Tales of Old
By Historical Fiction
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Podcast Description
Short stories from all periods of history.
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Tales of Old 49 A Nest of Evil | By Wallace Nichols Read by Shawn Robertson - One morning in the late Roman spring Solius the slave, returning from an errand for his master, Titius Sabinus, the senator, heard hurrying footsteps behind him. Continuing on his way, the slave detective, | 6/3/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Tales of Old 48 The Outcasts of Poker Flat | By Bret Harte Read by Shawn Robertson - As Mr. John Oakhurst, Gambler, stepped into the main street of Poker Flat on the morning of the twentythird of November, 1850, he was conscious of a change in its moral atmosphere since the preceding night. | 5/20/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Tales of Old 47 Speak Easy of Murder | By Bruce Markuson Read by Shawn Robertson - “This is it, Big Louie’s private speakeasy. One of those illegal gin joints back in the 1920’s and 30’s. In its day, this place was the cat’s meow. The police padlocked the steel door and bricked up th | 5/13/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Tales of Old 46 – The Drum of the Sea | By Gerri Leen Read by Shawn Robertson - Sir Francis Drake sat in the moonlight, watching as the movement of the Defiance made his claret swish back and forth in the exquisitely chased silver goblet he'd stolen years ago from the Spaniards. | 5/7/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Tales of Old 45 – The Good of Sparta | The Good of Sparta by Gustavo Bondoni blog read by Shawn Robertson - There are some tasks that a man must do alone. These are the moments that define whether one understands the truth or lives a lie. Whether one is able to bow to the will of the Go... | 4/29/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Tales of Old 44 – Because it is Written | By Lesley Lodge Read by Kevin Harty - In my experience, those who beg for mercy seldom deserve it. - They’d told Wayland these were the last words Rebecca heard, before she died and night after night those words and her desperate gasps hunted him th... | 4/21/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Tales of Old 43 – September Days | by Eamonn Murphy (SF Crowsnest, where Eamonn's reviews SF) read by Tony Honickberg - ‘The Bull McGee is back in town!’ - I was sat in a coffee shop in the High Street, near the docks, when young Billy Smith came bursting in with that news. | 4/16/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Tales of Old 42 – The Return of the Princess | By Ivan Sun Read by P.D.R. Lindsay - After the Emperor learned of my refuge at the Diamond Silence Cloister, he dispatched a different son each year to seek my hand in marriage. - Three Manchurian princes and their cavalry had come and gone. They | 4/7/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Tales of Old 41 – Ode to Kokopelli | By Nancy Cole Silverman Read by Shawn Robertson - For generations my people lived in Mesa Verde inside the deep caves beneath sedimentary rock overhangs, thousands of feet above the canyon floor, where we farmed the land, | 4/1/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Tales of Old 40 – Worser and Worser | By Gary Ives Read by Shawn Robertson - Setting: Vietnam War - The essence of combat was for Robert nearly impossible to convey. He’d tried to keep a journal from his first patrol but after his second fire fight had abandoned trying to clarify. | 3/25/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Tales of Old 39 – The Tide of War | by Russell James - read by Christian James - Setting: 650 A.D. Central Britain. - After years of victory, King Cenwalh now knew defeat. Two dozen of his personal guards, the finest warriors the kingdom of Wessex had to offer, | 3/17/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Tales of Old 38 – Kipling’s Walking Stick | by Philip Leibfried read by Shawn Robertson - "If" by Rudyard Kipling read by Martin Clifton, courtesy of Librivox.org - Inspiration comes in many forms and great authors take it whenever they can get it. - It was the spring of 1903, | 3/11/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Tales of Old 37 – Alte Kammeraden | by Edward Ahern read by Shawn Robertson - The Cold War produced bitter enemies, but also friends. But who can a spy ever really trust? - This would be the last time Harald met with Walter Peake , a cover name backstopped by a passport, | 3/5/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Tales of Old 36 – Patrick O’Hare: King of the Freaks | by C.J. Lines read by Kevin Harty In the foggy streets of Victorian London, Patrick O'Hare has set up his latest Freak Show , a veritable promenade of wonders and horrors. Are they real, and where does he aquire them? - | 2/26/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Tales of Old 35 – Angel of the Hopeless | by Danny Adams read by Shawn Robertson - Period: American Civil War (and others) What could be worse than a gruesome death by Minie ball in a bloody civil war? Maybe having to do it more than once. - “Your name is Private Absalom T. Zirkle, | 2/19/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Tales of Old 34 – The Crusader from Cross Plains, part 2 | Short fiction: To Those Who Wait by Rachel Bundock Setting: England, 1820 - Main fiction: The Crusader from Cross Plains by Teel. James Glenn Setting: Egypt, 1938 | 2/11/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Tales of Old 33 – The Crusader from Cross Plains | Short fiction: "Strangers Well Met" - by Andrew MacRae, 1800's USA - Main fiction: Period: 1938s, Setting: Egypt - By Teel. James Glenn Read by Shawn Robertson - In some of the infinite worlds of the multiverse some men live that might die in others. | 2/4/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Tales of Old 32 – Shirley Winters | By Edward McDermott Read by Shawn Robertson - Period: World War II Setting: London - The city of London was bombed for 76 consecutive nights in 1940 and 1941 in a strategy called "The Blitz" from the German word for lightning. More than 40, | 1/28/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Tales of Old 31 – In God’s Image | by Robert J. Santa read by Shawn Robertson - It's not a crime to search for the truth. Wait a minute, to the Inquisition it most certainly is. - "Giulio Vanini," said the Archbishop, "do you know why you are here?" | 1/21/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Tales of Old 30 – Beidou | by Ken Liu read by Shawn Robertson - In 1590, the daimyo Toyotomi Hideyoshi completed the dream of his dead liege lord, Oda Nobunaga, and unified Japan by conquest. As kampaku to the figurehead Japanese Emperor Go-Yozei, | 1/14/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Tales of Old 29 – Skates | by D. Purcell read by Melissa Hartzel - Excerpt from Instructions for American Servicemen in Britain 1942: - "You will be Britain's guest.... Don't refer to the First World War by saying America came over and won it.... | 1/7/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Tales of Old 28 – The Last Centurion | Period: 5th Century Setting: Post Roman Britain - By Christian Carter-Stephenson E-Reader Kindle - As the city loomed in the distance, Perth considered what he knew about the place, hoping to guard against the horrors within. | 1/1/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Christmas Update | Hello everyone and Merry Christmas to all the Tales of Old listeners out there. There will be no episode this week because I just can't get my stuff together visiting with multiple families, but we will be back next week. | 12/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Tales of Old 27- A Bargain with Bandit Ping; a Doctor Shadows Adventure | Period: 1940's Setting: China - by Teel. James Glenn read by Shawn Robertson - Read Online E-Reader Kindle "Come in, sit down, smile and talk of pleasant things," The Chinese Bandit Ping said, a wide grin on his pock marked face, | 12/17/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Tales of Old 26- Heart of the Matter | by P.D.R. Lindsay read by P.D.R. Lindsay Read Online E-Reader Kindle - Cultures clash in the Land of the Rising Sun. England is leading Japan into the 20th Century, opening the country to new ideas and ways of thinking. | 12/10/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Tales of Old 25 – Tatars | Period: 1200's Setting: Central Europe - by Leslie Lupien read by Shawn Robertson Read Online E-Reader Kindle - What can a Templar knight, a widowed baroness and a tattered army do against the relentless onslaught of the Mongol hordes? - | 12/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Tales of Old 24 – No Man’s Land | -- | 11/26/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Tales of Old 23 – Coming Home | -- | 11/20/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Tales of Old 22 – Little Brother of War & Hands and Knees | Little Brother of War By Harper Hull Read by Shawn Robertson - The fate of the Choctaw nation and the future United States may depend on a single ball game. Hands and Knees By Erik Svehaug Read by Shawn Robertson - | 11/12/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Tales of Old 21 – The Magician Who Knew Bosch, Beethoven and Houdini, or, The Magic of Money | By J.J. Steinfeld Read by Shawn Robertson - He was in his own league, without equal, incomparable, so what if his so-called peers never once voted him “Magician of the Year." As much as he has personally liked Harry Houdini and as greatly as he had a... | 11/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Tales of Old 20 – The Grand Prior of Minorca | By Washington Irving Read by Shawn Robertson - Period: 1750's Setting: Malta - The once gallant Knights of Malta, the Order of St. John, have grown wealthy and degenerate, but swords are still drawn when honor is at stake. | 10/29/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Tales of Old 19 – Ghosts of the Golden House & Nightingales | Ghosts of the Golden House By Andrew MacRae Read by Shawn Robertson Period: Roman times - The Golden House of Nero. Mere words coined by mortals cannot possibly begin to describe that monument to one man's ego. Nightingales | 10/22/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Tales of Old 18 – When I Come Again | By P.D.R. Lindsay Read by Shawn Robertson - Period: Mid Roman Empire Music after the story by Marc Gunn - The tune is an old one, a soldiers’ song springing into my head to match the pace of my steps. I’m not far from home and my feet know it. | 10/15/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Tales of Old 17 – The Theatre Conundrum | by Edward P. McDermott read by Malcolm Grieve - Period: Elizabethan England - Some of the best theater takes place after the curtains have fallen and the last patron leaves. This weeks historical fiction dares to peak behind the curtain at Blackfria... | 10/8/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Tales of Old 16 – Red Russia, White Night | by Igor Teper read by Shawn Robertson - Period: 1930's Setting: Soviet Union - What if the great Igor Sikorsky, inventor of the American helicopter, had not left Russia when the great civil war began? In the dark, | 10/1/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Tales of Old 15 – Origin of the Origin | Period: 1800's Setting: South America - By Roselyn Silverman - her latest story is in Midwest Literary Magazine Read by Kevin Harty - Check out the History Chicks podcast - Closing music: Evolution Rocks by Overman, | 9/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Tales of Old 14 – Affairs of the Union | By Steve Sagarra Read by Shawn Robertson - This week's historical fiction is a story about espionage and the Senate Internal Security Subcommittee by Steve Sagarra. To put us in the moment, I've included a poem by Jack Spicer called "Response to the ... | 9/18/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Tales of Old 13 – Fools & Once Upon a Dwarf | This is our first historical fiction double header. Our theme this week is fools and jesters. It was common for monarchs, especially in Europe to keep a fool on hand to tell jokes and generally amuse. They held special status at court, | 9/11/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Tales of Old-12 The Winter of War | By Heather Parker Read by Bethsheba Paramor - Period: 1940's Setting: World War II - Our first outing into alternate history. The German paratroopers have taken the north of England. When Amy Miller recognizes her former German professor as their c... | 9/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Tales of Old 11-Hearts of Ash | By: Pat Tompkins Read by: Shawn Robertson - Period: American Civil War Setting: New York City - Not all of the action in the Civil War happened on the battlefield. Today's historical fiction brings us back to that time in New York of spies, | 8/28/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Tales of Old 10 – Night Witch | By Anatoly Belilovsky Read by Melissa Hartzel - Period: World War II Setting: Russian front - Historical fiction from the front lines of the Great Patriotic War. By November of 1941 the German army was threatening Moscow and Leningrad. | 8/20/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Tales of Old 9 – The Devil’s Sonata | By Robert J. Santa Read by Shawn Robertson - Period: early 1700's Setting: Assisi, Italy - Today's historical fiction returns us to Italy, this time to the monastery of St. Francis of Assisi where we find the great violinist Giuseppe Tartini hidi... | 8/14/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Tales of Old 8 – Murder Unauthorized | By Amy Myers Read by Tony Honickberg - Setting: Jacobean England Time: early 1600's - Amy Myers (aka Harriet Hudson) is a master of historical fiction, and even more exciting, historical crime. What could be a more holy, | 8/6/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Tales of Old 7 – The Collapse | By Dave Schofield projects Read by Jane Osborn - A gripping tale of from the mines of north England in the 1800s. - At five thirty I hear the back-gate creak and his heavy boots. The stones laid in our yard are not bedded properly and they scrape a... | 7/30/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Tales of Old 6 – I Tre | By Townsend Walker Read by Shawn Robertson - Historical Fiction Period: 20th Century Setting: Italy - In a narrow cobbled street in the village of San Giovanni nestled in the hills of Calabria, on a Monday night in the summer of 1870, | 7/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Tales of Old 5 – Natural Law | Period: 19th Century - By Don D'Ammassa Read by Malcolm Grieve - I do so enjoy a picnic,” said Miss Harrington. “I feel that it's quite important not to lose touch with the natural world. Don't you agree with me, Mr. Shaw?” - | 7/16/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Tales of Old 4 – History | What does it take to change the course of history? | 7/9/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Tales of Old 3 – The Friendship of Monsieur Jeynois | Period: Early 1800’s Setting: Napoleonic wars at sea. - By William Hope Hodgeson Read by Kevin Harty Read full text - Captain Drool and the two mates sat in the cabin and argued, gross and uncouth; but Monsieur Jeynois said nothing. | 7/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Tales of Old 2 – The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky | Period: 1800’s Setting: American West - By Stephen Crane Read by Shawn Robertson Text version - The great Pullman was whirling onward with such dignity of motion that a glance from the window seemed simply to prove that the plains of Texas were po... | 6/25/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Tales of Old 1 – A Lion Rampant | By Jean Davidson, read by Tony Honickberg, 14th Century murder mystery | 6/16/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Customer Reviews
A brilliant concept - historical fiction in podcast form.
Tales of old podcasts are brilliant. Great to listen to in the car, when you're on a walk, or whenever you just want to escape from the modern world and travel back in time. The stories are handpicked and are excellent. There is a wide range of authors who contribute to the podcast and as a result, the stories cover a wide range of history and styles. Highly recommended even if you aren't much of a history buff. After hearing a few, you'll be craving more.
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Tales of Old never misses a beat. Every week delivers a great story, professionally presented. Shawn gives enough interesting historical background with each to put the listener immediately in the time period. You must put this podcast on your subscription list.
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Love the podcast. Excellent readers and great varity of stories, some funny, some sad, some thought provoking. Thanks for doing the show!
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