Historical Fiction audiobooks

Shadows in Bronze

By: Lindsey Davis

Narrated by: Simon Prebble

Length: 13 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

It’s the first century AD, and Marcus Didius Falco, ancient Rome’s favorite son and sometimes palace spy, has just been dealt a lousy blow from the gods: the beautiful, high-born Helena Justina has left him in the dust. So when the Emperor Vespasian calls upon him to investigate an act of treason, Falco is more than ready for a distraction.... Read more

Villa America

By: Liza Klaussmann

Narrated by: Jennifer Woodward

Length: 13 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

A dazzling novel set in the French Riviera based on the real-life inspirations for F. Scott Fitzgerald's Tender is The Night.

When Sara Wiborg and Gerald Murphy met and married, they set forth to create a beautiful world together-one that they couldn't find within the confines of society life in New York City. They packed up their children and... Read more

The Novel

By: James A. Michener

Narrated by: Alexander Adams

Length: 13 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

In this riveting, ambitious novel from James A. Michener, the renowned chronicler of epic history turns his extraordinary imagination to a world he knew better than anyone: the world of books. Lukas Yoder, a novelist who has enjoyed a long, successful career, has finished what he believes to be his final work. Then a tragedy strikes in his... Read more

Caravans

By: James A. Michener

Narrated by: Larry McKeever

Length: 14 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

First published in 1963, James A. Michener’s gripping chronicle of the social and political landscape of Afghanistan is more relevant now than ever. Combining fact with riveting adventure and intrigue, Michener follows a military man tasked, in the years after World War II, with a dangerous assignment: finding and returning a young American... Read more

The Source

By: James A. Michener

Narrated by: Larry McKeever

Length: 54 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

In the grand storytelling style that is his signature, James Michener sweeps us back through time to the very beginnings of the Jewish faith, thousands of years ago. Through the predecessors of four modern men and women, we experience the entire colorful history of the Jews, including the life of the early Hebrews and their persecutions, the... Read more

Hawaii

By: James A. Michener

Narrated by: Larry McKeever

Length: 51 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

The saga of a land from the time when the volcanic islands rose out of the sea to the decade in which they become the 50th state. Michener uses individuals' experiences to symbolize the struggle of the various races to establish themselves in the islands Read more

Centennial

By: James A. Michener

Narrated by: Larry McKeever

Length: 50 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

NATIONAL BESTSELLER

Written to commemorate the Bicentennial in 1976, James A. Michener’s magnificent saga of the West is an enthralling celebration of the frontier. Brimming with the glory of America’s past, the story of Colorado—the Centennial State—is manifested through its people: Lame Beaver, the Arapaho chieftain and warrior, and his... Read more

Under Tiberius

By: Nick Tosches

Narrated by: Jonathan Davis

Length: 10 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

A work of dangerous and haunting beauty by America's last real literary outlaw.

Under Tiberius is a thrilling story of crime and deceit involving the man who came to be called Jesus Christ. Deep in the recesses of the Vatican, Nick Tosches unearths a first-century memoir by Gaius Fulvius Falconius, foremost speechwriter for Emperor Tiberius. The... Read more

Chesapeake

By: James A. Michener

Narrated by: Larry McKeever

Length: 50 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

The central scene of Michener's historical novel is that section of Maryland's Eastern shore, hardly more than 10 miles square. To this point come the founders of families that will dominate the story. Read more

Alaska

By: James A. Michener

Narrated by: Larry McKeever

Length: 55 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

The high points in the story of Alaska since the American acquisition are brought vividly to life through more than 100 characters, real and fictional. Read more

No Comfort for the Lost

By: Nancy Herriman

Narrated by: Stina Nielsen

Length: 11 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

In this atmospheric historical mystery series debut, a courageous nurse and a war-scarred police detective in 1860s San Francisco champion the down-trodden and fight for justice . After serving as a nurse in the Crimea, British-born Celia Davies left her privileged family for an impulsive marriage to a handsome Irishman. Patrick brought her to... Read more

Mrs. Sinclair's Suitcase

By: Louise Walters

Narrated by: Anna Bentinck & Karen Cass

Length: 9 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

A heartbreaking and deeply compelling debut, Mrs. Sinclair’s Suitcase is a compulsive page-turner about thwarted love, dashed hopes, and family secrets—book-club fiction at its best.
 
Roberta, a lonely thirty-four-year-old bibliophile, works at The Old and New Bookshop in England. When she finds a letter inside her centenarian grandmother’s... Read more

Lamp Black, Wolf Grey

By: Paula Brackston

Narrated by: Marisa Calin

Length: 10 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

Artist Laura Matthews finds her new home in the Welsh mountains to be a place so charged with tales and legends that she is able to reach through the gossamer-fine veil that separates her own world from that of myth and fable.

She and her husband Dan have given up their city life and moved to Blaencwm, an ancient longhouse high in the hills.... Read more

The Marriage of Opposites

By: Alice Hoffman

Narrated by: Gloria Reuben, Tina Benko & Santino Fontana

Length: 13 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

“A luminous, Marquez-esque tale” (O, The Oprah Magazine) from the New York Times bestselling author of The Museum of Extraordinary Things: a forbidden love story set on a tropical island about the extraordinary woman who gave birth to painter Camille Pissarro—the Father of Impressionism.

Growing up on idyllic St. Thomas in the early 1800s, Rachel... Read more

The Potter's Lady

By: Judith Miller

Narrated by: Kate Forbes

Length: 10 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

In the beautiful rolling hills of West Virginia, Rose McKay seeks a measure of success--in business and in love. When Rose McKay convinces her brother, Ewan, to invest in a pottery business, she's determined to assist him in making the endeavor a success. A recent graduate of the Philadelphia School of Design for Women, she believes she can... Read more

Orphan #8

By: Kim van Alkemade

Narrated by: Andi Arndt & Ginny Auer

Length: 11 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

New York Times and USA Today BestsellerIn this stunning new historical novel inspired by true events, Kim van Alkemade tells the fascinating story of a woman who must choose between revenge and mercy when she encounters the doctor who subjected her to dangerous medical experiments in a New York City Jewish orphanage years before.In 1919, Rachel... Read more

A Heart's Home

By: Colleen Coble

Narrated by: Devon O'Day

Length: 2 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

Emmie’s hope for a life with Isaac is overshadowed by a tragic loss at Fort Phil Kearny.Isaac Liddle is keen to marry Emmie, and she knows she shouldn’t hide her pregnancy from him any longer. But before she can tell him her secret, a widower friend asks the impossible of Emmie: Will she honor her promise to his dead wife by marrying him to care... Read more

The Lure of the Moonflower

By: Lauren Willig

Narrated by: Kate Reading

Length: 13 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

In the final Pink Carnation novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Mark of the Midnight Manzanilla, Napoleon has occupied Lisbon, and Jane Wooliston, aka the Pink Carnation, teams up with a rogue agent to protect the escaped Queen of Portugal.
 
Portugal, December 1807. Jack Reid, the British agent known as the Moonflower... Read more

The 3rd Woman

By: Jonathan Freedland

Narrated by: Kirsten Potter

Length: 13 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

“A gritty, noirish crossbreed of Blade Runner and L.A. Confidential. . . . An intelligent, finely crafted mystery, a speculative thriller that brilliantly channels the anxieties of our time.” — New York Times Book ReviewFor fans of Terry Hayes and Daniel Silva, this chilling, high-concept thriller from Jonathan Freedland, journalist and... Read more

Nothing But Time

By: Angeline Fortin

Narrated by: Antony Ferguson

Length: 11 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

When she agreed to go on a date with quantum physicist Dr. David Fergusson, Kate Kallastad never expected that he would insist on demonstrating his breakthrough in the creation of a trans-space teleportation device. Nor did she expect to get caught up in a science experiment that would send both Kate and her date back in time.


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A.D. 30 Abridged Edition

By: Ted Dekker

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

New York Times bestselling author Ted Dekker offers an exclusive, ebook original novella, an abridgment of A.D. 30, the epic historical novel about a woman who rises to lead her people through following the Way of Jesus. THE FORGOTTEN WAY: A.D. 30 tells the story of Maviah, the outcast daughter of a powerful Arabian sheik who is called to... Read more

A Prince Without a Kingdom

By: Timothée de Fombelle

Narrated by: David de Vries

Length: 11 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

"Rich in mysteries, enlivened by surprises, and suffused with suspense. It is so beautifully wrought, it reminds us why we love to read, and there can be no higher praise." —Booklist (starred review)Vango has been in danger for as long as he can remember. The second half of Timothée de Fombelle’s epic adventure follows its dashing hero through... Read more

Landfalls

By: Naomi J. Williams

Narrated by: Christopher Lane

Length: 13 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

The gripping story of a dramatic eighteenth-century voyage of discoveryIn her wildly inventive debut novel, Naomi Williams reimagines the historical La Pérouse expedition, a voyage of exploration that left Brest in 1785 with two frigates, two hundred men, and overblown Enlightenment ideals and expectations, in a brave attempt to circumnavigate... Read more

Drums along the Mohawk

By: Walter D. Edmonds

Narrated by: Mark Bramhall

Length: 21 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

Drums along the Mohawk, Walter D. Edmonds’ masterpiece, is not only the best historical novel about upstate New York since James Fenimore Cooper, it was also number one on the bestseller list for two years, only yielding to the epic Gone with the Wind.This is the story of the forgotten pioneers of the Mohawk Valley during the Revolutionary War.... Read more