The Greatest Historical Novels & Romances of D. K. Broster (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. The Flight of the Heron, Child Royal, The Dark Mile…By D. K. Broster
Length122h 39m
About this audiobook
The Greatest Historical Novels & Romances of D. K. Broster gathers works that exemplify the author's command of the historical romance as a serious literary form. Best known for her Jacobite fiction, Broster combines political upheaval, exile, loyalty, and private passion with a prose style at once elegant, restrained, and vividly dramatic. Her narratives belong to the tradition of Scott and Stevenson, yet they possess a modern sensitivity to divided allegiance, emotional repression, and the tragic costs of history. Dorothy Kathleen Broster (1877–1950) was an English novelist whose education, wide reading, and wartime experience helped shape her historical imagination. A student at St Hilda's College, Oxford, and later a Red Cross nurse during the First World War, she developed both scholarly discipline and an acute awareness of courage under pressure. These qualities inform her depictions of conflict, endurance, and moral ambiguity. This collection is recommended to readers who value historical fiction grounded in research but animated by character and atmosphere. Broster's romances offer not escapism alone, but a thoughtful encounter with the past, rendered with narrative grace and emotional intelligence.
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
Length122 hrs 39 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateFeb 5, 2021
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
2Introduction
3Historical Context
4Synopsis (Selection)
5The Greatest Historical Novels & Romances of D. K. Broster
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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)
27Other Novels:
28The Vision Splendid
29BOOK I CRAG AND TORRENT (pt. 1)
30BOOK I CRAG AND TORRENT (pt. 2)
31BOOK II GARISH DAY (pt. 1)
32BOOK II GARISH DAY (pt. 2)
33BOOK II GARISH DAY (pt. 3)
34BOOK III LEAD, KINDLY LIGHT (pt. 1)
35BOOK III LEAD, KINDLY LIGHT (pt. 2)
36The Yellow Poppy
37BOOK I THE WEDDING GIFT
38BOOK II MIRABEL (pt. 1)
39BOOK II MIRABEL (pt. 2)
40BOOK II MIRABEL (pt. 3)
41BOOK III LE CLOS-AUX-GRIVES (pt. 1)
42BOOK III LE CLOS-AUX-GRIVES (pt. 2)
43BOOK IV THE YELLOW POPPY (pt. 1)
44BOOK IV THE YELLOW POPPY (pt. 2)
45"Mr. Rowl"
46PART I THE HAPPY VALLEY (pt. 1)
47PART I THE HAPPY VALLEY (pt. 2)
48PART II THE COST OF A WHIM (pt. 1)
49PART II THE COST OF A WHIM (pt. 2)
50PART III THE MAKING OF A WILDCAT (pt. 1)
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 Morgan954h 2m4.6 (11)$2.99 · $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 Morgan954h 9m4.2 (25)$1.99 · $0.00
Historical Romances – Boxed SetD. 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 Morgan, A. E. W. Mason954h 8m$1.99 · $0.00
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