influx of

Audiobook: Recollections of the Civil War

Recollections of the Civil War records the events that took place during the American Civil

Audiobook: Life and Adventures of Venture

Venture Smith was an African captured as a child and transported to the American colonies

Audiobook: Dallam’s Travels with an Organ to the Grand Signieur, 1599-1600

Queen Elizabeth the First of England, the Grand Turk at Constantinople, and an organ builder

Audiobook: Recollections of a Busy Life

Liverpool in the second half of the 19th century was burgeoning with rich merchants and

Audiobook: Eighteen Months’ Imprisonment

This is an absorbing memoir of an inmate’s experiences and impressions while in a London

Audiobook: Complete Works of George Savile, first Marquess of Halifax, with an Introduction by Walter Alexander Raleigh

George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax (11 November 1633 – 5 April 1695) was an

Audiobook: Life of Chopin

Chopin was a romantic era Polish composer. This work is a memoir by Liszt who

Audiobook: Voice From Harper’s Ferry

A Voice from Harper’s Ferry is the abolitionist testament of Osborne Perry Anderson, the only

Audiobook: Secret Service

Albert Richardson was a reporter for Horace Greeley’s New York Tribune when he volunteered to

Audiobook: Versailles Christmas-Tide

The Boy has fallen ill with scarlet fever while at school in France. His parents

Audiobook: Lady’s Captivity among Chinese Pirates in the Chinese Seas

This thrilling narrative recounts the true story of Fanny Loviot, a wealthy, young French girl

Audiobook: Diary of Samuel Pepys 1661

Samuel Pepys was the first Secretary to the Admiralty during the reign of Charles II,

Audiobook: My Mother and I

Elizabeth Stern was two and a half years old, when her family emigrated from Poland

Audiobook: Soul of a People

In The Soul of a People, Englishman H. Fielding explores the beliefs of the Burmese

Audiobook: Life of Isaac Mason as a Slave

Isaac Mason was born into slavery. As a young man, he escaped to freedom and

Audiobook: My Experiences in a Lunatic Asylum

Fully titled My Experiences in a Lunatic Asylum, by a Sane Patient, this memoir describes

Audiobook: Abraham Lincoln: A History (Volume 2)

Abraham Lincoln: A History is an 1890 ten-volume account of the life and times of

Audiobook: Diary of Samuel Pepys 1662

Samuel Pepys was the first Secretary to the Admiralty during the reign of Charles II,

Audiobook: Russia in 1919

PUBLISHER’S NOTE: On August 27, 1914, in London, I made this note in a memorandum

Audiobook: Shipwreck of the Whale-ship Essex

Owen Chase (October 7, 1797 – March 7, 1869) was First Mate of the whale

Audiobook: Diary and Letters of Madame D’Arblay

An review essay of “Diary and Letters of Madame D’Arblay”. The Edinburgh Review, January, 1843.

Audiobook: Cruising Voyage Around the World

First to the South-seas, Thence to the East-Indies, and Homewards by the Cape of Good

Audiobook: History of Minnesota and Tales of the Frontier, Part 2

A series of stories written by Judge Charles E. Flandrau “at different times during his

Audiobook: Village Life in America

A diary of a young school girl in Canandaigua, New York during the Civil War.

Audiobook: Enormous Room

“For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost; and is

Audiobook: Brief Lives Volume II

Volume 2 of Aubrey’s sparkling gossipy biographical pieces on his contemporaries, including Bacon, Jonson and