Historical Fiction audiobooks

Murder in Little Italy

By: Victoria Thompson

Narrated by: Callie Beaulieu

Length: 7 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

When midwife Sarah Brandt visits Little Italy to check up on a new mother who delivered her baby just the day before, she finds the young woman dead. The family insists that the death was from complications of childbirth. Sarah disagrees. So does the woman's own mother, an Irishwoman who spreads the story that the girl was murdered by her... Read more

Eagle in Exile

By: Alan Smale

Narrated by: Kevin Orton

Length: 19 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

Perfect for fans of Bernard Cornwell, Steve Berry, Naomi Novik, and Harry Turtledove, Alan Smale's gripping alternate history series imagines a world in which the Roman Empire has survived long enough to invade North America in 1218. Now the stunning story carries hero Gaius Marcellinus deeper into the culture of an extraordinary people-whose... Read more

The Study of Seduction

By: Sabrina Jeffries

Narrated by: Beverley A. Crick

Length: 9 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

When Edwin Barlow, the Earl of Blakeborough, agrees to help his best friend's impetuous ward, Lady Clarissa Lindsey, in her time of need, he knows that he's in for trouble. He's been hunting for someone to wed, and she'll just get in the way. Although captivated by the witty, free-spirited beauty, he fears that she'd be all wrong as a wife . . .... Read more

Terrible Virtue

By: Ellen Feldman

Narrated by: Kate Udall

Length: 7 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

In the spirit of The Paris Wife and Loving Frank, the provocative and compelling story of one of the most fascinating and influential figures of the twentieth century: Margaret Sanger, the founder of Planned Parenthood—an indomitable woman who, more than any other, and at great personal cost, shaped the sexual landscape we inhabit today.The... Read more

For Ever and Ever

By: Barbara Cartland

Narrated by: Anthony Wren

Length: 4 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

This historical romance will delight fans of Downton Abbey.Viola Brookfield has not a care in the world until the awful day when her parents are tragically killed in a road accident, leaving her all alone. So when her aunt Mary, Lady Wakefield, writes to invite her to come and live with her in India, Viola decides to accept. But when she... Read more

Shadow and Flame

By: Gail Z. Martin

Narrated by: Tim Gerard Reynolds

Length: 21 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

From Gail Z. Martin, one of the most exciting writers of fantasy adventure, comes the fourth and final novel in the epic Ascendant Kingdoms Saga. Blaine McFadden and his allies have brought magic back under mortal command and begun to restore order to the beleaguered kingdom of Donderath. Now, new perils and old enemies gather for a final... Read more

Predator

By: Wilbur Smith

Narrated by: Ben Onwukwe

Length: 15 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

Former operative Major Hector Cross must face off against a pair of lethal enemies and prevent an international catastrophe in this gripping contemporary adventure-thriller—perfect for fans of Clive Cussler, Ted Bell, and Vince Flynn—from the legendary worldwide bestselling author of Desert God and Golden Lion.One of the most formidable fighters... Read more

An Unexpected Love

By: Barbara Cartland

Narrated by: Anthony Wren

Length: 3 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

For fans of Downton Abbey, this romantic novel by bestselling author Barbara Cartland is a tale of unexpected love.Protected by loving parents, young, beautiful, and happy, Lady Ravina Ashley has the world at her feet. Unused to harsh words, she is taken aback when a stranger at a ball in London takes her to task for her behavior towards a... Read more

Shotgun Bride

By: Linda Lael Miller

Narrated by: Jack Garrett

Length: 11 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

One ranch. Three sons. Only one will inherit...and on one condition. Tired of waiting for his sons to settle down, Arizona-territory rancher Angus McKettrick announces a competition: the first son to marry and produce a grandchild will inherit Triple M ranch. Now, three distinctly different, equally determined cowboys are searching high and low... Read more

To Tame a Highland Earl

By: Tarah Scott

Narrated by: Scarlett Lawson

Length: 10 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

A man torn between two worlds. Both need him… neither wants him.Groomed for a life amongst the English aristocracy, Lord Erroll Rushton is unexpectedly thrust back into his father’s Scottish world when the Englishwoman he compromises refuses to marry him.No gentleman breaks into a lady’s bedchamber...but then, no lady sleeps with a pistol under... Read more

Pieces of Hate

By: Tim Lebbon

Narrated by: Scott Sowers

Length: 4 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

During the Dark Ages, a thing named Temple slaughtered Gabriel's family. A man with snake eyes charged him to pursue the assassin wherever he may strike next, and destroy him. Gabriel never believed he’d still be following Temple almost a thousand years later.

Because Temple may be a demon, the man with snake eyes cursed Gabriel with a life... Read more

Death Descends on Saturn Villa

By: M. R. C. Kasasian

Narrated by: Sarah Nichols

Length: 13 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

London, 1883. 125 Gower Street was once a house of justice, truth, and perspicacity. Now madness, murder, and scandal lurk in its empty halls. It is rumored that its owner—Sidney Grice, London’s foremost personal detective—has been driven to the brink of despair. But, as with all good stories, we must begin at the beginning.When Sidney Grice... Read more

Lord of Danger

By: Anne Stuart

Narrated by: Susan Ericksen

Length: 11 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

The plan was for beautiful Claire to marry the terrifyingly sinister Simon of Navarre, wizard in residence to Richard the Fair. Instead, her plain sister Alys takes her place, proving herself more than a match for the man with the secrets. Meanwhile, sweet Claire falls in love with a handsome knight, and the truly evil Richard the Fair tries to... Read more

The Rope

By: Kanan Makiya

Narrated by: Steve West & John Lee

Length: 11 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

From the best-selling author of Republic of Fear, here is a gritty and unflinching novel about Iraqi failure in the wake of the 2003 American invasion, as seen through the eyes of a Shi‘ite militiaman whose participation in the execution of Saddam Hussein changes his life in ways he could never have anticipated.
 
When the nameless narrator... Read more

The High Graders

By: Louis L'Amour

Narrated by: Jason Culp

Length: 6 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

The story was that Eli Patterson had died in a gunfight, but Mike Shevlin knew it couldn’t be true: the man who’d been like a father to him had been a Quaker. But when Shevlin rides back to Rafter Crossing to uncover the truth, he finds that the quiet ranching community has become a booming mining town. Newfound wealth has not made Rafter a... Read more

Stars Over Sunset Boulevard

By: Susan Meissner

Length: 10 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

In this new novel from the acclaimed author of Secrets of a Charmed Life, two women working in Hollywood during its Golden Age discover the joy and heartbreak of true friendship. Los Angeles, Present Day. When an iconic hat worn by Scarlett O’Hara in Gone With the Wind ends up in Christine McAllister’s vintage clothing boutique by mistake, her... Read more

Mrs. Jeffries and the Missing Alibi

By: Emily Brightwell

Narrated by: Lindy Nettleton

Length: 7 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

When Inspector Witherspoon becomes the main suspect in a murder case, Scotland Yard refuses to let him investigate. But no one said anything about Mrs. Jeffries and her polished detection skills, proving that behind every great man there's a woman—and that a crime solver's work is never done. Read more

The Last Confession of Thomas Hawkins

By: Antonia Hodgson

Narrated by: John Lee

Length: 10 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

London, 1728. Tom Hawkins is headed to the gallows, accused of murder. Gentlemen don't hang, and Tom's damned if he'll be the first. He may not be much of a gentleman, but he is innocent. He just always finds his way into a spot of bad luck.



It's hard to say when Tom's troubles began. He was happily living in sin with his beloved, Kitty... Read more

Escape

By: James Clavell

Narrated by: Derek Perkins

Length: 16 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

Tehran, Iran 1979: Simmering religious tensions explode and the Shah is forced to flee Iran. A British helicopter company—secretly owned by the Noble House of Hong Kong—with a fleet of helicopters registered in Iran faces bankruptcy if their copters are claimed or destroyed by the uprising. The pilots need to escape, but they’ve built lives in... Read more

La reina descalza

By: Ildefonso Falcones

Narrated by: Victòria Pagès

Length: 28 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

En la España del siglo XVIII, una conmovedora historia de amistad, pasión y venganza une dos voces de mujer en un canto desgarrador por la libertad. Enero de 1748. Una mujer negra deambula por las calles de Sevilla. Ha abandonado a su hijo y ha huido de un pasado esclavo en Cuba. Caridad ya no tiene un amo, pero tampoco un lugar donde cobijarse.... Read more

Forbidden

By: Jess Michaels

Narrated by: Danielle O'Farrell

Length: 8 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

A hot historical romance from USA TODAY Bestselling Romance Author Jess MichaelsJude Samson has worked for the Woodley family for such a long time that he is seen as a brother. But he has very unbrotherly feelings toward the youngest of the clan, Lady Audrey. When they find themselves off at the family's country estate, long simmering desires... Read more

The Little Runaways

By: Cathy Sharp

Narrated by: Antonia Beamish

Length: 13 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

A gritty drama that will appeal to fans of The Throwaway Children and authors Nadine Dorries and Kitty Neale. When little Terry and Nancy arrive at the door of St Saviour’s Children’s Home, they seem shellshocked after being orphaned in the fire that killed their parents. Terry is terribly damaged by his experiences, though... Read more

God of Vengeance

By: Giles Kristian

Narrated by: Philip Stevens

Length: 15 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

A glorious, bloody, perfect Viking saga of honour, courage, blood feud and revenge from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Lancelot, Giles Kristian. Perfect for fans of Bernard Cornwell and Games of Thrones.

"Unrelenting pace, brilliant action and characters. A masterwork." - Conn Iggulden
"Action-packed storytelling which stirs the blood and... Read more

Altar of Blood: Empire IX

By: Anthony Riches

Narrated by: Saul Reichlin

Length: 15 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

'A master of the genre' The Times

The ninth novel in the thrilling Empire sequence leads Centurion Marcus Aquila and the Tungrians to the battlefield that was one of Rome's most disastrous defeats.

The Tungrians have no sooner returned to Rome than they find themselves tasked with a very different mission to their desperate exploits in... Read more