Fabiola or The Church of the Catacombs by Cardinal Nicholas Patrick WISEMAN (1802 - 1865) Genre(s): Historical Fiction, Religious Fiction, Published 1800 -1900 Read by: Maria Therese in English Chapters: 00:00:00 - 00 - 00 - Preface 00:09:01 - 01 - 01 - The Christian House 00:17:08 - 02 - 02 - The Martyr's Boy 00:27:48 - 03 - 03 - The Dedication 00:38:08 - 04 - 04 - The Heathen Household 00:55:08 - 05 - 05 - The Visit 01:04:33 - 06 - 06 - The Banquet 01:18:11 - 07 - 07 - Poor and Rich 01:36:31 - 08 - 08 - The First Day's Conclusion 01:45:43 - 09 - 09 - Meetings 02:07:54 - 10 - 10 - Other Meetings 02:29:09 - 11 - 11 - A Talk With the Reader 02:41:30 - 12 - 12 - The Wolf and the Fox 02:50:01 - 13 - 13 - Charity 02:56:29 - 14 - 14 - Extremes Meet 03:13:36 - 15 - 15 - Charity Returns 03:18:40 - 16 - 16 - The Month of October 03:45:07 - 17 - 17 - The Christian Community 04:07:29 - 18 - 18 - Temptation 04:17:19 - 19 - 19 - The Fall 04:39:15 - 20 - 20 - Diogenes 04:56:45 - 21 - 21 - The Cemeteries 05:13:21 - 22 - 22 - What Diogenes Could Not Tell About the Catacombs 05:26:05 - 23 - 23 - What Diogenes Did Tell About the Catacombs 05:39:40 - 24 - 24 - Above Ground 05:47:01 - 25 - 25 - Deliberations 06:01:36 - 26 - 26 - Dark Death 06:10:41 - 27 - 27 - Darker Still 06:19:46 - 28 - 28 - The False Brother 06:25:33 - 29 - 29 - The Ordination in December 06:38:45 - 30 - 30 - The Virgins 06:51:47 - 31 - 31 - The Nomentan Villa This historical novel is set in Rome in the early 4th century AD, during the time of the cruel persecution of Christians under the Emperor Diocletian.The heroine of the book is Fabiola, a young pagan beauty from a noble Roman family. Fabiola seems to have everything, including a superior education in the philosophers, yet under the surface, she is not content with her life. One day, in a fit of rage, she attacks and wounds her slave girl Syra, who is a secret Christian. The proud, spoiled Roman girl is humbled by Syra's humility, maturity and devotion to her in this situation, and a slow transformation begins.Woven into this fictitious story are a number of martyrdom accounts of real-life Christian saints, including Saint Agnes, Saint Tarcisius and Saint Sebastian.Cardinal Wiseman wrote Fabiola in part as an answer to the vigorously anti-Catholic book Hypatia by Charles Kingsley. The novel was mainly aimed at the embattled Catholic minority in England, who had recently emerged from a half-illegal status. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia) More information: http://librivox.org/fabiola-or-the-church-of-the-catacombs-by-cardinal-nicholas-patrick-wiseman/

The Yellow Holly by Fergus Hume (1859 - 1932) Genre(s): Crime & Mystery Fiction Read by: Celine Major in English Cover design by Annise. Parts: Part 2 https://youtu.be/LGskyl1aCzE Chapters: 00:00:00 - 01 - Chapter 1 00:29:11 - 02 - Chapter 2 00:53:34 - 03 - Chapter 3 01:20:52 - 04 - Chapter 4 01:47:26 - 05 - Chapter 5 02:14:23 - 06 - Chapter 6 02:41:18 - 07 - Chapter 7 03:08:00 - 08 - Chapter 8 03:36:15 - 09 - Chapter 9 04:02:00 - 10 - Chapter 10 04:28:25 - 11 - Chapter 11 04:57:19 - 12 - Chapter 12 05:23:48 - 13 - Chapter 13 05:51:42 - 14 - Chapter 14 06:17:38 - 15 - Chapter 15 06:45:17 - 16 - Chapter 16 Fergus Hume, one of the most prolific authors of the 19th century serves up a spellbinding mystery quite equal to that of his most famous book 'The Mystery of the Hansom Cab'. George, in order to get the consent of the frivolous and avaricious Mrs. Ward to marry her daughter Dorothy, searches for proof of his father's marriage which would then entitle him to his rightful place as heir to both the fortune and the title of Lord Derrington. Are the murders both past and present linked? There seem to be more questions than answers in this intricate plot so skillfully written and imaginative that the reader will be conjuring up various conclusions until the very end. - Summary by Celine Major More information: https://librivox.org/yellow-holly-by-fergus-hume/ LibriVox - free public domain audiobooks (https://librivox.org/)