62 Free Historical Fiction Web Serials and Ebooks

Historical fiction is a literary genre where the story takes place in the past. It pays attention to the manners, social conditions and other details of the depicted period. It is simply a literary genre that reconstructs past events in fictional stories. Common characteristics of this writing genre are the inclusion of historical events or historical people, invented scenes and dialogue, as well as authentic and believable details.

It is set in a real place, during a culturally recognizable time. The details and the action in the story can be a mix of actual events and ones from the author’s imagination as they fill in the gaps. Characters can be pure fiction or based on real people (often, it’s both). The historical novelist exposes the reader to the inner lives of people across time and place, and in doing so illuminates history’s untold stories, allowing the reader to experience a more complex truth. As Hilary Mantel said it best, “Historical fiction comes out of greed for experience.”

In this compilation, most of the compiled historical fictions are from the public domain and some are from well known authors such as Edward Bulwer-Lytton, G. A. Henty, Louis Tracy, Sir Walter Scott and Willa Cather. Have a good time immersing yourselves into the past with this collection of free reads.

62 Free Historical Fiction Web Serials and Ebooks

1. Barry Blake of the Flying Fortress by Gaylord Du Bois
2. Against the War by Roland Menge
3. Forward, Children! by Paul Alexander Bartlett
4. Startaker: Under the Shadow of Thy Wings by Marian Goddard
5. The Sorceress of Rome by Nathan Gallizier
6. On the Road to Bagdad by F. S. Brereton
7. From Kingdom to Colony by Mary Devereux
8. Change of Heart by Fran Shaff
9. For King and Country by Oliver Ma
10. Shike by Robert J. Shea
11. Manituana by Wu Ming
12. Lords of the World by Alfred John Church
13. The Coming of the King by Bernie Babcock
14. The Mutineer: A Romance of Pitcairn Island by Louis Becke
15. The Story of the Champions of the Round Table by Howard Pyle
16. The Princess Dehra by John Reed Scott
17. School of Athens by Archer McCormick
18. Unter Reich by William Lanter
19. Direct Action: An Historical Novel by Luke Hauser
20. Carry On! A Story Of The Fight For Bagdad by Herbert Strang
21. Jesus The Extraterrestrial: Origins by Leo Mark
22. Battle Ground Adventures by Clifton Johnson
23. The Golden Hope by Robert H. Fuller
24. Dangerous Days by Mary Roberts Rinehart
25. Green Balls’: The Adventures of a Night-Bomber by Paul Bewsher
26. The White Company by Arthur Conan Doyle
27. Antonina, or, The Fall of Rome by Wilkie Collins
28. The Invasion by William Le Queux
29. Caribbee by Thomas Hoover
30. The Storm Centre by Charles Egbert Craddock
31. War by Pierre Loti
32. The Secret Battle by A. P. Herbert
33. The Voodoo Gold Trail by Walter Walden
34. Napoleon and the Queen of Prussia by L. Muhlbach
35. Zero the Slaver by Lawrence Fletcher
36. Titanic by Filson Young
37. Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe
38. Mutiny on the Bounty by C. Nordhoff, J. N. Hall
39. Ben-Hur: A Tale Of The Christ by Lew Wallace
40. The Pirates Own Book by Charles Ellms
41. All Things Are Lights by Robert Shea
42. War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy