Historical Fiction audiobooks

Heretic - Abridged

By: Bernard Cornwell

Narrated by: Tim Pigott-Smith

Length: 6 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: Yes

From New York Times bestselling author Bernard Cornwell, the sequel to The Archer’s Tale and Vagabond—the spellbinding tale of a young man, a fearless archer, who sets out wanting to avenge his family’s honor and winds up on a quest for the Holy Grail.Already a seasoned veteran of King Edward's army, young Thomas of Hookton possesses the... Read more

Gallows Thief - Abridged

By: Bernard Cornwell

Narrated by: James Frain

Length: 5 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Rider Sandman, having fought Napoleon in the French wars, expected to lead the life of an English country gentleman, but now, two years after Waterloo, his family is impoverished, his name is disgraced and he has been forced to relinquish the woman he loves from her obligation to marry him. Desperate to earn money he accepts the job of being the... Read more

Son of a Wanted Man - Abridged

By: Louis L'Amour

Narrated by: Dramatization

Length: 3 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: Yes

AN AUDIO DRAMATIZATION

An outlaw's legacy...

In a remote corner of Utah lies the secret outlaw kingdom of Ben Curry. For fifteen years Curry has ruled supreme, as his men have pulled jobs from Canada to Mexico. But the king is getting old... he wants to turn his legacy over to someone younger, tougher. Mike Bastian is Ben's adopted son, a... Read more

The Last Kingdom - Abridged

By: Bernard Cornwell

Narrated by: Jamie Glover

Length: 5 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The first installment of Bernard Cornwell’s bestselling series chronicling the epic saga of the making of England, “like Game of Thrones, but real” (The Observer, London)—the basis for The Last Kingdom, the hit BBC America television series.This is the exciting—yet little known—story of the making of England in the 9th and 10th centuries, the... Read more

Jackdaws

By: Ken Follett

Narrated by: Kate Reading

Length: 13 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

D-Day is approaching. They don’t know where or when, but the Germans know it’ll be soon, and for Felicity “Flick” Clariet, the stakes have never been higher. A senior agent in the ranks of the Special Operations Executive (SOE) responsible for sabotage, Flick has survived to become one of Britain’s most effective operatives in Northern ... Read more

Hornet Flight

By: Ken Follett

Narrated by: John Lee

Length: 13 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

Ken Follett follows his bestsellers Jackdaws and Code to Zero with an extraordinary novel of early days of World War II.

It is June 1941 and the war is not going well for England. Across the North Sea, 18-year-old Harald Olufsen takes a shortcut on the German-occupied Danish island of Sande and discovers an astonishing sight that will change the... Read more

Code to Zero - Abridged

By: Ken Follett

Narrated by: Lorelei King

Length: 5 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In this classic Cold War thriller, #1 New York Times bestselling author Ken Follett puts his own electrifying twist on the space race between the U.S. and the Soviet Union. "Code to Zero's split-second suspense proves that...[Follett is] a hell of storyteller."—Entertainment Weekly Read more

Hornet Flight - Abridged

By: Ken Follett

Narrated by: Byron Jennings

Length: 6 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Ken Follet-the master of suspense-follows his bestsellers Jackdaws and Code to Zero with an extraordinary novel of the early days of World War II.

Abridged, 5 CDs, 6 hours Read more

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay - Abridged

By: Michael Chabon

Narrated by: David Colacci

Length: 8 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: Yes

WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZEThe beloved, award-winning The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, a Michael Chabon masterwork, is the American epic of two boy geniuses named Joe Kavalier and Sammy Clay. Now with special bonus material by Michael Chabon.A “towering, swash-buckling thrill of a book” (Newsweek), hailed as Chabon’s “magnum opus”... Read more

Bad Dirt

By: Annie Proulx

Narrated by: William Dufris

Length: 7 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

Annie Proulx follows the success of Close Range with another remarkable collection of stories. Bad Dirt is filled with the vivid characters for which Proulx has become known. In "The Contest," the male population of Elk Tooth, Wyoming, vows to put aside their razors for two seasons, ante up ten dollars each, and wait to see who has the longest... Read more

Nicola and the Viscount - Abridged

By: Meg Cabot

Narrated by: Amanda Root

Length: 3 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Nicola could feel Lord Sebastian's heart beating. It was the most delightful feeling in the world. Surely it meant that The God liked her. More than simply liked her--loved her even. It had to! It just had to!

Miss Nicola Sparks has fallen in love, big time. The object of her dreams is the fabulously rich Lord Sebastian, he of the ice-blue... Read more

Victoria and the Rogue - Abridged

By: Meg Cabot

Narrated by: Serena Gordon

Length: 3 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: Yes

VICTORIA--Growing up in far-off India, wealthy young heiress Lady Victoria Arbutnot was accustomed to handling her own affairs--not to mention everyone else's. But in her sixteenth year, Vicky is unceremoniously shipped off the London to find a husband. With her usual aplomb, however, Lady Victoria gets herself engaged to the perfect English... Read more

Stravaganza: City of Stars

By: Mary Hoffman

Narrated by: Kathe Mazur

Length: 12 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

Georgia is an ordinary girl, living in London with her mother, stepfather, and bully of a stepbrother, and coping with the difficulties of growing up. But her life takes a sudden change when she buys a tiny figurine of a winged horse, and suddenly finds herself swept up into the world of the Stravagante. The tiny horse becomes her magical... Read more

Amaryllis

By: Craig Crist-Evans

Narrated by: Daniel Passer

Length: 4 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

"This is a powerful tale of family, forgiveness, and acceptance of what life throws in our paths - but ultimately, with its almost painful realism, this is the finest depiction of war we've yet seen for young readers." — KIRKUS REVIEWS (starred review)

AMARYLLIS. It was the name of the ship that ran aground on Singer Island, Florida, during a... Read more

The Ideal Bride - Abridged

By: Stephanie Laurens

Narrated by: Clare Higgins

Length: 4 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Michael Anstruther-Wetherby is a man destined for power. Except that Michael, for all his political skill and intelligence, lacks the most important element of success: a wife. So he goes searching for his ideal bride, a gently bred, well-managed young lady. Michael discovers such a paragon, but finds a formidable obstacle in his path, the young... Read more

The Perfect Lover - Abridged

By: Stephanie Laurens

Narrated by: Katie Carr

Length: 4 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Simon Frederick Cynster has a perfect life -- one of enormous wealth and impeccable social status. His lean handsomeness turns the heads of naïve debutantes, while his sensual allure ensures he never lacks for more sophisticated partners for a night of pleasure.However, Simon accepts that he must find a wife to achieve true contentment. Someone... Read more

Four Souls/Tracks

By: Louise Erdrich

Narrated by: Anna Fields

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

In the world of interconnected novels by Louise Erdrich, Four Souls is most closely linked to Tracks. All these works continue and elaborate on the intricate story of life on a reservation peopled by saints and false saints, heroes and sinners, clever fools and tenacious women. Louise Erdrich reminds us of the deep spirituality and the ordinary... Read more

The Master Butchers Singing Club

By: Louise Erdrich

Narrated by: Louise Erdrich

Length: 16 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

From National Book Award-winning, New York Times-bestselling author Louise Erdrich, a profound and enchanting new novel: a richly imagined world “where butchers sing like angels.”Having survived World War I, Fidelis Waldvogel returns to his quiet German village and marries the pregnant widow of his best friend, killed in action. With a suitcase... Read more

Othello

By: William Shakespeare

Narrated by: Ray Fearon, Anastasia Hille, Cal MacAninch & Ja...

Length: 3 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

In this BBC full-cast production, Othello is drawn further and further into jealous rage by the manipulative Iago.

In this story of evil cunning perverting a once noble mind, radio captures Iago's sly hints and boasts to the audience with shocking clarity. The listener is led along an emotional path that grips with fascinating horror until the... Read more

The Merchant Of Venice

By: William Shakespeare

Narrated by: David Morrissey, Full Cast, Juliet Aubrey, Mart...

Length: 2 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

In this BBC full-cast production of The Merchant of Venice, love, bigotry, greed, and justice are entwined.

Shakespeare's classic play explores the eternal themes of love and hate, mercy and justice, with parallel stories centred on the moneylender, Shylock, and the lovers, Portia and Bassanio. Shylock's angry insistence on the repayment of his... Read more

Fatherland

By: Robert Harris

Narrated by: Anton Lesser & Full Cast

Length: 1 hour 58 minutes

Abridged: No

Anton Lesser stars as a Berlin detective who stumbles upon the 20th century's most terrifying secret in this BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation of Robert Harris's bestselling novel. The year is 1964, and it's a week before Hitler's 75th birthday. Nazi Germany won the Second World War, Churchill is living in exile in Canada, Joseph Kennedy is... Read more

Richard II

By: William Shakespeare

Narrated by: Full Cast, Joss Ackland, Samuel West, Damian Le...

Length: 2 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

In this BBC full-cast production of Richard II, the male ego and narcissism of monarchs are hung out to dry...

Written entirely in verse, the rhythms of the language in this epic tragedy encompass its themes of dignity and kingship with fitting grandeur and pathos, as the capricious and narcissistic Richard is brought to his own... Read more

Julius Caesar

By: William Shakespeare

Narrated by: Stella Gonet, Nicholas Farrell, Full Cast, Gera...

Length: 2 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

In this BBC full-cast production, Julius Caesar is triumphant after his victory over the sons of Pompey. But as bad omens and weather plague Rome, even his most loyal friends are starting to see the signs...

Political intrigue and fierce battle rage in this tense and dynamic production in which a country is torn apart under the legacy of Julius... Read more

Henry IV Part Two

By: William Shakespeare

Narrated by: Full Cast, Timothy West, Jamie Glover, Julian G...

Length: 2 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

In this BBC full-cast production of Henry IV Part 2, civil war is ravaging England. Rebels are rallying together, unified against Henry. Will Henry and his son, Hal, emerge victorious - or alive?

Father and son Julian Glover and Jamie Glover star as King Henry and his son Hal in the powerful production which also stars Timothy West and Prunella... Read more