The Collected Works of D. K. Broster (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Historical Novels, Victorian Romances & Short StoriesBy D. K. Broster
Length132h 39m
About this audiobook
The Collected Works of D. K. Broster gathers the fiction of a writer whose historical imagination is at once romantic, disciplined, and psychologically acute. Best known for her Jacobite novels—especially The Flight of the Heron—Broster writes of loyalty, exile, warfare, inheritance, and private conscience against meticulously reconstructed eighteenth-century settings. Her prose combines the narrative propulsion of adventure romance with the precision of archival history, placing her in the tradition of Scott while also anticipating the more introspective historical fiction of the twentieth century. Dorothy Kathleen Broster (1877–1950) was educated at Oxford and possessed the habits of both scholar and storyteller. Her work reflects a lifelong fascination with military history, genealogy, landscape, and the moral pressures exerted by political upheaval. Service as a nurse during the First World War also sharpened her understanding of courage, suffering, and divided allegiance—qualities that inform her treatment of conflict without reducing it to mere spectacle. This collection is warmly recommended to readers who value historical fiction that is both learned and emotionally compelling. Broster rewards patience with atmosphere, ethical complexity, and characters shaped by history rather than simply placed within it.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- A comprehensive Introduction outlines these selected works' unifying features, themes, or stylistic evolutions.
- A Historical Context section situates the works in their broader era—social currents, cultural trends, and key events that underpin their creation.
- A concise Synopsis (Selection) offers an accessible overview of the included texts, helping readers navigate plotlines and main ideas without revealing critical twists.
- A unified Analysis examines recurring motifs and stylistic hallmarks across the collection, tying the stories together while spotlighting the different work's strengths.
- Reflection questions inspire deeper contemplation of the author's overarching message, inviting readers to draw connections among different texts and relate them to modern contexts.
- Lastly, our hand‐picked Memorable Quotes distill pivotal lines and turning points, serving as touchstones for the collection's central themes.
Audiobook details
GenreHistorical Fiction, Romance
Length132 hrs 39 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateFeb 5, 2021
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Historical Romances – Boxed Set
2Introduction
3Historical Context
4Synopsis (Selection)
5Novels
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6The Jacobite Trilogy
7The Flight of the Heron
8I THROUGH ENGLISH EYES (pt. 1)
9I THROUGH ENGLISH EYES (pt. 2)
10II FLOOD-TIDE
11III THE EBB
12IV ‘YOUR DEBTOR, EWEN CAMERON’ (pt. 1)
13IV ‘YOUR DEBTOR, EWEN CAMERON’ (pt. 2)
14V THE HERON’S FLIGHT IS ENDED (pt. 1)
15V THE HERON’S FLIGHT IS ENDED (pt. 2)
16The Gleam in the North (pt. 1)
17The Gleam in the North (pt. 2)
18The Gleam in the North (pt. 3)
19The Gleam in the North (pt. 4)
20The Gleam in the North (pt. 5)
21The Gleam in the North (pt. 6)
22The Dark Mile (pt. 1)
23The Dark Mile (pt. 2)
24The Dark Mile (pt. 3)
25The Dark Mile (pt. 4)
26The Dark Mile (pt. 5)
27The Vision Splendid
28BOOK I CRAG AND TORRENT (pt. 1)
29BOOK I CRAG AND TORRENT (pt. 2)
30BOOK II GARISH DAY (pt. 1)
31BOOK II GARISH DAY (pt. 2)
32BOOK II GARISH DAY (pt. 3)
33BOOK III LEAD, KINDLY LIGHT (pt. 1)
34BOOK III LEAD, KINDLY LIGHT (pt. 2)
35The Yellow Poppy
36BOOK I THE WEDDING GIFT
37BOOK II MIRABEL (pt. 1)
38BOOK II MIRABEL (pt. 2)
39BOOK II MIRABEL (pt. 3)
40BOOK III LE CLOS-AUX-GRIVES (pt. 1)
41BOOK III LE CLOS-AUX-GRIVES (pt. 2)
42BOOK IV THE YELLOW POPPY (pt. 1)
43BOOK IV THE YELLOW POPPY (pt. 2)
44"Mr. Rowl"
45PART I THE HAPPY VALLEY (pt. 1)
46PART I THE HAPPY VALLEY (pt. 2)
47PART II THE COST OF A WHIM (pt. 1)
48PART II THE COST OF A WHIM (pt. 2)
49PART III THE MAKING OF A WILDCAT (pt. 1)
50PART III THE MAKING OF A WILDCAT (pt. 2)
The Greatest Historical Novels of All TimeD. K. Broster, Jane Austen, Leo Tolstoy, Edith Wharton, Guy de Maupassant, Sabine Baring-Gould, Eliza Haywood, Maria Edgeworth, Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, Fanny Burney, Mary Wollstonecraft, Mrs. Olifant, William Makepeace Thackeray, Samuel Richardson, Henry Fielding, Alexandre Dumas, Henry James, Charlotte Brontë, Emily Brontë, Anne Brontë, Thomas Hardy, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Grace Livingston Hill, Catharine Trotter Cockburn, Fanny Fern, Lady Charlotte Bury, Mary Angela Dickens, Robert Williams Buchanan, Georg Ebers, Philip Meadows Taylor, Gilbert Parker, Anthony Trollope, F. Scott Fitzgerald, María Ruiz de Burton, Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, Mary Hays, Louis Hémon, Madame de La Fayette, Lady Sydney Morgan958h 30m4.6 (11)$1.99 · $0.00
Love & Passion Through The Ages (Historical Novels Boxed-Set)D. K. Broster, Jane Austen, Leo Tolstoy, Edith Wharton, Guy de Maupassant, Sabine Baring-Gould, Eliza Haywood, Maria Edgeworth, Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, Fanny Burney, Mary Wollstonecraft, Mrs. Olifant, William Makepeace Thackeray, Samuel Richardson, Henry Fielding, Alexandre Dumas, Henry James, Charlotte Brontë, Emily Brontë, Anne Brontë, Thomas Hardy, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Grace Livingston Hill, Catharine Trotter Cockburn, Fanny Fern, Lady Charlotte Bury, Mary Angela Dickens, Robert Williams Buchanan, Georg Ebers, Philip Meadows Taylor, Gilbert Parker, Anthony Trollope, F. Scott Fitzgerald, María Ruiz de Burton, Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, Mary Hays, Louis Hémon, Madame de La Fayette, Lady Sydney Morgan958h 43m$1.99 · $0.00
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The Yellow Poppy (Annotated)D. K. Broster17h 21m3.8 (20)$2 · $0.00
The Dark Mile (Annotated)D. K. Broster11h 57m4.1 (88)$2 · $0.00
The Wounded Name (Annotated)D. K. Broster17h 17m$3 · $0.00
D. K. Broster Collection (Annotated)D. K. Broster132h 39m$2 · $0.00
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