Historical Fiction audiobooks

Madwoman

By: Louisa Treger

Narrated by: Laurel Lefkow

Length: 9 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

Bloomsbury presents Madwoman by Louisa Treger, read by Laurel Lefkow.

"A magnificent portrayal of Nelly Bly in all her journalistic integrity and daring.” —New York Journal of Books

"The perfect example of the power of an individual to question, and change, the status quo." —Christian Science Monitor

Based on a true story, a spellbinding historical... Read more

Peach Blossom Paradise

By: Ge Fei

Narrated by: Cindy Kay

Length: 13 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

An enthralling story of revolution, idealism, and a savage struggle for utopia by one of China's greatest living novelistsIn 1898 reformist intellectuals in China persuaded the young emperor that it was time to transform his sclerotic empire into a prosperous modern state. The Hundred Days’ Reform that followed was a moment of unprecedented... Read more

The Only Life That Mattered

By: James L. Nelson

Narrated by: Kate Reading

Length: 15 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

Fed up with an outlaw existence, Calico Jack Rackam swears off the pirate life, but he hasn’t reckoned with Anne Bonny, a woman who would as soon stab a man as give him a good tumble—that is, unless he’s a pirate.Soon Jack finds himself out on the high seas again, with Anne by his side and his men spoiling for action. And when they capture a... Read more

Mission: Nutcracker

By: Cecilia Dominic

Narrated by: Alicia Foreman

Length: 10 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

She dreams of joining the scientific elite. He's desperate to save his business and his sister. Together, they may hold the turnkey to adventure.Terminus, 1871. Fiona Telfair won't give up her gears and gadgets for the ball and chain of marriage. But her future as a tinkerer comes under attack when nutcracker automatons raid the trade hall... Read more

Geranios en el balcón

By: Carolina Pobla

Narrated by: Marta Moreno

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

Una enriquecedora visión de la España del siglo XX gracias a dos personajes de orígenes totalmente opuestos, a los que la casualidad une en Barcelona antes de la Guerra Civil. Rosario y su hermana Remedios dejan Algeciras para trasladarse a Barcelona huyendo de una vida encorsetada y sin futuro. El sueño de Rosario, una joven inquieta y... Read more

The Irish Nanny

By: Sandy Taylor

Narrated by: Evelyn Dillon

Length: 8 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

London 1940. As the war rages in Europe, Rose Brown steps on board a ship bound for America, hoping to escape the danger. She's frightened, but her widowed mammy and three sisters in Ireland need the money she earns as nanny to the rich Townsend family. But while Rose plays with baby Sarah in the salty spray on deck, disaster strikes, and the... Read more

Afterlives

By: Abdulrazak Gurnah

Narrated by: Damian Lynch

Length: 10 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S FAVORITE BOOKS OF 2022

A NEW YORKER “ESSENTIAL READ”

A NATIONAL BESTSELLER

NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORK TIMES, THE WASHINGTON POST, TIME, THE NEW YORKER, BOOKPAGE, AND KIRKUS REVIEWS

“Superb. . . . A celebration of a place and time when people held onto their own ways, and basked in ordinary joys even as... Read more

Desiring Lady Caro

By: Ella Quinn

Narrated by: Sasha Higgins

Length: 11 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

Ella Quinn's bachelors are clever, charismatic—and determined to remain single. Yet one by one, they find that fate—and certain irresistible women—cast doubt on even the best laid plans . . .



Haunted by her past, Lady Caroline Martindale fled England for the solace of her godmother's palazzo in Venice. But if Caro was hoping to escape the charms... Read more

Haven

By: Emma Donoghue

Narrated by: Aidan Kelly

Length: 8 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

In this beautiful story of adventure and survival from the New York Times bestselling author of Room, three men vow to leave the world behind them as they set out in a small boat for an island their leader has seen in a dream, with only faith to guide them. In seventh-century Ireland, a scholar and priest called Artt has a dream telling him to... Read more

Acts of Love and War

By: Maggie Brookes

Narrated by: Avita Jay

Length: 11 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

A remarkable story of love and sacrifice centred on three young English volunteers in the bloody Spanish Civil War, from the author of The Prisoner's Wife.

1936. Civil war is tearing Spain apart, and the world is on the brink of chaos... 
 
Twenty-one-year-old Lucy is frustrated with her constrained life in Hertfordshire, teaching and keeping house... Read more

The Lost Tomb

By: N.J. Croft

Narrated by: Steve Marvel

Length: 8 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

For eight hundred years, the Descendants have worked in secret, putting the pieces in place to fulfill the prophecy made by Genghis Khan on his deathbed—a unified empire spanning the entire globe.

Now they just need one more piece . . .

Head of an elite anti-terrorist unit, Major Noah Blakeley is hunting for the clandestine organization he... Read more

Hot Time

By: W. H. Flint

Narrated by: Jamie Renell

Length: 6 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

New York, August 1896. A "hot wave" has settled on the city with no end in sight, leaving tempers short and the streets littered with dead horses felled by the heat. In this presidential election year, the gulf between rich and poor has political passions flaring, while anti-immigrant sentiment has turned virulent. At police headquarters, the... Read more

Much Ado About Dukes

By: Eva Devon

Narrated by: Sasha Higgins

Length: 8 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

As far as William Easton—the Duke of Blackheath—is concerned, love can go to the devil. Why would a man need passion when he has wealth, a stately home, and work to occupy his mind? But no one warned the duke that a fiery and frustratingly strong-willed activist like Lady Beatrice Haven can also be a stunning dark-haired siren who tempts a man’s... Read more

Láska v Itálii

By: Barbara Cartland

Narrated by: Hana Tomáš Briešťanská

Length: 5 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

Touha po dobrodružství uvrhne nevinnou dívku do spárů únosců!Paola se po ukončení studií vrací domů za svojí milovanou hraběcí rodinou. Těší se na uvedení do společnosti, na krásné šaty i návštěvy londýnských plesů. Kvůli tragickým rodinným událostem však ze všeho sejde...Místo toho ji matka pošle spolu s italskou contessou Martou na cestu do... Read more

Big Red

By: Jerome Charyn

Narrated by: Natalie Duke

Length: 8 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

Since he first appeared on the American literary scene, Jerome Charyn has dazzled readers with his "blunt, brilliantly crafted prose" (Washington Post). Yet Charyn, a beloved comedic novelist, also possesses an extraordinary knowledge of Golden Age Hollywood, having taught film history both in the United States and France.



With Big Red, Charyn... Read more

Blame It on the Earl

By: Jane Ashford

Narrated by: Rosalyn Landor

Length: 9 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

An earl’s heir can make a lady fall head over heels

Sarah Moran might be the only unmatched lady relieved to return to the country after a busy London season. Reveling in the fresh air of Cornwall, she ventures out to the cliffs and encounters Kenver Pendrennon, heir to an earl, admiring the
view. Suddenly, he slips, and Sarah’s attempt to catch... Read more

Rudis: Sueños de sangre y arena

By: Marcos Nieto Pallarés

Narrated by: Neus Sendra & Rafa Parra

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

Rudis es una historia de aventuras, amor, traición y lucha entre quienes ostentaron la llave de la libertad y los valientes que pretendieron arrebatársela. Rudis es la lucha de un esclavo, del hijo adoptivo de un lanista empecinado en convertirse en un gladiador destinado a morir para distraer a los ciudadanos romanos. Pero a Spurius Atiusanus... Read more

In League with Mr. Darcy

By: Laura Hile

Narrated by: Benjamin Fife

Length: 6 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

Elizabeth never meant to fall for Mr. Darcy. The man is an absolute ogre!But Mr. Bingley has begged for help with his sister, causing Elizabeth to be thrown together with Mr. Darcy. Her treasonous heart enjoys every moment.Why? Such a proud and disagreeable man cannot love! But when Mr. Darcy shows a gentler side, Elizabeth knows she is in... Read more

Der Herzog von Aquitanien (ungekürzt)

By: Mac P. Lorne

Narrated by: Detlef Bierstedt

Length: 19 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

Die Geschichte des Mannes, der dem Heer des Kalifen Einhalt gebot - ein actionreicher historischer Roman über den kaum bekannten "Eudo von Aquitanien": Als Eudo im Jahr 700 zum Herzog von Aquitanien ernannt wird, träumt er davon, dort als unabhängiger König zu herrschen. Dazu muss er sich sowohl gegen seinen Lehnsherren, den König der Franken,... Read more

Stefano

By: María Teresa Andruetto

Narrated by: Gustavo Dardés

Length: 1 hour 46 minutes

Abridged: No

La historia de un adolescente que emigra de Italia a la Argentina después de la Primera Guerra Mundial, allá por los años treinta.
Inspirada en el viaje de su propio padre que emigró de Italia a la Argentina, Andruetto relata la historia de un naufragio, una larga aventura y por fin el cumplimiento de una promesa.
Dice la autora: «Si un... Read more

A Christmas Wish

By: Lizzie Lane

Narrated by: Penelope Freeman

Length: 11 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

Bristol 1927

Ten year old Magda Brodie’s world is torn apart when her mother dies in the workhouse two weeks before Christmas.

Her wastrel father arranges for her sisters to be sent to their grandparents in Ireland and for her younger brother to be adopted leaving Magda distraught with worry as her family are scattered far and wide.

Magda, as the... Read more

Return of the Knight

By: Griff Hosker

Narrated by: Marston York

Length: 9 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

Sir Thomas and his new bride, Lady Margaret, have been forced to leave the Baltic. They cannot go to England and so he heads for Anjou where he hopes to take over the old manor of Sir Leofric. Upon his arrival he finds himself thrown into a world of intrigue. Prince Arthur had been the chosen heir of King Richard but King John had taken not only... Read more

The Lost Man of Bombay

By: Vaseem Khan

Narrated by: Maya Saroya

Length: 10 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

The third incredible novel in the highly acclaimed Malabar House series featuring Persis Wadia, India's first female police detective. A Times Audiobook of the Week

Bombay, 1950

When the body of a white man is found frozen in the Himalayan foothills near Dehra Dun, he is christened the Ice Man by the national media. Who is he? How long has he... Read more

A Mother's Christmas Wish

By: Glenda Young

Narrated by: Janine Birkett

Length: 10 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

'I hope this Christmas is better than last year's.'

Following a scandalous affair, wayward Emma Devaney is sent in disgrace from her home in Ireland to Ryhope, where she will live with her widowed aunt, Bessie Brogan, and help run her pub. Bessie is kind but firm, and at first Emma rebels against her lack of freedom. Struggling to fit in, she... Read more