Historical Fiction audiobooks

The Longest Ride - Abridged

By: Nicholas Sparks

Narrated by: Ron McLarty & January LaVoy

Length: 7 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: Yes

From the dark days of WWII to present-day North Carolina, this New York Times bestseller shares the lives of two couples overcoming destructive secrets -- and finding joy together.

Ira Levinson is in trouble. Ninety-one years old and stranded and injured after a car crash, he struggles to retain consciousness until a blurry image materializes... Read more

Heul doch nicht, du lebst ja noch - Abridged

By: Kirsten Boie

Narrated by: Jodie Ahlborn

Length: 4 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Von einem Leben nach den Schrecken des Krieges. Hamburg, Juni 1945: Die Stadt liegt in Trümmern. Mittendrin leben Traute, Hermann und Jakob. Der nennt sich allerdings Friedrich, denn niemand soll erfahren, dass er Jude ist. Als Hermann ihm dennoch auf die Spur kommt, will er nichts mehr mit Jakob zu tun haben. Schuld, Wahrheit, Angst und Wut... Read more

A Measure of Mercy - Abridged

By: Lauraine Snelling

Narrated by: Renee Ertl

Length: 8 hours

Abridged: Yes

Beloved author Lauraine Snelling returns again to her popular Red River Valley setting.  Eighteen-year-old Astrid Bjorklund has been studying medicine under Dr. Elizabeth Bjorklund’s direction and dreams of joining her practice in Blessing. But when a missionary arrives and tells of the need for medical ministry in Africa, he seems to look... Read more

La falsa sirvienta - Abridged

By: Esther Hatch

Narrated by: Ana Viñuela

Length: 8 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Lady Patience Kendrick nació para el privilegio y siempre ha vivido una vida de lujos en la que no le ha faltado de nada. Cuando su hermano mayor la acusa de ser frívola y altanera, decide demostrarle que no es así y lo hace de manera drástica: se disfraza de sirvienta para que vea que es tan capaz de trabajar como cualquier otra persona. Acepta... Read more

Legend of Oracle - Abridged

By: Ani K. Weise

Narrated by: Irena Neumaier & Andy Feind

Length: 14 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Mitreißende Göttergeschichte um eine Schicksalhafte Liebe! Wenn leben sich wie der Tod anfühlt und alles verloren scheint, wenn die Finsternis alles ist, was dir bleibt … würdest du den einen Funken zum Brennen bringen? Jeglicher Hoffnung beraubt und zutiefst vom Verlust ihres Seelenpartners Ares getroffen, erträgt Cassandra das Martyrium... Read more

Die Richter des Königs (Gekürzt) - Abridged

By: Sandra Lessmann

Narrated by: Elke Schützhold

Length: 7 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: Yes

London im Jahre 1665, es ist die Zeit nach dem Bürgerkrieg. Jeremy Blackshaw darf aufgrund der politischen Lage seiner Berufung als katholischer Priester nicht folgen. Früher einmal war er Arzt und wird deshalb zur Behandlung des schwer erkrankten Richters Sir Orlando herangezogen, dessen Vertrauen er genießt. Unversehens wird er in die... Read more

قمر على سمرقند - Abridged

By: Mohamed Mansi Qandil

Narrated by: باسل الرفاعي

Length: 19 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: Yes

هل تعرف ما هو الخوف؟! أنه يقتل أفضل ما في نفسك، تعيش طوال عمرك آمنا، ثم تكتشف أنه أمان زائف، وأن الخوف كامن مثل أشباح لا تهدأ في الظلام أو في الضوء... إنّها حكاية "علي" و "نور الدين " ، الأول مصري والثاني سمرقندي .. رفيقا هذه الرحلة المدهشة حيث جمعتهما المصادفة في سيارة تاكسي يقودها نور الدين إلى سمرقند ويبحث فيها " علي " عن "رشيدوف " صديق أبيه... Read more

عصافير النيل - Abridged

By: Ibrahim Aslan

Narrated by: محمد العربي

Length: 4 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: Yes

كيف كانت تعرف، لترسل ضحكتها الفاجرة تهدر هكذا في عز الصمت؟ تختار أوقاتاً يكون فيها الكرب قد سكن واحدة من حجرات البيت أو أكثر، وتطلقها، قارحة، لتزرى بالمصائب، وتشحن الخلق، بالهيجان والبهجة. كيف كانت تعرف؟ هي الوحيدة داخل حجرتها البعيدة العالية، حيث السطوح الخالية، ونجوم الليل، والنيل. تبدأ الرواية مع حوار الجدة القصير مع الحج محمود الفحّام وهي... Read more

Romeo and Juliet - Abridged

By: William Shakespeare

Narrated by: Claire Bloom & Albert Finney

Length: 2 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A pair of star-cross'd lovers   -PrologueRomeo and Juliet was Shakespeare's first great tragedy, a richly lyrical love story that has long been one of the author's most popular plays for performer and audience alike. Romeo and Juliet is a simple but dramatic cautionary tale about the blindness that both love and hate can engender. As performed... Read more

Sense and Sensibility - Abridged

By: Jane Austen

Narrated by: Julie Christie

Length: 5 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Listen to audio presented by Literary Affairs: Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility.View our feature on Jane Austen.

Marianne Dashwood wears her heart on her sleeve, and when she falls in love with the dashing but unsuitable John Willoughby she ignores her sister Elinor's warning that her impulsive behaviour leaves her open to gossip and innuendo.... Read more

قطعة من أوروبا - Abridged

By: Radwa Ashour

Narrated by: سمعان فرزلي

Length: 8 hours

Abridged: Yes

"يستدرجني الغضب إلى مقال مباشر، ليس هكذا تكتب الحكايات، مهمتي صعبة يا شهرزاد، الأنقاض كثيرة، وعلى جدك أن ينقض كثيراً قبل أن يغزل لك كساء من هذه الحكاية، أو يقيم منها مبنى له منطق ومعمار. جدك ضائع يا بنت، نقض الوزر ظهره وأقعده. ستقول البنت....، لا لن تفصح فهي حيية تراعيني، ستقول لنفسها: جدي يتعثر، يتوهم في نفسه القدرة على جمع خيوط قرنين من الزمان... Read more

Valdez Is Coming - Abridged

By: Elmore Leonard

Narrated by: Keith Carradine

Length: TBA

Abridged: Yes

Touching on the themes of the popular FX series Justified featuring U.S. Marshall Raylan Givens, Valdez Is Coming is New York Times bestselling author Elmore Leonard's classic western tale of corruption, justice, and vengeance.Forced to gun down an innocent man, part-time sheriff Roberto Valdez is nearly killed and run out of town when he seeks... Read more

Vanished - Abridged

By: Danielle Steel

Narrated by: Boyd Gaines

Length: 2 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Vanished tells the story of a man and woman faced with an almost unthinkable tragedy—the mysterious abduction of their son.

In the late 1930s, in the shadow of the Lindbergh kidnapping, and as war looms in Europe, Marielle Patterson shares and elegant Manhattan brownstone with her husband, Malcolm, and their little boy, Teddy. Though the... Read more

Conspirata - Abridged

By: Robert Harris

Narrated by: Oliver Ford Davies

Length: 6 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Conspirata is “a portrait of ancient politics as a blood sport,” raves The New York Times. As he did with Imperium, Robert Harris again turns Roman history into a gripping thriller as Cicero faces a new power struggle in a world filled with treachery, violence, and vengeance.

On the eve of Cicero’s inauguration as consul of Rome, a grisly... Read more

Heartfire - Abridged

By: Orson Card

Narrated by: Nana Visitor

Length: 5 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The fifth installment of Orson Scott Card' s best-selling series The Tales of Alvin MakerPeggy Guester is a Torch, whose power is so great that she can follow the paths of each person's future and know their most intimate secrets. From the moment of Alvin's birth, Peggy has protected him. Now they are married, but their destinies... Read more

With This Ring - Abridged

By: Amanda Quick

Narrated by: Janet McTeer

Length: TBA

Abridged: Yes

Leo Drake, the “Mad Monk of Monkcrest,” is notoriously eccentric and unquestionably reclusive.  But he is also a noted antiquities expert, which is why Beatrice Poole has demanded his reluctant assistance.

The freethinking authoress of “horrid novels,” Beatrice is searching for the Forbidden Rings of Aphrodite, a mythic treasure she suspects... Read more

Novelas De La Dinastia Ming - Abridged

By: Anonymous

Narrated by: Santiago Munevar

Length: 3 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: Yes

No solo por la construcción de la Gran Muralla China es recordada la dinastía Ming, que reinó en el imperio chino entre 1368 y 1644, sino por que la época marcó un florecimiento de las artes y las letras. Fue además una época de paz y progreso como nunca se había visto en la historia de la humanidad. Esta época vio igualmente la divulgación de... Read more

Red Prophet - Abridged

By: Orson Card

Narrated by: Nana Visitor

Length: 6 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The second installment of Orson Scott Card' s best-selling series The Tales of Alvin Maker.In the first tale of Alvin Maker— Seventh Son— listeners are introduced to a pioneer America where magic works and special talents are utilized in marvelous ways. In this second installment in the Tales of Alvin Maker,... Read more

Small Town - Abridged

By: Lawrence Block

Narrated by: Lawrence Block

Length: 5 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The author of dozens of acclaimed novels including those in the Scudder and Keller series, Lawrence Block has long been recognized as one of the premier crime writers of our time. Now, the breathtaking skill, power, and versatility of this Grand Master are brilliantly displayed once again in a mesmerizing new thriller set on the streets of the... Read more

Guardian of the Horizon - Abridged

By: Elizabeth Peters

Narrated by: Barbara Rosenblat

Length: 6 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A lost journal of Amelia Peabody has been miraculously recovered: a chronicle from one of the ""missing years"" -- 1907-1908 -- shedding light on an already exceptional career...and an unexpected terror.Ousted from their most recent archaeological dig and banned forever from the Valley of the Kings, the Emersons are spending a quiet summer at... Read more

Edge of Eternity - Abridged

By: Ken Follett

Narrated by: John Lee

Length: 12 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Ken Follett’s Century Trilogy follows the fortunes of five intertwined families—American, German, Russian, English, and Welsh—as they make their way through the twentieth century. It has been called “potent, engrossing” (Publishers Weekly) and “truly epic” (Huffington Post). USA Today said, “You actually feel like you’re there.”

Edge of ... Read more

Manchu Palaces - Abridged

By: Jeanne Larson

Narrated by: Susan Clark

Length: 4 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: Yes

This rich and nuanced portrait of eighteenth-century China follows a Chinese girl' s path to enlightenment. At the midpoint of the Manchus' long sway over the largest empire in China's history, a young girl stands reluctantly on the brink of womanhood. Lotus, the Empress Dowager's servant, decides to follow a spiritual path through... Read more

Die verkaufte Sängerin - Cristina, Band 1 (Autorisierte Lesefassung) - Abridged

By: Iny Lorentz

Narrated by: Anne Moll

Length: 12 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Dramatisch, abenteuerlich und hochspannend! Bestseller-Autorin Iny Lorentz entführt mit Die verkaufte Sängerin - dem ersten Band der historischen Trilogie um die Sängerin Cristina - ins Thüringen des 18. Jahrhunderts. Thüringen um 1796: Ihr blondes Haar macht die junge Cristina selbst in ihrer eigenen Gaukler-Familie zur Außenseiterin. Sie... Read more

Sandstorm - Abridged

By: James Rollins

Narrated by: Dennis Boutsikaris

Length: 6 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: Yes

An inexplicable explosion rocks the antiquities collection of a London museum and the race begins to determine how it happened, why it happened, and what it means.Lady Kara Kensington's family paid a high price in money and blood to found the gallery that now lies in ruins. Her search for answers leads Kara and her friend Safia al-Maaz, the... Read more