New Historical fiction Podcasts

History, Books & Wine Podcast

126 episodes - Latest episode: 6 days ago - ★★★★★ - 10 ratings
Raising a glass to books and the past! Welcome to History, Books and wine where we chat about books and fun historical tidbits all while raising a glass of vino! 

Last Days of Pompeii by Edward George Bulwer-Lytton

56 episodes - Latest episode: over 4 years ago
The Last Days of Pompeii, a novel by Edward George Bulwer-Lytton tells the love story of the Greeks Glaucus and Ione who were living in Pompeii when Mt. Vesuvius erupted and destroyed the city. Bu...

The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas

69 episodes - Latest episode: over 4 years ago - ★★★★ - 19 ratings
The Three Musketeers follows the adventures of the young Gascon nobleman, D’Artagnan and his three trusted friends who served as musketeers in the king’s regiment – Athos, Porthos & Aramis. Written...

Les Misérables by Victor Hugo

71 episodes - Latest episode: over 4 years ago - ★★★★ - 9 ratings
Victor Hugo's Les Misérables is a novel which tells the story of ex-convict Jean Valjean, his struggles and eventual redemption. It's hailed by many critics as not just Victor Hugo's finest work bu...

Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc, Volumes 1 & 2 by Mark Twain

75 episodes - Latest episode: over 4 years ago - ★★★★★ - 7 ratings
Mark Twain’s work on Joan of Arc is titled in full “Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc, by the Sieur Louis de Conte.” De Conte is identified as Joan’s page and secretary. For those who’ve always...

Lorna Doone, a Romance of Exmoor by Richard D. Blackmore

76 episodes - Latest episode: over 4 years ago
“If anybody cares to read a simple tale told simply” … thus opens Lorna Doone, one of the best love stories ever written. The novel has inspired at least ten movies and mini-series. “John (in West ...

Eli Reads...

28 episodes - Latest episode: about 5 years ago
Few in the English-speaking world have ever read this harrowing, weird, richly descriptive novel from Flaubert Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.