Historical Fiction audiobooks

Lionizing

By: Edgar Allan Poe

Narrated by: Marcus Aurelius Green

Length: 13 minutes

Abridged: No

In "Lionizing," Edgar Allan Poe crafts a masterful satire on the fickle nature of public admiration and the absurdities of hero-worship. The story transports readers to a luxurious 19th-century salon, where opulence and grandeur underscore the absurdity of the adoration lavished upon a single, self-important figure. This central character, clad... Read more

The Thousand-and-Second Tale of Scheherazade

By: Edgar Allan Poe

Narrated by: Alexander Buchanan

Length: 48 minutes

Abridged: No

The Thousand-and-Second Tale of Scheherazade is Edgar Allan Poe's imaginative and satirical continuation of the legendary One Thousand and One Nights. In this clever twist, Scheherazade, after a thousand nights of captivating the king with her tales, ventures into a final story on the thousand-and-second night. She weaves a bizarre account of... Read more

Aarumuganin Vanavasam

By: T A Venkatesh

Narrated by: Rajeshwari Ramkumar

Length: 2 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

Aarumuganin Vanavasam - an aurality/ itsdiff Entertainment production - ஆறுமுகனின் வனவாசம்: இது வீடு விட்டு, காடு செல்லும் கதை. அமலமுனி குறிப்பிட்ட அந்த ஒரு ஆண்டில் காட்டில் நடக்கும் நிகழ்வுகளே இக்கதை... ஆறுமுகன் அதற்கு எவ்வாறு தன்னை தயாராக்கி கொண்டு, தடைகளை தவிர்த்து, காட்டில் வாழ்ந்து அமலமுனி கூறிய ஓராண்டில், ஆறுமுகன் என்ன என்ன மாற்றங்கள்... Read more

亭长小武

By: 史杰鹏/梁惠王

Narrated by: 马宗武

Length: 28 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

内容简介：《亭长小武》故事讲述，汉武帝时期，南昌县的一个叫小武的亭长（大致相当于现在的村长），因为文弱无力，无法管束治下的流氓少年，长期被长官、同僚蔑视。此时县里突发了一件劫掠案，在别人束手无策时，小武凭借他的聪明才智，以及他对律法案例的丰富知识，顺利侦破此案。但这件发生在偏远地区的普通案件，却牵涉到宫中的太子、宰相，地方的诸侯王，以及名扬天下的长安豪侠。小武不得已走上逃亡之路，却意外获得诸侯王公主的爱情。此后小武一路高升，从手持金斧的钦差直到首都的市长——京兆尹，最后参与到汉武帝时期最著名的宫廷巫蛊政变中。 Read more

Memoirs of Louis XIV

By: Duc de Saint-Simon

Narrated by: Katherine Leer

Length: 41 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

Memoirs of Louis XIV and the Regency by Louis de Rouvroy, Duc de Saint-Simon, offers a captivating and scandalous glimpse into the inner workings of the French court during the reign of Louis XIV and the subsequent regency.Through Saint-Simon's vivid and often acerbic prose, readers are transported to the opulent and intrigue-filled world of... Read more

Seeking Catherine

By: Cherished Hearts Publishing

Narrated by: Tessa Petersen

Length: 1 hour 24 minutes

Abridged: No

Bargained away to a brothel, she is beyond hope, beyond rescue…but not beyond the reach of the one man who can save her.
He's hurt her in the past. Can she trust her heart to him again?During an age of chivalry, they were sweethearts, planning a future together in England.
Headstrong and proud, Catherine Sudfield remembers everything about Stefan... Read more

King Pest

By: Edgar Allan Poe

Narrated by: Marcus Aurelius Green

Length: 31 minutes

Abridged: No

In Edgar Allan Poe's darkly imaginative tale, "King Pest," journey back to 14th-century London, a city ravaged by plague and steeped in superstition. When two drunken sailors, Legs and Hugh Tarpaulin, find themselves on the run after skipping out on their tavern bill, they stumble into a forbidding district plagued by death.There, they encounter... Read more

Beinahe Duchess

By: Emmi West

Narrated by: Sven Macht & Viola Müller

Length: 10 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

Miss Euphemia Gordon, nicht mehr die Jüngste, ist entschlossen, dem Altjungferndasein zu entkommen. In einem verzweifelten Plan will sie ihren Schwarm Charles in der Bibliothek küssen und ihn so mehr oder minder zur Heirat zwingen.
Doch statt Charles trifft sie auf den arroganten Duke of Silverthorn – finster, gefährlich, so hassenswert wie eh... Read more

Die Bibel, Altes Testament, Folge 21: Mose - Die zehn Gebote

By: Aikaterini Maria Schlösser

Narrated by: Frank Glaubrecht, Patrick Kropp, Marion Musiol,...

Length: 1 hour 4 minutes

Abridged: No

Ein Blitz schoss plötzlich herab. Doch anstatt gleich wieder zu erlöschen, meißelte er Worte in den Felsen neben Mose. Worte in heller Glut. Worte, die Heilung über die Seelen der Menschen bringen würden. Read more

La leyenda del santo bebedor

By: Joseph Roth

Narrated by: Gustavo Dardes

Length: 5 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

Este libro reúne seis relatos de Joseph Roth, cinco de los cuales se publicaron de forma póstuma. En ellos desfilan personajes muy disímiles: un bebedor empedernido que vive en la calle y parece encontrar la forma de redimirse ante la sociedad; un jefe de estación de trenes que se enamora perdidamente de una mujer casada y hace todo para... Read more

Death of a Foreign Gentleman

By: Steven Carroll

Narrated by: Mark Meadows

Length: 7 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

Cambridge, UK, 1947. Martin Friedrich, a German philosopher, is cycling through an intersection on his way to give a lecture when a speeding car strikes and kills him. Shortly afterwards, Detective Sergeant Stephen Minter - an Austrian-born cockney Jew, whose parents were interned during the war as enemy aliens - stands over the body of... Read more

Die Muse des Teufelsgeigers - Historischer Roman (Ungekürzt)

By: Sina Beerwald

Narrated by: Eva Becker

Length: 12 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

"Sie sind meine Muse. Sie sind die Muse des Teufelsgeigers." Wien, 1828: Bei ihrer Heirat mit dem Geigenbauer Paul von Sawicki hatte Sophie auf ein glückliches Leben gehofft, doch ihr Mann ist dem Alkohol verfallen. So arbeitet sie an seiner Stelle in der Werkstatt und kümmert sich um die beiden Kinder. Da taucht plötzlich der berüchtigte... Read more

Die Gemahlin des Kriegers - Im Bann des Wikingers, Band 3 (ungekürzt)

By: Mariah Stone

Narrated by: Luise Noemi Kühn & Sven Macht

Length: 6 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

Ein abgrundtiefer Hass, eine unendliche Sehnsucht - und die Hoffnung auf Liebe USA, 2019. Mia versucht ihr ungeborenes Kind vor ihrem Ex-Freund, einem Mafiaboss, zu beschützen. Eine Fremde verhilft der angehenden Kinderärztin zur Flucht, die sie in das Mittelalter führt - zu einem bedrohlich wirkenden Wikinger, der sie für die Tochter des... Read more

Obiecaj, że mnie kiedyś odnajdziesz

By: Anna Ficek

Narrated by: Agata Skórska

Length: 10 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

Miłość i tak cię znajdzie - nawet gdy stoisz po drugiej stronie barykady Hania pragnie być wolna i szczęśliwa, ale wie, że wojna nie sprzyja realizowaniu młodzieńczych marzeń. Każdego dnia czeka na wieści od brata i ojca, którzy walczą w partyzantce. Kiedy wydaje jej się, że zaczyna przyzwyczajać się do towarzyszącego jej nieustannie strachu,... Read more

The Valley of Fear

By: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Narrated by: Matthew Lloyd Davies

Length: 5 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

Inspector MacDonald of Scotland Yard arrives to 221B Baker Street with a case: a Mr. John Douglas has been found murdered at a remote English manor. As Holmes and Dr. Watson investigate, they uncover strange clues pointing to a shadowy secret society and a dark history that stretches across the Atlantic—all the way to a mining town in America.... Read more

The Haunting of Hern Hall

By: G.R. Pidgeon

Narrated by: Ralph Lister

Length: 10 hours

Abridged: No

Every family has its ghosts… When three innocent children play a game that ends in fatal consequences, it sets in motion a series of events that will haunt their family forever…After the horrors of World War One, disillusioned army chaplain John Elliot arrives at Hern Hall, an isolated estate in the mist-shrouded English countryside. The mystery... Read more

The Refugee's Daughter

By: Carolyn Newton

Narrated by: Jesse Vilinsky, Nancy Peterson & Michael Crouch

Length: 10 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

What is the price of freedom? Winter 1945.The Soviet army is sweeping into East Prussia, with their sights set on punishing Germans for the Nazis' reign of terror. Thirteen-year-old Giti and her younger brother, Otto, live with their mother and grandmother. When soldiers arrive and brutally attack the two adult women, killing their grandmother,... Read more

Rosa Reed Mysteries Bundle: Books 5-6

By: Lee Strauss & Norm Strauss

Narrated by: Stephanie Németh-Parker

Length: 8 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

Books 5 and 6 of the 1950s Cozy Mystery series by USA Today bestselling author Lee Strauss! If you love early rock & roll, poodle skirts, clever whodunnits, a charming cat, and an even more charming detective, you're going to love this series. Book 5: Murder and Rock 'n Roll Murder is a hit!
It's the summer of 1956 and Private Investigator... Read more

The Paris Inheritance

By: Natalie Meg Evans

Narrated by: Daphne Kouma

Length: 11 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

A family heirloom, handmade in Paris. A wartime sacrifice that changed everything. And a secret kept for generations.   Paris, 1940. Clutching a delicate silver dove-shaped brooch – the last gift from her beloved Otto, with a message of love engraved in the back – Lally flees her home in Paris. With her closest friend by her side, she dodges the... Read more

A Bold Rebellion

By: Katie Cross

Narrated by: Katie Cross

Length: 9 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

The Tenth Book in The Network Series Never Underestimate the Power of an Unpredictable Witch A BOLD REBELLION is the tenth book in the thrilling YA fantasy collection The Network Series.  Read more

Eine Studie in scharlachroter Frau - Lady Sherlock, Band 1 (ungekürzt)

By: Sherry Thomas

Narrated by: Cornelia Dörr

Length: 11 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

Die #1- Bestseller Serie aus den USA Lady Sherlock erstmals auf Deutsch Wegen ihres wissbegierigen Verstandes hat sich Charlotte Holmes nie mit der Sittsamkeit wohl gefühlt, die in der Oberschicht vom schönen Geschlecht erwartet wird. Aber selbst sie hätte nie gedacht, dass sie einmal eine gefallene Frau sein würde, die sich auf den Straßen... Read more

Attika. Die Verteidiger Athens - Attika, Band 2 (ungekürzt)

By: Conn Iggulden

Narrated by: Uve Teschner

Length: 12 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

Nur um Haaresbreite ist Athen 480 vor Christus einer Katastrophe entgangen - dank der todesmutigen Krieger aus Sparta, die den Pass bei den Thermophylen lange genug gehalten hatten, um die Stadt zu evakuieren. Doch die persische Übermacht unter dem Großkönig Xerxes I. ist nach wie vor entschlossen, Griechenland endgültig in die Knie zu zwingen.... Read more

Misa de gallo

By: J.M. Machado de Assis

Narrated by: Milagros Bernardo

Length: 17 minutes

Abridged: No

En "Misa de gallo", Machado de Assis narra la historia de un joven que asiste a la tradicional misa de medianoche en Navidad. Durante la misa, el protagonista se encuentra con una mujer mayor, cuya presencia y conversación desencadenan una reflexión sobre el deseo, la moral y el tiempo. La historia está impregnada de la ironía y la sutileza... Read more

Treasure Island

By: Robert Louis Stevenson

Narrated by: Bill Lewis

Length: 7 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

Treasure Island is a timeless classic of adventure and piracy, following the young Jim Hawkins as he embarks on a thrilling quest for buried treasure. Along the way, Jim encounters a cast of unforgettable characters, including the enigmatic Long John Silver, a one-legged pirate with his own mysterious agenda. The story is filled with excitement,... Read more