Historical Fiction audiobooks

Work like Any Other

By: Virginia Reeves

Narrated by: Dan John Miller

Length: 8 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

Roscoe T. Martin, the son of an Alabama coal foreman, set his sights on a new type of power spreading at the start of the twentieth century: electricity. It became his training, his life’s work. But when his wife Marie inherits her father’s failing farm, Roscoe has to give it up, with great cost to his pride and sense of self, to rescue the farm... Read more

The Last Days of Magic

By: Mark Tompkins

Narrated by: Sile Bermingham

Length: 14 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

“Fantastic . . . an honest, beautifully detailed book and an entertaining read.”
—DIANA GABALDON, THE WASHINGTON POST

"A fantastical treat." 
—PEOPLE

“Simultaneously sweeping and intricate . . . Tompkins’s amazing debut novel conjures an epic battle for the soul of Ireland. Filled with papal machination and royal intrigue, magic and mayhem,... Read more

When Falcons Fall

By: C.S. Harris

Narrated by: Davina Porter

Length: 10 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

The much-anticipated new entree in the Sebastian St. Cyr "simply elegant"* historical mystery series, from the national bestselling author of Who Buries the Dead and Why Kings Confess. Ayleswick-on-Teme, 1813. Sebastian St. Cyr, Viscount Devlin, has come to this seemingly peaceful Shropshire village to honor a slain friend and on a quest to... Read more

Bottomland

By: Michelle Hoover

Narrated by: Amy Landon, Robertson Dean, Tavia Gilbert, Emil...

Length: 8 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

At once intimate and sweeping, Bottomland—the anticipated second novel from Michelle Hoover—follows the Hess family in the years after World War I as they attempt to rid themselves of the anti-German sentiment that left a stain on their name. But when the youngest two daughters vanish in the middle of the night, the family must piece together... Read more

Happily Bedded Bliss

By: Tracy Anne Warren

Narrated by: Charlotte Anne Dore

Length: 12 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

When Lady Esme Byron happens upon a gorgeous naked man sleeping beside a secluded country lake, she can't resist the impulse to sketch him. But when her highly improper drawing is mistakenly revealed at a party, she finds her once-pristine reputation in tatters.



Gabriel, Lord Northcote, may be a notorious rakehell, but he is still stunned to... Read more

Tyrant of the Mind

By: Priscilla Royal

Narrated by: Wanda McCaddon

Length: 7 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

In the winter of 1271, death stalks the corridors of Wynethorpe Castle on the Welsh border. When the Grim Reaper touches the beloved grandson of the castle lord, Baron Adam sends for his daughter, Prioress Eleanor of Tyndal, and her subinfirmarian, Sister Anne, to save the child with their prayers and healing talents. Escorting them to the... Read more

America's First Daughter

By: Stephanie Dray & Laura Kamoie

Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell

Length: 23 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

In a compelling, richly researched novel that draws from thousands of letters and original sources, bestselling authors Stephanie Dray and Laura Kamoie tell the fascinating, untold story of Thomas Jefferson’s eldest daughter, Martha “Patsy” Jefferson Randolph—a woman who kept the secrets of our most enigmatic founding father and shaped an... Read more

Whirlwind

By: James Clavell

Narrated by: Derek Perkins

Length: 52 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

The gripping epic novel of the 1979 Iranian Revolution by the #1 New York Times bestselling author and unparalleled master of historical fiction, James ClavellTehran, Iran 1979: Simmering religious tensions finally explode, and the Iranian people rise up against the Shah. The country, once secular, is now thrown back into an orthodoxy that... Read more

I Kissed a Rogue

By: Shana Galen

Narrated by: Beverley A. Crick

Length: 9 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

Bow Street's best investigator, Sir Brook Derring, is hailed as a hero by the ton, but he cares little for the praise or the women. He fell in love once, with Lady Lillian-Anne Lennox, and shortly thereafter lost all romantic notions.



As the eldest daughter of the Duke of Lennox, Lila has everything but the freedom to follow her heart. All that... Read more

Behave

By: Andromeda Romano-Lax

Narrated by: Elisabeth Rodgers

Length: 12 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

From the author of The Spanish Bow comes a lush, harrowing novel based on the real life story of Rosalie Rayner Watson, one of the most controversial scientists-and mothers-of the 20th century "The mother begins to destroy the child the moment it's born," wrote the founder of behaviorist psychology, John B. Watson, whose 1928 parenting guide was... Read more

Timetable of Death - The Railway Detective, book 12 (Unabridged)

By: Edward Marston

Narrated by: Nick McArdle

Length: 10 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

1859. St Mary's Church, Spondon. A little girl playing hide-and-seek jumps into a freshly-dug grave to find a dead man already occupying it. It is the body of Cedric Norton, a senior director of the Midland Railway. Inspector Colbeck and Sergeant Leeming travel to Derbyshire to investigate. Read more

El cementerio de Praga

By: Umberto Eco

Narrated by: Joan Massotkleiner

Length: 15 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

Treinta años después de publicar El nombre de la rosa, Umberto Eco vuelve para mostrarnos que, en la literatura y en la vida, nada es lo que parece y nadie es quien realmente dice ser. París, 1897. Un hombre escribe sentado a una mesa en una habitación abarrotada de muebles: he aquí al capitán Simonini, un piamontés afincado en la capital... Read more

Murder on Lenox Hill

By: Victoria Thompson

Narrated by: Callie Beaulieu

Length: 7 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

When the affluent Lintons of Lenox Hill summon Sarah Brandt to examine their teenage daughter, their worst fear is confirmed: she is with child. The pregnancy is a mystery, however, as the young woman—mentally still a child herself—is never left on her own and denies that any man has ever hurt her. It's a delicate situation, one which casts... Read more

The Lady and the Mountain Promise

By: Misty M. Beller

Narrated by: Gabrielle Reed

Length: 5 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

When a new preacher comes to her wild Montana mountain town, love is the last thing she expects to find.Marcus Sullivan is a born adventurer…and the new preacher in town. He’s not afraid to take a few risks and his ways may be unconventional, but he’s determined to add joy into the lives of these townspeople. Especially the beautiful young... Read more

La luz que no puedes ver

By: Anthony Doerr

Narrated by: Miguel Ángel Jenner

Length: 15 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

Premio Pulitzer de Ficción 2015. Un corazón puro puede brillar aun en la noche más oscura. Y en el más terrible de los tiempos. Los mejores bestsellers disponibles en formato audiolibro. Marie-Laure vive con su padre en París, cerca del Museo de Historia Natural, donde él trabaja como responsable de sus mil cerraduras.Cuando, siendo muy niña,... Read more

What Remains of Heaven

By: C.S. Harris

Narrated by: Davina Porter

Length: 8 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

London 1812.

When the controversial reform-minded Bishop of London is found bludgeoned to death in an ancient crypt beside the corpse of an unidentified man murdered decades before, Sebastian St. Cyr, Viscount Devlin, reluctantly agrees to help with the investigation.

To Sebastian’s consternation, the last person to see the Bishop alive was Miss... Read more

Captured Countess

By: Ann Lethbridge

Narrated by: Laura Wadell

Length: 6 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

Never trust a spy! Nicoletta, the Countess Vilandry, is on a dangerous mission-to lure fellow spy Gabriel D'Arcy into bed and into revealing his true loyalties. With such sensual games at play and such strong sensations awakened, suddenly Nicky's dangerously close to exposing her real identity. Gabe knows that the countess has been sent to... Read more

Love Beyond Measure

By: Bethany Claire

Narrated by: Lily Collingwood

Length: 7 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

What is life worth without the love you’re meant for?Sent to the brink of death by his own brother’s blade, Eoghanan McMillan clings to the brief moments he spends in the shadows, watching from afar the beautiful lass he’s never met. He spends his time some four centuries after his birth, slowly building his strength so that he may return home,... Read more

Orgullo y Prejuicio

By: Jane Austen

Narrated by: Staff Audiolibros Colección

Length: 2 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

La vida de los Bennet transcurre con relativa calma en la gran casa de Netherfield Park, hasta que esta se ve interrumpida por la llegada de dos apuestos y adinerados jóvenes ingleses, Bingley y Darcy. Los deseos de la señora Bennet por casar a alguna de sus cinco hijas se disparan. El orgullo y la distancia social, la astucia y la hipocresía,... Read more

The Silk Merchant's Daughter

By: Dinah Jefferies

Narrated by: Eliza Parkes

Length: 11 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

FROM THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE TEA PLANTER'S WIFE

Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of The Silk Merchant's Daughter by Dinah Jefferies, read by Eliza Parkes.

Dinah Jefferies' stunning new novel is a gripping, unforgettable tale of a woman torn between two worlds...

1952, French Indochina. Since her... Read more

Die Rose der Welt (Autorisierte Lesefassung)

By: Peter Prange

Narrated by: Reinhard Kuhnert

Length: 9 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

Robert und Paul sind jung und arm, doch sie haben einen Traum. Sie wollen studieren, an der Sorbonne in Paris - genannt die "Rose der Welt". Doch die beiden Freunde geraten mitten in den Konflikt zwischen Gottesfurcht und der Freiheit des Denkens, zwischen Kirche, Krone und neuen Ideen. Und beide kämpfen um die Liebe derselben Frau. Read more

The Carpenter's Daughter

By: Gloria Cook

Narrated by: Patricia Gallimore

Length: 10 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

If you like Poldark, you'll love Gloria Cook!

In the small mining village of Meryen, a dark secret lurks…

Amy Lewarne finds her life changed forever when she finds her brother, Toby, dead. And troubles follow when Titus Kivell, the head of a powerful yet belligerent family, puts his son Sol in Toby's place.

Despite his wild and formidable nature,... Read more

The Ranger Takes a Bride

By: Misty M. Beller

Narrated by: Peggy Sowersby

Length: 6 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

A quiet Texas Ranch may be just the safe haven she craves...Edward Stewart has spent years proving his abilities as a man, away from the overbearing protection of his family. As a Texas Ranger, he has the chance to help tame the Wild West and save the innocent. Innocents like the enchanting Mexican woman he rescued, who now lives and works on... Read more

Flight of Dreams

By: Ariel Lawhon

Narrated by: John Lee

Length: 12 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

From the New York Times bestselling author of I Was Anastasia and The Frozen River, here is a suspenseful, heart-wrenching novel that brings the fateful voyage of the Hindenburg to life.

"At every page a guilty secret bobs up; at every page Lawhon keeps us guessing. Who will bring down the Hindenburg? And how?”
—New York Times Book Review

On the... Read more