Historical Fiction audiobooks

The Copper Pipe of Time - Abridged

By: W. Lawrence Nash

Narrated by: W. Lawrence Nash

Length: 16 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: Yes

 You are about to listen to a book which will take you on a light-hearted trip. The journey is taken with good intention and high hopes, yet pervading its innocence and joy is an omnipresent threat. It is the eternal struggle between good and evil, and within your book it is exemplified by the enthusiasms of youth battling in concert with the... Read more

Turn of the Screw - Abridged

By: Henry James

Narrated by: Virginia McKenna

Length: 1 hour 30 minutes

Abridged: Yes

William Collins Books and Decca Records are proud to present ARGO Classics, a historic catalogue of classic fiction read by some of the world’s most renowned voices. Originally released as vinyl records, these expertly abridged and remastered stories are now available to download for the first time. ... Read more

Ivanhoe - Abridged

By: Walter Scott

Narrated by: Tim Pigott-Smith

Length: 2 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: Yes

William Collins Books and Decca Records are proud to present ARGO Classics, a historic catalogue of classic fiction read by some of the world’s most renowned voices. Originally released as vinyl records, these expertly abridged and remastered stories are now available to download for the first time. ... Read more

The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde - Abridged

By: Robert Louis Stevenson

Narrated by: Tom Baker

Length: 1 hour 39 minutes

Abridged: Yes

William Collins Books and Decca Records are proud to present ARGO Classics, a historic catalogue of classic fiction read by some of the world’s most renowned voices. Originally released as vinyl records, these expertly abridged and remastered stories are now available to download for the first time. ... Read more

Temptation - Abridged

By: Jude Deveraux

Narrated by: Alison Fraser

Length: 4 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The year is 1909, and Temperance O'Neil is a woman ahead of her time. At 29, she is happily married to her work helping single mothers on the streets of New York. Unfortunately, Angus McCairn - her new stepfather - controls the purse strings to her substantial inheritance. Angus insists she quit her career and live in his house in Edinburgh.... Read more

Quick Classics Collection: Gothic - Abridged

By: Henry James, Bram Stoker & Robert Louis Stevenson

Narrated by: Virginia McKenna, Bruce Alexander & Tom Baker

Length: 6 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: Yes

William Collins Books and Decca Records are proud to present ARGO Classics, a historic catalogue of classic fiction read by some of the world’s most renowned voices. Originally released as vinyl records, these expertly abridged and remastered stories are now available to download for the first time. ... Read more

Dieses goldene Land (Gekürzte Lesung) - Abridged

By: Barbara Wood

Narrated by: Tanja Geke

Length: 10 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Aus der Enge des viktorianischen England flieht die Arzttochter Hannah in die Weiten Australiens. Schon auf der Überfahrt begegnet sie dem Naturforscher Neal, der eine Expedition in die unerforschten Regionen des fünften Kontinents führen will. Dort taucht er ein in die mystische Welt der Aborigines. Während Hannah noch um seine Rückkehr bangt,... Read more

White Doves at Morning - Abridged

By: James Lee Burke

Narrated by: Will Patton

Length: 6 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A riveting evocation of the Civil War, drawn from the true family history of "America's best novelist" (The Denver Post), JAMES LEE BURKE

1861. Two young Southerners, friends despite their differing political views and backgrounds, enlist in the 18th Louisiana regiment of the Confederate Army: Robert Perry, wealthy and privileged, and... 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

The M. R. James Collection - Abridged

By: M. R. James

Narrated by: Sir Michael Hordern

Length: 7 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: Yes

William Collins Books and Decca Records are proud to present ARGO Classics, a historic catalogue of classic fiction read by some of the world’s most renowned voices. Originally released as vinyl records, these expertly abridged and remastered stories are now available to download for the first time. ... Read more

Die Schicksalsgabe (Gekürzte Fassung) - Abridged

By: Barbara Wood

Narrated by: Tanja Geke

Length: 10 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: Yes

"Fluch oder Segen? Ihre geheimnisvolle Gabe führt die junge Ulrika bis an die Grenzen der Welt. Sie weiß, dass sie anders ist als ihre römischen Freundinnen: seit der Kindheit hat Ulrika Visionen, die sie vor allen verheimlicht. Aber dann erscheint ihr das Bild ihres Vaters, den sie nie gekannt hat. Sie bricht auf, um ihn zu warnen. Allein und... Read more

On the Occasion of My Last Afternoon - Abridged

By: Kaye Gibbons

Narrated by: Polly Holliday

Length: 5 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Like America in the mid-nineteenth century, Emma Garnet Tate is a woman at war with herself. Born to privilege on a James River plantation, she grows up increasingly aware that her family's prosperity is inextricably linked to the institution of slavery.

As she tells her story in 1900, she is still prey to her childhood, to the memories of a life... Read more

Vom Ende der Nacht (Autorisierte Lesefassung) - Abridged

By: Claire Daverley

Narrated by: Heike Warmuth

Length: 9 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Will und Rosie. Sie könnten gegensätzlicher nicht sein, und doch verlieben sie sich ineinander: verstohlene Blicke, Sonnenuntergänge am Lagerfeuer, Gespräche bis spät in die Nacht. Sie sind kurz davor, etwas Wunderbares zu beginnen. Bis eines Tages ihre Welt zerbricht. Auch wenn die Jahre vergehen, finden sie immer wieder zueinander und können... Read more

The Reluctant Suitor - Abridged

By: Kathleen E. Woodiwiss

Narrated by: Lynn Redgrave

Length: 6 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Lady Adriana Sutton has long adored Colton Wyndham, to whom she has been promised by an agreement of courtship and betrothal since childhood. As a young girl, she was wounded by Colton's stubborn refusal to comply with his father's wishes and by his angry departure for a life of adventure and danger in the British army.No longer the plain tomboy... Read more

La Firestarter - Abridged

By: May McGoldrick & Jan Coffey

Narrated by: Virtual Voice Narrator

Length: 12 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: Yes

  Trilogía del Tesoro de las Highlands: Libro 3      ¡Se necesita un pirata para domar a otro!     La Trilogía del Tesoro de las Highlands recoge las vidas y los amores de tres hermanas escocesas. Ahora, en la emocionante conclusión, conoce a Adrianne... una mujer sin compromisos ni inhibiciones....     Arrojada a los brazos del hombre que desea... Read more

Der Buchladen von Primrose Hill (Gekürzt) - Abridged

By: Madeline Martin

Narrated by: Elke Appelt

Length: 7 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: Yes

London, 1939. Die junge Grace kommt in die vom Krieg gebeutelte Metropole, ihr größter Wunsch ist es, endlich ihre Vergangenheit hinter sich zu lassen und ein neues Leben zu beginnen. In einem kleinen, versteckt gelegenen Buchladen mitten in Primrose Hill findet sie eine Anstellung. Sie hat alle Hände voll damit zu tun, Ordnung in den Laden zu... Read more

Helle Tage, dunkle Schuld - Kriminalinspektor Carl Bruns, Band 1 (Autorisierte Lesefassung) - Abridged

By: Eva Völler

Narrated by: Steffen Groth

Length: 10 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Eine Frau, die sich in der Nachkriegszeit einen Platz im Leben erkämpft, ein Mann, der gegen das Unrecht kämpft und ein historischer Kriminalfall, der auf Tatsachen beruht. Der erste große Spannungsroman der SPIEGEL-Bestsellerautorin Eva Völler - authentisch, aufwühlend und packend. Ruhrgebiet, 1948. Der Kriminalbeamte Carl Bruns arbeitet für... Read more

Fall of Giants - Abridged

By: Ken Follett

Narrated by: Dan Stevens

Length: 12 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Ken Follett’s magnificent new historical epic begins as five interrelated families move through the momentous dramas of the First World War, the Russian Revolution, and the struggle for women’s suffrage. 

A thirteen-year-old Welsh boy enters a man’s world in the mining pits. . . . An American law student rejected in love finds a surprising new... Read more

Gala und Dalí - Die Unzertrennlichen - Berühmte Paare - große Geschichten, Band 1 (Gekürzt) - Abridged

By: Sylvia Frank

Narrated by: Eva Becker

Length: 10 hours 1 minute

Abridged: Yes

"Das Leben ist zu kurz, um unbemerkt zu bleiben." Spanien, 1929: Gala begleitet ihren Mann, den Dichter Paul Éluard, in den Fischerort Cadaqués, wo er einen jungen Künstler namens Salvador treffen will, der bald in Paris ausstellen soll. Als Gala den zehn Jahre jüngeren Künstler kennenlernt, ist sie fasziniert von seinem eigenwilligen Auftreten.... Read more

Eine Familie in Berlin - Ursula und die Farben der Hoffnung - Die große Berlin-Familiensaga, Band 2 (Gekürzt) - Abridged

By: Ulrike Renk

Narrated by: Yara Blümel

Length: 11 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: Yes

"Ursula ist talentiert, mutig und voller Leidenschaft." Ulrike Renk Potsdam 1911: Ursulas größte Leidenschaft ist die Kunst. Seit sie denken kann, zeichnet sie, alles hat für sie Formen, Farben und eine Geschichte. Als sie die Kunststudentin Vera Dehmel kennenlernt, taucht sie an ihrer Seite in eine ganz neue Welt ein. Nicht nur lernt sie... Read more

Lost Empire - Abridged

By: Clive Cussler & Grant Blackwood

Narrated by: Richard Poe

Length: 6 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Husband-and-wife treasure hunters Sam and Remi Fargo run afoul of a dictator who uses false facts about Aztec history to further his claim to power in this #1 New York Times-bestselling series.

While scuba diving in Tanzania, Sam and Remi Fargo come upon a relic belonging to a long-lost Confederate ship. An anomaly about the relic sets them off... Read more

The Bull from the Sea - Abridged

By: Mary Renault

Narrated by: Michael York

Length: 2 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Set in classical Greece, this is the riveting sequel to Mary Renault' s The King Must Die.Slaying the minotaur was only the beginning. Theseus's legendary exploits continue in this magnificent tale of mythological adventure in classical Greece. Picking up where The King Must Die left off, this stirring sequel recounts Theseus's... Read more

Miss Dollar - Abridged

By: Machado de Assis

Narrated by: Voz Sintética

Length: 1 hour 2 minutes

Abridged: Yes

"Miss Dollar", a short story by Machado de Assis, tells the story of a lost dog and the events that unfold around it. The plot revolves around the search for the dog, revealing the complexities of human relationships and the irony of circumstances. The tale highlights themes of love, loss and chance, weaving a subtle critique of the social... Read more

Social Marketing Examiner - Abridged

By: Shamapujon

Narrated by: Shamapujon

Length: 2 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Social marketing platform is an online based marketing platform where numerous sellers and buyers buy and sell products.
Nowadays, Facebook has become a popular social marketing platform. Also on Twitter, Instagram and sales. Businessmen are selling products through mobile. Read more