Historical Fiction audiobooks

Paura di amare (La collezione eterna di Barbara Cartland 67)

By: Barbara Cartland

Narrated by: Chiara Francese

Length: 4 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

La bella Druscilla Morley, pelle diafana e fulgidi capelli rossi, è stata crudelmente dominata e abusata dai cosiddetti "gentiluomini" da quando ha memoria. Non c'è da stupirsi quindi che ora si vesta in maniera trasandata e porti i capelli raccolti in una crocchia matronale: farebbe qualsiasi cosa per rendersi poco attraente per gli uomini, che... Read more

The Traitors

By: Vivian Stuart

Narrated by: Simon Slater

Length: 10 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

IN THE MIDST OF BLOODSHED AND REBELLION A NEW GENERATION STRUGGLED TO BE BORN...   The fifth book in the dramatic and intriguing story about the colonisation of Australia: a country built on blood, passion, and dreams.   In the British colony of Australia, the obstacles are challenging and never-ending. The new governor, Bligh — better known for... Read more

The Odious Duke

By: Barbara Cartland

Narrated by: Sarah Lambie

Length: 6 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

The dashing Duke of Selchester is on his way to visit Lord Upminster at Copple Hall when a stagecoach crashes into his own travelling carriage, buckling its wheel. Worse still, his beloved pedigree stallion, Salamanca, needs re-shoeing.Arriving on foot at the nearest village, he finds a beautiful Verena Winchcombe, who agrees to take him to the... Read more

Love Leaves at Midnight

By: Barbara Cartland

Narrated by: Sophie Roberts

Length: 4 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

With her flaming red hair and emerald green eyes, Xenia's unusual beauty makes her unique in any crowd. That is until she unexpectedly meets her long-lost cousin, Johanna, amidst the wreckage of a railway accident. Incredulous at finding her mirror image and desperate for a friend, Johanna begs Xenia to swap lives for two weeks. She wishes to... Read more

An Ocean Apart

By: Sarah Lee

Narrated by: Debra Michaels

Length: 10 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

Inspired by real life stories of the Windrush Generation and her mother’s own experiences as a nurse coming to Britain from the Caribbean, Sarah Lee’s debut novel An Ocean Apart is a must for fans of Call the Midwife.

It’s 1954 and, in Barbados, Ruby Haynes spots an advertisement for young women to train as nurses for the new National Health... Read more

The Duke and the Preacher's Daughter

By: Barbara Cartland

Narrated by: Sarah Lambie

Length: 4 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

Imperious, handsome and gallant in battle, the Duke of Kingswood has stolen the hearts of many society belles but he is determined never to marry. To continue the family line, he is counting on his cousin and heir presumptive, Richard, to marry well and produce a son. To the Duke's horror, Richard falls for society siren and acclaimed beauty... Read more

Resistance

By: Frantzy Luzincourt

Narrated by: Qarie Marshall & Ron Butler

Length: 1 hour 2 minutes

Abridged: No

Born in Brooklyn, New York, to Haitian immigrants, Frantzy Luzincourt has dedicated his life to service and the empowerment of youth voices. When he was fifteen, he became the founding president of his high school’s Black Student Union, where he advocated for more Black male teachers and for bringing social justice into the school curriculum. He... Read more

Inget älskar jag mer

By: Hanna Lans

Narrated by: Linn Mildehav

Length: 9 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

Livet är härligt för rikemansdottern Hilda Sparre när hon 1889 flyttar in på Gunnebo slott. Hon är kär och nygift och planerar sitt framtida liv med maken Carl. Hilda kommer från en av Göteborgs mest framstående familjer och är van vid att livet följer hennes önskningar. Men hennes nya äktenskap blir inte riktigt lika enkelt och snart hopas sig... Read more

Young Man on a Bicycle and The Goldini Bath

By: Victor Canning

Narrated by: John Higgins

Length: 4 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

Victor Canning’s light-hearted and cleverly plotted novella set on the beautiful French Riviera
Young Paul Ashcroft has travelled to the beautiful French Riviera. His goal: to make a lot of money. His methods: more than questionable. Following his motto ‘the world owes me a living’, he steals and swindles – using what he needs for himself and... Read more

Das verlorene Herz des Earls - Regency Scandals-Reihe, Band 4 (Ungekürzt)

By: Stacy Reid

Narrated by: Lisa Müller

Length: 8 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

Auch ein starrköpfiger Earl kann sich der wahren Liebe nicht widersetzen ... Die leidenschaftliche Regency Romance von Bestsellerautorin Stacy Reid! Als Hugh Winthrop, der künftige Earl of Albury, in einer Londoner Zeitung eine Heiratsannonce aufgibt, hätte er niemals damit gerechnet, dass die geistreiche Antwort einer jungen Frau ihn so... Read more

The Girl at Holly Cottage

By: Tania Crosse

Narrated by: Emma Powell

Length: 9 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

A compelling tale of secrets and betrayal, friendship and trust, and the legacy of war.

Plymouth, 1954.

The future seems rosy for Plymouth schoolgirl Anna Millington, as she prepares for teacher training college.

But Anna's life is not what it seems. Her family is hiding a cruel secret that resulted from the worst night of the Plymouth Blitz.

Now,... Read more

The Champion

By: David Pilling

Narrated by: Mark Elstob

Length: 8 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

1296 AD: the whole of Western Europe trembles on the brink of war. South of the Pyrenees, the Christian and Moorish kingdoms fight and scheme against each for control of Hispania. To the north, the rival kings of England and France feverishly enlist allies as they battle for supremacy on the Continent. Even as the armies clash, spies and double... Read more

Elizabeth's Star

By: Rhonda Forrest

Narrated by: Casey Withoos

Length: 7 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

In 1941, Queensland drover, Michael McTavish leaves behind his young daughter Gracie and joins the 2/22 AIF, his destination, Rabaul, New Guinea, a small town surrounded by impenetrable jungles and steep jagged mountains, its shores lined by tranquil bays and active volcanos.

Joanie has also arrived in New Guinea, with a chance to manage a... Read more

El fin de la locura (Trilogía del siglo XX 2)

By: Jorge Volpi

Narrated by: Humberto Solórzano

Length: 14 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

Del París del 68 al triunfo del neoliberalismo en México, El fin de la locura es una divertida y apasionada novela de ideas, que recorre los acontecimientos históricos más emblemáticos del siglo XX. Segunda novela de la "Trilogía del siglo XX", iniciada con En busca de Klingsor. Reconstrucción, entre verdad histórica y ficción del complejo... Read more

Steel Girls on the Home Front

By: Michelle Rawlins

Narrated by: Laura Brydon

Length: 9 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

As the war rages on, can they be there for each other? Spring 1940As the war rages on, Vickers steelworks is busier than ever which is proving tough for Nancy as she juggles working long hours and looking after two young children, all while waiting for her husband to return home safely. Betty is determined to roll... Read more

Rossum’s Universal Robots

By: Karel Capek, Robert Hudson & Susannah Pearse

Narrated by: Full Cast, Paul Chahidi, Jasmine Hyde & Paul Hi...

Length: 2 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

A musical reinvention of Karel Capek's darkly comic sci-fi masterpiece

First published in 1921, Karel Capek's ultra-prescient play R.U.R has become a classic of dystopian literature, giving us the word 'robot' and inspiring movies and TV series from Blade Runner to Westworld. Set in Capek's 1920s version of the future, this radio reimagining... Read more

Hidden in the Mists

By: Christina Courtenay

Narrated by: Eilidh Beaton

Length: 11 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

A stunning and evocative new dual-time standalone epic novel from the bestselling author of Echoes of the Runes.

Brimming with romance, adventure and vivid historical detail, Christina Courtenay does for the Vikings what Diana Gabaldon's Outlander and Clanlans does for Scottish... Read more

El cazador de secretos

By: Enrique Berruga Filloy

Narrated by: Antonio Raluy

Length: 9 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

Esta es la novela sobre un pasaje increíble y desconocido de la historia de México. Un thriller político que te mantendrá en vilo hasta la última página. Lo que comenzó como un día normal en la vida de Valentín Guzmán, espía de la Dirección Federal de Seguridad, acabaría tornándose en una complicada red de intrigas internacionales que cambiaría... Read more

Betrayal

By: A.S. Fenichel

Narrated by: Aria Holland

Length: 9 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

In service to His Majesty, one must be prepared for Hell.To survive as a scullery maid requires hard work, discipline, and a stiff upper lip. To survive as a demon hunter is something else entirely. Elizabeth Smyth learned this after she was captured by demons and rescued by hunters. Now a hunter herself, Elizabeth's first task in this new and... Read more

Juwelenraub in den Hollywood Hills - Im Auftrag Ihrer Majestät-Reihe, Band 8 (Ungekürzt)

By: Rhys Bowen

Narrated by: Arlett Drexler

Length: 10 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

Ein Juwelendiebstahl, ein Hollywood-Drama und ein (beinahe) filmreifer Tod Nach Amerika führt der neue Cosy-Krimi von New-York-Times-Bestsellerautorin Rhys Bowen. England, 1934. Lady Georgies Mutter hört wieder einmal Hochzeitsglocken. Alles scheint perfekt im Leben der schönen Schauspielerin, wäre da nicht ihr letzter Ehemann, von dem sie sich... Read more

Ensin kuoli ihmisyys

By: Mika Mikkola

Narrated by: Markus Niemi

Length: 7 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

Eletään Leningradin piirityksen aikaa vuosina 1941–1944. Nadja on vasta pieni tyttö, mutta tapahtumat tulevat painumaan hänen muistiinsa loppuelämän ajaksi. Kun tiet piiritettyyn kaupunkiin ovat poikki, kaupunkilaisten elämä muuttuu dramaattisesti. Nadja ja hänen äitinsä hätyytetään pois pankin jonosta – rahaa ei yksinkertaisesti ole enempää!... Read more

A Groom For Linda

By: Lynn Donovan

Narrated by: Jamison Walker

Length: 2 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

A woman recovering from a terrible loss, a man on the trail of an outlaw and the mishap that brings them together.Linda Applebee’s life is perfect until she loses her husband in a freak blizzard. Now instead of spending her time writing an adventure novel, she has to find a husband or be required to move back to Wisconsin where she knows nobody.... Read more

Gunslinger To Lawman

By: Larry D Kendrick

Narrated by: Dallas Britt

Length: 1 hour 23 minutes

Abridged: No

This novella is based on the character Sheriff Kriss Talbot from Cattle Drive 1882, copyright 2021 Larry Kendrick, and there are several references to the novel. Kriss faced a family tragedy as a child with the murder of his entire family influencing his decision-making and leading to him becoming a gunslinger and later in life, a lawman. It... Read more

Planck oder Als das Licht seine Leichtigkeit verlor

By: Steffen Schroeder

Narrated by: Steffen Schroeder

Length: 9 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

Oktober 1944. Mit sechsundachtzig Jahren steht Max Planck vor der schwersten Aufgabe seines Lebens. Der Nobelpreisträger soll ein «Bekenntnis zum Führer» verfassen. Viel hängt daran, denn Plancks geliebter Sohn Erwin, der am Hitler-Attentat vom 20. Juli beteiligt war, sitzt im Todestrakt von Tegel. Planck denkt zurück an frohe Tage und die... Read more