Historical Fiction audiobooks
The Scarlet Pimpernel - Abridged
By: Baroness Orczy
Narrated by: Christopher Cazenove
Length: 5 hours 16 minutes
Abridged: Yes
It is 1792, during the French Revolution's Reign of Terror. An English aristocrat regarded as an ineffectual fop is actually a master of disguises who— with a small band of dedicated friends— undertakes dangerous missions to save members of the French nobility from the guillotine. His friends and foes know him only as the... Read more
View audiobookThe Proud and the Free
By: Janet Dailey
Narrated by: Pamela Hensley Vincent
Length: 11 hours 13 minutes
Abridged: No
This captivating historical novel takes listeners inside the Cherokee Nation's tumultuous struggle for justice in the early 1830s and sweeps us away in a surprising and unforgettable love story. Temple Gordon is the daughter of an educated Cherokee leader and a young woman of uncommon beauty. Raised on her family's grand Southern plantation,... Read more
View audiobookSioux Dawn - Abridged
By: Terry Johnston
Narrated by: Ed Asner
Length: 3 hours 11 minutes
Abridged: Yes
This historically accurate tale describes one of the worst military disasters ever suffered by the U.S. Army on the Great Plains.At the end of the Civil War, a tremendous stream of soldiers and settlers began moving westward along the Bozeman Trail, cutting deep into sacred Sioux hunting grounds. For Red Cloud and his warriors, a bloody fight to... Read more
View audiobookLittle Women - Abridged
By: Louisa Alcott
Narrated by: Jamie Lee Curtis
Length: 5 hours 29 minutes
Abridged: Yes
With humor and pathos, Little Women follows the lives of four young women and their mother as they face the daily struggles of life in the 19th century. First published in 1868, this memorable and touching coming-of-age masterpiece is beloved by generations. Set in Concord, Massachusetts, this is the story of four sisters who learn hard lessons... Read more
View audiobookShadow Song - Abridged
By: Terry Kay
Narrated by: Terry Kay
Length: 3 hours
Abridged: Yes
It was a wonderful summer, a great memory, the kind of love everybody ought to have. It changed my life -- or almost did -- and I think about it more than I should, but that was a long time ago.
In the summer of 1955, Madison Lee "Bobo" Murphy was a waiter at the Catskills' Pine hill inn, where the eccentric Avrum Feldman became his unlikely... Read more
Forrest Gump - Abridged
By: Winston Groom
Narrated by: Winston Groom
Length: 2 hours 49 minutes
Abridged: Yes
"Bein' a idiot is no box of chocolates," but "at least I ain't led no hum-drum life," says Forrest Gump, the lovable, surprisingly savvy hero of this wonderful comic tale.
When the University of Alabama's football team drafts Forrest and makes him a star, that's only the beginning! He flunks out--and goes on to be a Vietnam war hero, a... Read more
The Alienist - Abridged
By: Caleb Carr
Narrated by: Edward Herrmann
Length: 4 hours 3 minutes
Abridged: Yes
A new breed of evil in Old New York
New York, 1986: Lower Manhattan's underworld is ruled by a new generation of cold-blooded criminals...Police Commissioner Theodore Roosevelt battles widespread corruption within the department's ranks...and a shockingly brutal murder sets off an investigation that could change crime-fighting forever.
In... Read more
Schindler's List - Abridged
By: Thomas Keneally
Narrated by: Ben Kingsley
Length: 4 hours 43 minutes
Abridged: Yes
In remembrance of the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz and the Nazi concentration camps, this award-winning, bestselling work of Holocaust fiction, inspiration for the classic film and “masterful account of the growth of the human soul” (Los Angeles Times Book Review), returns with an all-new introduction by the author.
An... Read more
Fortune's Favorite - Abridged
By: Colleen McCullough
Narrated by: Michael York
Length: 5 hours 59 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Return to Ancient Rome - where politics, ambition, and greed collide in the fortunes of two fiercely powerful men: Lucius Cornelius Sulla, the great general who returns from exile to be installed as dictator, and then stuns Rome with his startling self-imposed retirement; and Pompey, the young scion of an enormously powerful rural family, who... Read more
View audiobookBefore and During
By: Vladimir Sharov
Narrated by: Al Bernstein
Length: 11 hours 25 minutes
Abridged: No
Late Soviet stagnation, Moscow. Alyosha – a writer who suffers from fits accompanied by memory loss – admits himself to a psychiatric institute for experimental treatment.
Inspired by Ivan the Terrible’s “Memorial Book of the Disgraced” and his own spiritual crisis, Alyosha has been trying to record the memories of people in his life who “died... Read more
Aspire to the Heavens - Abridged
By: Mary Clark
Narrated by: Mary Higgins Clark
Length: 3 hours 8 minutes
Abridged: Yes
The man who would become the first president of the United States comes to life in this biographical novel written by acclaimed suspense writer Mary Higgins Clark. Strongly influenced by the gentility and generosity of spirit of his older brother, the young George matures into a devoted and able public servant in both the military and political... Read more
View audiobookSweet Liar - Abridged
By: Jude Deveraux
Narrated by: Mel Harris
Length: 2 hours 31 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Beloved bestselling author Jude Deveraux follows a savvy young woman into the intriguing heart of a past mystery—and into the arms of a once-in-a-lifetime love.
It was her father's dying wish that Samantha Elliot search for her grandmother, who'd disappeared from Louisville when she was a baby. So here she was in New York City...her parents dead,... Read more
On Leaving Charleston - Abridged
By: Alexandra Ripley
Narrated by: Diane Ladd
Length: 3 hours 10 minutes
Abridged: Yes
This installment of Alexandra Ripley's Old South saga— begun in the bestselling Charleston— traces the lives of the prominent South Carolina Tradd family from the turn of the century to 1935. From an ugly duckling love child, Garden Tradd became the glorious belle her mother, Margaret, had longed to be. With breathtaking... Read more
View audiobookCharleston - Abridged
By: Alexandra Ripley
Narrated by: Diane Ladd
Length: 3 hours 9 minutes
Abridged: Yes
As a child, Elizabeth Tradd witnessed the horror of war and as a young girl, she learned the worst that men can do. As a woman, she discovers the breathtaking excitement that comes to but a lucky few. Here is the story of a Charleston family and the courage, love, and passion that bind them to each other and their vibrant South Carolina city.... Read more
View audiobookGrass Crown - Abridged
By: Colleen McCullough
Narrated by: F. Murray Abraham
Length: 5 hours 54 minutes
Abridged: Yes
From the author of the captivating bestseller
THE FIRST MAN IN ROME...
the timeless saga of power, passion
and conflict of Ancient Rome continues...
The magnificent glory of Republican Rome is threatened when a struggle for power erupts among the men who shaped its hard-won peace. At its center are two extraordinary leaders: Gaius Marius,... Read more
Duchess - Abridged
By: Jude Deveraux
Narrated by: Nicol Williamson
Length: 2 hours 25 minutes
Abridged: Yes
New York Times bestselling author Jude Deveraux captures the thrill of an American beauty's Highlands wedding, where a royal title is at stake—and where love wins the day.
Claire Willoughby risked losing millions in her inheritance if, as decreed by her grandfather, she did not wed an "acceptable" man. Harry Montgomery, the eleventh Duke of... Read more
The Great Alone - Abridged
By: Janet Dailey
Narrated by: Lloyd Bochner
Length: TBA
Abridged: Yes
This landmark saga of adventure and romance spans 200 years against the rich and dangerous wilds of Alaska as a backdrop. The epic begins with the love of a beautiful Aleut woman for a noble and ambitious Cossack hunter. From their union come seven generations of a proud breed of native Alaskans, in whose veins flows the blood of the many... Read more
View audiobookDance with the Devil - Abridged
By: Kirk Douglas
Narrated by: Kirk Douglas
Length: 3 hours
Abridged: Yes
Thought-provoking, riveting, and erotic, Dance with the Devil is the debut novel of legendary actor Kirk Douglas. Hollywood can be a tough town, but it's been awfully good to Danny Dennison. At 55, he's wealthy, successful, and respected throughout the film world. But Danny has been living a lie. Haunted by his past, he longs to find peace and... Read more
View audiobookBuffalo Girls
By: Larry McMurtry
Narrated by: Betty Buckley
Length: TBA
Abridged: No
A strange old woman caked in Montana mud pens a letter to her darling daughter back East—the writer's name is Martha Jane, but her friends call her Calamity...
I am the Wild West, no show about it. I was one of the people who kept it wild.
Larry McMurtry returns to the territory of his Pulitzer Prize–winning masterwork, Lonesome Dove, to sing the... Read more
The First Man in Rome - Abridged
By: Colleen McCullough
Narrated by: David Ogden Stiers
Length: 6 hours 1 minute
Abridged: Yes
"The First Man in Rome was not the best man: he was the First among other men who were his equals...To be the First Man in Rome was something far better than kingship..."
In the first century B.C. at the height of the Roman Republic, two men set their sights on becoming the First Man - the Roman more respected than any other. Marius, a... Read more
Mountain Laurel - Abridged
By: Jude Deveraux
Narrated by: Judith Light
Length: 2 hours 28 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Bestselling author Jude Deveraux spins a rollicking story of a mismatched couple who unearth a sparkling, irresistible passion across the rugged West!
Captain Ring Montgomery was handsome, a skilled rider, a crack shot, popular with the men and their ladies. That was reason enough for a jealous, surly colonel to saddle Montgomery with a most... Read more
A Knight in Shining Armor - Abridged
By: Jude Deveraux
Narrated by: Stephanie Zimbalist
Length: 2 hours 54 minutes
Abridged: Yes
New York Times bestselling author Jude Deveraux will capture your heart with signature classic novel, a time travel romance featuring a present-day heroine and a dashing hero from the sixteenth century!
Abandoned by a cruel fate, lovely Dougless Montgomery lies weeping upon a cold tombstone in an English church. Suddenly, the most extraordinary... Read more
The Last Enchantment - Abridged
By: Mary Stewart
Narrated by: Nicol Williamson
Length: 3 hours
Abridged: Yes
Arthur Pendragon is king! With the great sword Caliburn in his hand and Merlin the enchanter at his side, Arthur comes out of hiding to claim the crown he was born to wear. Unchallenged on the battlefield, he melds the country together in a time of promise. But Merlin, Arthur's protector, sees the glories and horrors that await the new king.... Read more
View audiobookThe Hollow Hills - Abridged
By: Mary Stewart
Narrated by: Nicol Williamson
Length: 2 hours 40 minutes
Abridged: Yes
The Hollow Hills recreates the suspense and excitement of an ancient legend— how Merlin the Enchanter, prophet, visionary, and adviser to kings— keeps Arthur, the future king of Britain, safe. Merlin keeps watch over Arthur in remote secrecy, safe from the warring kings and Saxons who plot against his father, King Uther.... Read more
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