Historical Fiction audiobooks

Track 61

By: Eve Karlin

Narrated by: Natasha Soudek

Length: 10 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

Midnight, June 13, 1942: Peter Burger stands on a foggy beach, ears primed as a submarine hull scrapes the sandy sea bottom. He has endured seventeen months in a Gestapo prison and seventeen days on a Nazi U-boat only to have landed on American shores with six boxes of explosives and no escape.Inspired by the Nazi saboteurs who landed in... Read more

Where Wild Roses Bloom

By: Angela K. Couch

Narrated by: Kitty Hendrix

Length: 9 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

When Lenora Perry's dream of becoming an acclaimed singer dies a painful death, she attempts to escape her mistakes by fleeing north—directly into the path of an all-too-dashing Mountie. Though the man in scarlet appears eager to be rid of her, his home provides security, and his sister offers friendship—two things Lenora is desperate for after... Read more

The Mobster's Daughter

By: Rachel Scott McDaniel

Narrated by: Erica Sullivan

Length: 10 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

The one man who could help her must never know her name.If Kate Chamberlin can’t reveal her true identity to the world, she must settle for sharing only her talent. Hired as a musician for KDKA radio, Kate plays everything from sponsors’ jingles to complex sonatas. As long as the whispers around the broadcasting room refer to her as “Killjoy... Read more

If War Should Come

By: William N. Walker

Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki

Length: 9 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

Inspired by actual events, If War Should Come is a gripping historical novel of intrigue and suspense by William N. Walker.It’s the autumn of 1939, and Europe lurches uncertainly into war. Paul Muller is catapulted into a diplomatic cauldron of treachery and betrayal as both Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union threaten war on new fronts.In a... Read more

The Blacksmith's Daughter

By: Selim Özdoğan

Narrated by: Vaneh Assadourian

Length: 9 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

A close-knit family is transformed forever when its matriarch tragically dies, leaving behind a husband, Timur the blacksmith, and their three young daughters. The Blacksmith’s Daughter follows the life of the eldest daughter, Gül, who is growing up in rural Turkey in the 1940s and ’50s.When Timur remarries, the girls’ new stepmother has none of... Read more

Spice and Wolf, Vol. 3

By: Isuna Hasekura

Narrated by: J. Michael Tatum & Brina Palencia

Length: 6 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

Having narrowly escaped financial ruin, Lawrence turns hisattention to helping Holo find her ancient homeland in the North. But how longcan a traveling merchant afford to wander the countryside looking for a villagethat he suspects may have ceased to exist long ago? When a rival merchant setshis sights on Lawrence's beautiful companion, though,... Read more

Bindle Punk Bruja

By: Desideria Mesa

Narrated by: Frankie Corzo

Length: 14 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

Boardwalk Empire meets The Vanishing Half with a touch of earth magic in this sexy and action-packed historical fantasy set in the luminous Golden Twenties from debut author Desideria Mesa, where a part-time reporter and club owner takes on crooked city councilmen, mysterious and deadly mobsters, and society’s deeply rooted sexism and racism,... Read more

Lords of the Ocean

By: James L. Nelson

Narrated by: John Lee

Length: 9 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

James L. Nelson’s revolution at sea saga has brought to life a never-before-seen side of America’s war for independence. With his expertise of a seasoned mariner, a historian’s vivid attention to detail, and a natural gift for sensational storytelling, Lords of the Ocean carries us along on his bold and stirring course through history.In the... Read more

Call Me Lonesome

By: Brett Cogburn

Narrated by: Bradford Hastings

Length: 13 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

Two-time Spur Award–winner Brett Cogburn brings back the true grit and glory of the Wild West with his second post-Civil War thriller featuring New York City policeman-turned M&K Railroad lawman Morgan Clyde. With a storm of hot lead he brought peace to the blood-drenched, lawless Ironhead Station, deep in the wilds of Indian Territory. Now... Read more

The Poseidon Network

By: Kathryn Gauci

Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki

Length: 8 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

From USA Today bestselling author Kathryn Gauci comes a mesmerizing, emotional espionage thriller that no fan of WWII fiction will want to miss.1943. SOE agent Larry Hadley leaves Cairo for German- and Italian-occupied Greece. His mission is to liaise with the Poseidon network under the leadership of the White Rose. It’s not long before he finds... Read more

For Those Who Are Lost

By: Julia Bryan Thomas

Narrated by: Marisa Calin

Length: 8 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

Inspired by true events, For Those Who Are Lost begins on the eve of the Nazi invasion of the island of Guernsey, when terrified parents have a choice to make: send their children alone to England, or keep the family together and risk whatever may come to their villages.Ava and Joseph Simon reluctantly put their nine-year-old son, Henry, and... Read more

The Betrothed

By: Alessandro Manzoni

Narrated by: Ari Fliakos & Susan Vinciotti Bonito

Length: 22 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

“The first English translation in more than fifty years of Alessandro Manzoni’s masterpiece, a work of foundational Italian literature on par with the Divine Comedy and the Decameron.”—The Wall Street Journal
 
“An exemplary historical novel” (The New Yorker) from the father of modern Italian literature, The Betrothed receives its first new... Read more

The Spider's House

By: Paul Bowles

Narrated by: Cheryl Smith & Raphael Corkhill

Length: 16 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

Originally published in 1955, Paul Bowles’s remarkable novel set in Fez, Morocco, during the last days of the French colonial empire, is an expansive piece of writing—vintage BowlesThe dilemma of the outsider in an alien society, and the gap in understanding between cultures, recurrent themes of Paul Bowles’s writings, are dramatized with brutal... Read more

Let It Come Down

By: Paul Bowles

Narrated by: Tom Zahner & Raphael Corkhill

Length: 12 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

In Let It Come Down, Paul Bowles plots the doomed trajectory of Nelson Dyar, a New York bank teller who comes to Tangier in search of a different life and ends up giving in to his darkest impulses. Rich in descriptions of the corruption and decadence of the International Zone in the last days before Moroccan independence, Bowles's second novel... Read more

Anne of the Island

By: Lucy Maud Montgomery

Narrated by: Karen Savage

Length: 6 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

New adventures lie ahead as Anne Shirley packs her bags, waves good-bye to childhood, and heads for Redmond College. With her old friend Prissy Grant waiting in the bustling city of Kingsport and her frivolous new friend Philippa Gordon at her side, Anne tucks her memories of rural Avonlea away and discovers life on her own terms, filled with... Read more

Sherlock Holmes and the Strange Death of Brigadier-General Delves

By: Tim Symonds

Narrated by: Michael Langan

Length: 2 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

It's 1898. Kismet brings about a chance reunion at a London club between Dr. Watson and Colonel "Maiwand Mike" Fenlon, former military comrades from their Northwest Frontier days and the desperate Battle of Maiwand. A week later an urgent cable seeking Sherlock Holmes's help arrives from the Bailiwick of Guernsey, a British Crown Dependency 30... Read more

En brazos de mi enemigo

By: Andrea Milano

Narrated by: Paola Cohen Falah

Length: 19 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

Con el trasfondo del atentado contra la vida del presidente de la nación Domingo F. Sarmiento en 1873 y el estallido de una inesperada revolución en Buenos Aires, una joven de familia acomodada se ve obligada a casarse con un hombre a quien desprecia para, luego, enamorarse enloquecidamente de él.
La novela desgrana la historia de un... Read more

I and My True Love

By: Helen MacInnes

Narrated by: Justine Eyre

Length: 10 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

American diplomat Payton Pleydell and his wife Sylvia are the most respected, brilliant couple in Washington. Theirs seems a perfect marriage but Kate Jerold begins to suspect that her cousin’s husband is not as devoted as he seems. Then the unexpected arrival of a Czech official threatens to bring the façade crashing down. Even after six years... Read more

Further Chronicles of Avonlea

By: Lucy Maud Montgomery

Narrated by: Sibella Denton

Length: 6 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

Nestled between the ocean and the hills of Prince Edward Island is a road. This road leads to the house—Green Gables—where a girl named Anne grew up, and to the wonderful place called Avonlea. In this second volume of heartwarming tales by L. M. Montgomery, a Persian cat plays an astonishing part in a marriage proposal; a ghostly appearance... Read more

La Cabaña del Tío Tom

By: Harriet Beecher Stowe

Narrated by: Juan Padilla

Length: 19 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

La cabaña del tío Tom (Uncle Tom's Cabin) es una novela de la escritora estadounidense Harriet Beecher Stowe. Se publicó por primera vez, de forma serializada, en el periódico abolicionista The National Era, entre el 5 de junio de 1851 y el 1 de abril de 1852. Luego, salió como libro en 1852.La obra tiene la esclavitud como tema central. Narra... Read more

Ibid

By: Howard Phillips Lovecraft

Narrated by: Jacques Hadjaje

Length: 18 minutes

Abridged: No

Ibid est une parodie écrite en 1927 ou 1928, et publiée pour la première fois dans le numéro de janvier 1938 de O-Wash-Ta-Nong. "Ibid" est une fausse biographie du savant romain Ibidus (486-587), dont le chef-d'œuvre était l' op. cit., "où tous les courants sous-jacents significatifs de la pensée gréco-romaine se sont cristallisés une fois pour... Read more

Princ a psík

By: Barbara Cartland

Narrated by: Sára Erlebachová

Length: 5 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

Má láska mezi řeckým princem a mladou Angelinou šanci?Krásná a sečtělá Angelina Medwinová bydlí ve velkolepém domě na londýnském Belgrave Square, kde pečuje o svou starou babičku a zbytek času tráví venčením svého pekingského pejska Twi-Twiho.Ráda přitom sleduje čilý ruch v sousedním domě, kde sídlí velvyslanectví řeckého ostrova Kefalonie.... Read more

فاكهة للغربان

By: أحمد زين

Narrated by: جمال مرعي

Length: 7 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

في هذا الكتاب، وغير بعيدٍ عن أجواء مُلبَّدة برائحةِ سجائرَ امبرياليّة، وكلماتِ الأغاني الثَّورية، التي طبعت سبعينيات وثمانينيات القرن الماضي؛ يجلسُ صلاح، المناضلُ اليساريُّ، ليكتُبَ مذكِّرات زوجةِ رئيسهِ السَّابق، في الدائرة الحزبية التي كان يعمل فيها؛ بعدَ شهورٍ من اختفائه. ولتبدأ رحلةٌ متشعِّبةُ المساراتِ في أزمنةٍ أضحت بعيدة، وفي «عَدَن»... Read more

Auf der finsteren Seite der Nacht

By: Klara Bellis

Narrated by: Christian Denkers

Length: 1 hour 9 minutes

Abridged: No

Seit vierhundert Jahren zieht es den Vampir Korwin Schwarzvogel in das Dorf, in dem er einst zur Welt kam. Mitten im Winter und mitten im Krieg will er einen Freund besuchen. Im Licht des Blutmondes wandert er durch die Stille der Nacht und landet in der Hölle auf Erden. Der Krieg hat sein Heimatdorf erreicht. Korwin muss sich entscheiden... Read more