Historical Fiction audiobooks

Somnium: The Dream

By: Johannes Kepler

Narrated by: Charles Featherstone

Length: 45 minutes

Abridged: No

The Renaissance gave us a lot of things, including the earliest science fiction that relates to modern science. The book would now be called hard sci fi, as it leans heavily into the known orbital mechanics of the moon.
Somnium (Latin for "The Dream") — full title: Somnium, seu opus posthumum De astronomia lunari — is a novel written in Latin in... Read more

A True Story

By: Lucian of Samosata

Narrated by: Charles Featherstone

Length: 1 hour 48 minutes

Abridged: No

The very first sci fi, written at the height of people making stuff up and pretending it was history (looking at you, Herodotus). Nice to see the art of the spoof is so old...
A True Story (Ancient Greek: Ἀληθῆ διηγήματα, Alēthē diēgēmata; Latin: Vera Historia or Latin: Verae Historiae), also translated as True History, is a long novella or short... Read more

Niels Klim's Underground Travels

By: Ludvig Holberg

Narrated by: Charles Featherstone

Length: 3 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

Being A Narrative Of His Wonderful Descent To The Subterranean Lands; Together With An Account Of The Sensible Animals And Trees Inhabiting The Planet Nazar And The Firmament
Niels Klim's Underground Travels, originally published in Latin as Nicolai Klimii Iter Subterraneum (1741), is a satirical science-fiction/fantasy novel written by the... Read more

Don Rodriguez: Chronicles of Shadow Valley

By: Lord Dunsany

Narrated by: Chirag Patel

Length: 10 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

Lord Dunsany was the progenitor of modern fantasy fiction. From Tolkein to Gaiman, from Le Guin to Moorcock, his words inspired an entire genre of modern dark fantasy.
A fun adventure in a Spain that never was, in the vein of Dumas and Stevenson, with more than a taste of Cervantes. Don Rodriguez is a young nobleman who is banished from the... Read more

Tales of Three Hemispheres

By: Lord Dunsany

Narrated by: Chirag Patel

Length: 3 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

In the dark days that followed the first world war, it seemed to many that all dreams had died, that wonder and fantasy could not survive in a world that knew trenches and poppies blooming where the blood fell.
Come now as we travel through strange adventures and wonderful magics. Learn of the whimsies of gods, and the terrible fates that await... Read more

Buck Baxter, Love Detective

By: Robin Knight

Narrated by: Art Brown

Length: 2 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

Hard-boiled 1920s private detective Buck Baxter isn’t interested in falling in love… that is until his latest mystery leads him straight into the arms of playboy Holden Hart. But what will Buck end up breaking first—a seemingly unsolvable case or his own heart?
Welcome to Wilde City, 1924—a crane on top of every skyscraper, a party in every club,... Read more

Emma

By: Jane Austen

Narrated by: Laurence Krambule

Length: 18 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

On a beau être belle, intelligente et riche, il reste à faire l’apprentissage des caractères et des relations pour soi-même connaître l’amour.
Jeune, célibataire, fortunée et quelque peu désœuvrée, Emma Woodhouse est maintenant la maîtresse de maison de Hartfield où elle vit avec son père, hypocondriaque et de nature inquiète. Seuls M. Knightley... Read more

Las grandes traiciones de México

By: Francisco Martín Moreno

Narrated by: Adrián Ogazón

Length: 12 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

Una larga cadena de infamias se extiende por la historia de México y, lamentablemente, no escasean las cometidas por próceres, héroes nacionales y caudillos, e incluso por los llamados “padres de la patria” En todo tiempo y hasta nuestros días, sin perder de vista a Colosio, la lucha por llegar al poder y mantenerse en él a cualquier costo ha... Read more

The Songbirds of Florence

By: Olivia Spooner

Narrated by: Antonia Beamish

Length: 9 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

In 1942, a group of young women arrive in Cairo, Egypt. The Tuis, named after the beautiful New Zealand songbird, are the first women from their country to serve overseas. They are to provide respite and a touch of home to weary soldiers returning from the front line. Addy joined the Tuis for the adventure. Vivacious and outgoing, she is the... Read more

Threshold

By: Kevin Barry O'Connor

Narrated by: Brock Donovon

Length: 8 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

Step into a world steeped in danger and high-stakes suspense in this riveting thriller.The explosion. Iraq.The white lights beckoned her from this life to the next. A hand reached down. Marine Captain Cat Fahey stretched toward it, night after horrific night, as she lay on the park bench in Philadelphia. Once a military legend, now homeless. She... Read more

La Chartreuse de Parme

By: Stendhal

Narrated by: Emma

Length: 8 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

La Chartreuse de Parme, chef-d'œuvre de Stendhal, est un roman classique de la littérature française qui plonge le lecteur dans l'univers passionné de la politique, de l'amour, et de l'intrigue. Situé dans l'Italie du XIXe siècle, ce récit captivant suit les aventures de Fabrice del Dongo, jeune aristocrate, au cœur des guerres napoléoniennes.... Read more

Death at the Lychgate

By: T.A. Belshaw

Narrated by: Gemma Lawrence

Length: 10 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

Sunday morning, and the body of Reverend Villiers has been found propped up on the vigil seat in the church's lychgate. It appears that he has been poisoned. When amateur sleuth and regular churchgoer Amy Rowlings arrives she finds DI Bodkin already at the scene. Bodkin tells her about a cryptic scripture reference that has been scrawled in... Read more

The Forgotten Life of Connie Harris

By: Carryl Church

Narrated by: Rebecca Norfolk

Length: 8 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

1951, Devon. Connie's job at the Tivoli cinema provides an escape from her alcoholic father, Frank. There she meets and falls in love with projectionist Charlie. After a whirlwind romance, he splices his proposal into her favourite film, Casablanca, and for the first time, Connie dares to dream of a life beyond the one she's settled... Read more

Such Is Life

By: Tom Collins

Narrated by: Gregory Dwyer

Length: 16 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

This work is a collection of observations by the fictional narrator (Tom Collins) as he travels around the countryside of southern New South Wales and Victoria in the 1880s.This tale provides insight into the stories and hardships of rural dwellers in Australia in the latter half of the nineteenth century, as well as the narrator’s own... Read more

Was die Nacht verschweigt

By: T. Kingfisher

Narrated by: Carsten Wilhelm

Length: 4 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

Alex Easton kehrt in einem neuen unheimlichen Abenteuer zurück. Alex Easton möchte der guten Miss Potter, einer Freundin, einen Gefallen tun und reist nach Gallazien. Dort findet Alex ihr Haus allerdings leer vor und der Hausmeister ist tot und über allem hängt eine unheimliche Stille. Die Einheimischen wollen nicht darüber sprechen, was... Read more

Bound By Desire: Love Unchained

By: Sage Dearly

Narrated by: Mayra Pitton

Length: 3 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

A forbidden love, a dangerous escape, a future worth fighting for.Love is a dangerous rebellion in a world where freedom is a distant dream in this sweet historical romance.Elara has known only chains and fear since being captured and sold to a brutal plantation owner. But the one bright spot in her life had always been Nathaniel, the master’s... Read more

The Blue Castle

By: L.M. Montgomery

Narrated by: Emily Johnson

Length: 6 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

The Blue Castle is a captivating tale that weaves together themes of bravery and love. Will Valancy Stirling ever break free from the constraints of her strict family and experience the true depths of love?
Valancy Stirling, a 29-year-old woman who has never been in love, finds herself trapped in a stifling environment, living under the control... Read more

Desire of My Heart

By: Heidi Gray McGill

Narrated by: Aimee Lilly

Length: 11 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

No matter how dark her night became, she knew God promised joy in the morning. ~~ In the heart of 1858 Missouri, Rachel's world is a whirlwind of uncertainty. But amidst the darkness of her circumstances, she clings to the promise of joy that God whispers to her soul. ~~ In this powerful Christian historical fiction, award-winning author Heidi... Read more

Serpent Boy

By: Suleimane Camara

Narrated by: AhDream Smith

Length: 11 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

ONE BOY’S DISAPPEARANCE WILL CHALLENGE A TRADITION AND IGNITE A REVOLUTION!In a world where tradition rules and secrets are buried deep, one boy’s disappearance will unravel it. Kamboda, a boy with physical impairments, lives in an African village where such children are believed to be evil spirits.When Kamboda mysteriously vanishes, his cousin... Read more

The Housekeeper of Holcombe Hall

By: Maggie Campbell

Narrated by: Claire Storey

Length: 9 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

Brought to you by Penguin.

1929. Holcombe Hall, Lancashire

Holcombe Hall’s enigmatic owner has passed away, and now as the roaring twenties come to an end the upstairs and downstairs residents of Holcombe Hall begin a new era.

Parlour maid Florrie Bickerstaff has always endured the quick temper of Lady Charlotte, calmly navigated the formidable... Read more

Long Live the Baron

By: Nina Jarrett

Narrated by: Claire Glover

Length: 6 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

After she clears his name of murder, a marriage of convenience is the only way to save her reputation! Will their uneasy alliance spark a lasting passion?A steamy historical suspense romance, about a young woman driven to do the right thing, a lord who does not quite appreciate the gesture, and a murder investigation that could end their new... Read more

Peacekeepers

By: James Rosone & Miranda Watson

Narrated by: BJ Harrison

Length: 12 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

It isn’t the only time……a US presidential election has been disputed.But this time, it might lead to war.For the first time in history, UN peacekeeping troops are amassing at the northern border. Marshall Tate has set up his new headquarters in Canada. The world watches. Tensions run high across the country.Will a second civil war tear the... Read more

Rigged

By: James Rosone & Miranda Watson

Narrated by: BJ Harrison

Length: 12 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

"Rigged is a riveting, relevant, relentless rollercoaster-ride of a thriller—and kicks off an action-packed series that’s already four books long and counting." —The Real Book SpyWho has real power?The people in the shadows……behind the presidents of the world.Cloaked in secrecy and loyal to their leaders, the masters of manipulation play at an... Read more

Quo Vadis

By: Henryk Sienkiewicz

Narrated by: Anna Isaksen

Length: 19 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

Discover the Timeless Epic: Quo Vadis by Henryk SienkiewiczStep into the vivid corridors of ancient Rome with Henryk Sienkiewicz's masterpiece, Quo Vadis: A Narrative of the Time of Nero. This historical novel is not only a spectacular tale of romance and adventure but also a profound exploration of courage and faith in the face of tyranny. As a... Read more