Historical Fiction audiobooks

The Pudding Lane Plot

By: Susanna Gregory

Narrated by: Gordon Griffin

Length: 14 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

The people and businesses of London are quickly recovering from the ravages of the plague, none faster than the Court of Charles II where excess, corruption and debauchery has rebounded at a frenetic pace. In Westminster, in the haphazard corridors of White Hall Palace, plans are afoot for a grandiose ball in honour of a long-dead but... Read more

Beneath the Burning Wave

By: Jennifer Hayashi Danns

Narrated by: Vivienne Rochester

Length: 8 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

“One of the most unique books you'll read this year” Buzzfeed “A strikingly different trilogy opener” Kirkus Reviews Twins destined to bring about devastation. . . Since the beginning of Mu there has been a prophecy. Twins born of fire and water will lay waste to the island. For the sake of Mu’s... Read more

Meister Frantz und die Perlen der Zahlmeisterin

By: Edith Parzefall

Narrated by: Alex Bolte

Length: 8 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

Freie Reichsstadt Nürnberg, August 1580: Häscher, Heiler, Henker … nur einen dieser Berufe hat sich Frantz Schmidt selbst ausgesucht, und doch muss er allen dreien nachkommen. Als Nachrichter von Nürnberg ist Meister Frantz ein Unehrlicher, trotzdem kommen die Bürger im Geheimen zu ihm, um ihre Zipperlein von ihm behandeln zu lassen, denn seinen... Read more

The Sign of the Devil

By: Oscar de Muriel

Narrated by: Andy Secombe

Length: 15 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

THE FINAL FREY & McGRAY MYSTERY
All will be revealed...

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The Devil Has Come to Edinburgh...

An ill-fated grave-robbery unearths a corpse with a most disturbing symbol on it. When a patient in Edinburgh's lunatic asylum is murdered, the same sign is daubed in blood on the walls - the mark of the devil.

The prime suspect: inmate Amy... Read more

When's Mummy Coming?

By: Rachel Wesson

Narrated by: Harrie Dobby

Length: 9 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

To Keep Her Children, Another Woman Has To Die
Germany 1939 – To save her baby, Trudi Beck must hand her over to strangers who will take her across the sea to a foreign country. Trudi has already lost her husband to the Nazis, her stepsons are taking the train too. Walking away from the train station with empty arms is the hardest thing she's... Read more

A Family Secret

By: Kitty Neale

Narrated by: Annie Aldington

Length: 9 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

From the Sunday Times Bestselling author.

In a time of war, what's holding them together could tear them all apart...

London, 1940. Winnie Berry is at the heart of the community in her pub, The Battersea Tavern. Her door is always open to those in need of a cup of tea and sympathy.

Winnie's abusive husband has left and she finds herself foolishly... Read more

The Saint and the Sinner

By: Barbara Cartland

Narrated by: Sophie Roberts

Length: 5 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

After the tragic death of her parents in a carriage accident, orphaned Pandora was taken in by her uncle, the Bishop of Winchester. One day, she is horrified to overhear that he plans to marry her off to his Chaplin, the Honourable Prosper Witheridge. Certain she can't change her uncle's mind, Pandora decides to try and repulse Witheridge and... Read more

Courage for the Cornish Girls

By: Betty Walker

Narrated by: Annette Holland

Length: 12 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

April 1942. Enemy gunfire on Penzance beach brings the Cornish Girls rushing to the rescue… Yearning for adventure, Demelza dreams of one day joining the fire wardens. But before she can do so, gunfire during a trip to the beach provides her with an unexpected opportunity to get stuck in. On... Read more

The Iron Way

By: Tim Leach

Narrated by: Gordon Griffin

Length: 9 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

Cast to the edge of the Empire, the Sarmatian army must fight in defence of Rome in the second of a new trilogy set in the second century AD, from the author of Smile of the Wolf.

In the hard, unforgiving land at the northernmost point of the Roman Empire lies a great wall. Once, the edge had been but a thing of thoughts and dreams, but one day... Read more

Die ersten Tiger: Zweiter Weltkrieg, Ostfront 1942 - Der schwere Panzer Tiger I greift zum ersten Mal an

By: Tom Zola

Narrated by: Max Kleemann

Length: 1 hour 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Tom Zola ist zurück! Mit seinem Kurzroman »Die ersten Tiger« liefert er einen packenden Erlebnisbericht vom ersten Fronteinsatz des berüchtigten deutschen Kampfpanzers Tiger I »57 Tonnen pure Kraft, 8,8-cm-Kampfwagenkanone 36, bis zu 110 mm Panzerstahl. Diese Dame verspeist T-34 auf 2.000 Meter zum Frühstück.« Mit diesen Worten stellt Dr.... Read more

Marriage and Mayhem for the Tobacco Girls

By: Lizzie Lane

Narrated by: Anne Dover

Length: 9 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

Time's running out for The Tobacco Girls in this penultimate books in this bestselling series from Lizzie Lane.War is fleeting, but true love last forever...May 1944Hope and excitement is in the air when news breaks of the allied forces landing in Normandy. D Day has arrived. However, the day-to-day struggles for the Tobacco Girls... Read more

Matrice

By: Margaret Tanner

Narrated by: Rick Barr

Length: 1 hour 55 minutes

Abridged: No

When America declared war on the German Empire in 1917, young men were drafted and thrown into the conflict on the Western Front.A group of young women decided to help the war effort by writing to the soldiers. As Matrice Hamilton corresponds with several young men, only one claims her heart.Will he come home to her if he survives the carnage on... Read more

Добыча золотого орла

By: Саймон Скэрроу

Narrated by: Александр Городиский

Length: 15 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

К концу лета 44 г. н. э. долгое противостояние с непокорными местными племенами в Британии истощило не только силы воинов командующего Плавта, но и терпение Императора, требующего скорейшей победы. Задача центурионов Макрона и Катона в составе Второго легиона — удержать брод через реку Тамезис. Но из-за ошибки командования герои оказываются в... Read more

Гардемарины, вперед! Канцлер

By: Нина Соротокина

Narrated by: Юлия Тархова

Length: 15 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

Россия, XVIII век. Трое воспитанников навигацкой школы — Александр Белов, Алеша Корсак и Никита Оленев — по стечению обстоятельств оказались вовлечены в дела государственной важности. На карту поставлено многое: и жизнь, и любовь, и честь российской короны. Друзья мечтали о приключениях и славе, и вот теперь им на деле предстоит испытать себя и... Read more

Survival: A Story of Friendship – Part 2

By: Alice Weil

Narrated by: Alex Guilford

Length: 9 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

Survival: A Story of Friendship – Part 2 is about the voyage Freddy and his mother, Helene, take to escape Europe and the ravages of World War II. After promising Sigmund on his deathbed that they would reunite the family in a peaceful and friendly country, they make their way via ship to Colombia, the country Nellie had made her home just as... Read more

On My Honour

By: Elizabeth Johns

Narrated by: Alex Wyndham

Length: 5 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

When Lady Margaret Blake and her sister lose their parents in a boating accident they are left to the guardianship of their uncle. Disregarding their feelings for the price their beauty will fetch on the Marriage Mart, he arranges a match for both. Lady Margaret, however, has her own views on the matter and takes her fate into her own... Read more

The Secret of Bow Lane

By: Jennifer Ashley

Narrated by: Anne-Marie Piazza

Length: 9 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

A stranger who appears on Kat's doorstep turns out to be one Charlotte Bristow, legal wife of Joe Bristow, the man Kat once believed herself married to—who she thought died at sea twelve years ago. Kat is jolted by Charlotte’s claims that Joe was not only murdered but that he also had amassed a small fortune before he died. Charlotte makes the... Read more

Forbidden

By: Jo Beverley

Narrated by: Susan Duerden

Length: 11 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

The death of her husband freed Serena Riverton from life as an abused sex-object. Now, her brother plans to sell her to another vile man.



This time, Serena flees, but finds herself stranded and near penniless. When a passing gentleman offers help, Serena accepts, and develops a new plan: become a rich man's mistress so she can leave at any... Read more

Hidden in a Whisper

By: Tracie Peterson

Narrated by: Kitty Hendrix

Length: 10 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

Rachel has secured herself a rare position at the newest Harvey House in New Mexico. She looks forward to a new life there, far from the memories and longings of her heart—only to find that the very man her heart refuses to forget will be working right alongside her! Read more

Maeva

By: Patricia PacJac Carroll

Narrated by: Rick Barr

Length: 2 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

To say Maeva Stewart is not a patient young woman is an understatement. Full of ideas, she meets life head on – usually with her best friend and neighbor, Ruby Risler. Aside from Ruby’s good qualities as a friend, she also has a brother, Leo.After giving cookies to the men leaving the train station for Camp Douglas, Maeva begins writing letters... Read more

Runoilijatar - Eroottinen novelli

By: Chrystelle LeRoy

Narrated by: Elise Mantere

Length: 36 minutes

Abridged: No

"Palvelija oli alasti ja hänen vartalonsa oli hoikka ja notkea. Hän otti yhden Inayan jaloista ja laittoi sen hartiansa päälle lepäämään. Hän antoi pesusienen liukua hitaasti pitkin jalkaa ja alas reisien kohdalle, missä hän viipyi."Inaya, Cordoban kalifaatin prinsessa, on tunnettu proosastaan ja avoimesta mielestään, jotka herättävät... Read more

Camarades de front

By: Sven Hassel

Narrated by: Herve Carrasco

Length: 7 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

« LE SOLDAT INCONNU DE LA DEUXIÈME GUERRE MONDIALE POSSÈDE MAINTENANT SON MONUMENT » MORGENAVISEN, Norvège Nous entendons les chenilles des tanks qui s'approchent. – Un T-34. Ils nous ont sûrement découverts, murmure Petit-Frère. – Ne bougez pas tant qu'il n'arrive pas ici, après on s'enfuira ! L'affreux bruit des chenilles se rapproche de plus... Read more

Kommando Reichsführer Himmler

By: Sven Hassel

Narrated by: Philippe Calmon

Length: 7 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

« HASSEL DÉCRIT LE SOULÈVEMENT DE L'ARMÉE POLONAISE COMME UN DRAME RÉEL ÉBLOUISSANT » NOUVELLES LITTÉRAIRES, FranceLa rumeur court que nous allons être transférés à Varsovie. Heide, qui est toujours bien informé, affirme que là-bas c'est un enfer. Il parle d'une retraite des Allemands sur le front est. Des milliers de parachutistes britanniques... Read more

Mother of Strangers

By: Suad Amiry

Narrated by: Amin El Gamal & Lameece Issaq

Length: 7 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR from NPR  • Set in Jaffa in between 1947 and 1951, this “fable-like historical novel of young love ... darkly humorous and touching” (Oprah Daily) is based on a true story during the beginning of the destruction of Palestine and displacement of its people.

Based on the true story of two Jaffa teenagers, Mother of Strangers... Read more