Historical Fiction audiobooks

Rebel Queen

By: Michelle Moran

Narrated by: Sneha Mathan

Length: 11 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

From the internationally bestselling author of Nefertiti and Cleopatra’s Daughter comes the breathtaking story of Queen Lakshmi—India’s Joan of Arc—who against all odds defied the mighty British invasion to defend her beloved kingdom.

When the British Empire sets its sights on India in the mid-nineteenth century, it expects a quick and easy... Read more

The Reluctant Midwife

By: Patricia Harman

Narrated by: Heather Henderson

Length: 11 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

The USA Today bestselling author of The Midwife of Hope River returns with a heartfelt sequel, a novel teeming with life and full of humor and warmth, one that celebrates the human spirit.The Great Depression has hit West Virginia hard. Men are out of work; women struggle to feed hungry children. Luckily, Nurse Becky Myers has returned to care... Read more

His Wicked Reputation

By: Madeline Hunter

Narrated by: Mary Jane Wells

Length: 9 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

She was a sensible woman, he was a man who could drive a woman senseless with desire …Gareth Fitzallen is celebrated for four things: his handsome face, his notable charm, his aristocratic connections, and an ability to give the kind of pleasure that has women begging for more. Normally he bestows his talents on experienced, worldly women. But... Read more

The Highlander's Folly

By: Barbara Longley

Narrated by: Phil Gigante

Length: 9 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

A brave fifteenth-century Highlander fiercely devoted to his foster family, Hunter of clan MacKintosh can defeat any man in battle. Thanks to his fae gifts, he can read the intent of his opponents and guess their next moves. But when the faerie Madame Giselle sends Hunter to the present day, he stumbles into a staged battle and rescues a young... Read more

Too Bad to Die

By: Francine Mathews

Narrated by: Matthew Brenher

Length: 11 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

A tense and enthralling historical thriller in which British Naval Intelligence officer Ian Fleming attempts to foil a Nazi plot to assassinate FDR, Churchill, and Stalin.  

November, 1943. Weary of his deskbound status in the Royal Navy, intelligence officer Ian Fleming spends his spare time spinning stories in his head that are much more... Read more

Razorhurst

By: Justine Larbalestier

Narrated by: Rebekah Rimington, Fiona Hardingham & David Linski

Length: 10 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

In the vein of The Diviners and The Crimson Petal and the White, Razorhurst reimagines the notorious history of mob-controlled Sydney—with a paranormal twist.Sydney's deadly Razorhurst neighborhood, 1932. Gloriana Nelson and Mr. Davidson, two ruthless mob bosses, have reached a fragile peace—one maintained by "razor men." Kelpie, orphaned and... Read more

Above The Fold

By: Peter Yeldham

Narrated by: Mitch Wood

Length: 12 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

‘Peter Yeldham’s historical fiction pedigree is one of the best in the country.’ - SUNDAY TELEGRAPHLuke Elliott and Claudia Marsden have fallen in love at a perilous time. The Second World War is raging in the Pacific, barbed wire and gun emplacements are strung along Sydney's northern beaches in preparation for invasion. As the war moves... Read more

Maid for Scandal

By: Anthea Lawson

Narrated by: Hollis McCarthy

Length: 1 hour 48 minutes

Abridged: No

A light Regency story that skirts the edge of impropriety...Miss Anna Harcourt foolishly disguises herself as a maid to be near the man she thinks she loves, but little does she know how far this charade will lead her... or how close to ruin.Sensuality level: Medium Warm - suggestive situations, kisses. Read more

Holy Spy

By: Rory Clements

Narrated by: Gareth Armstrong

Length: 12 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

For fans of C J Sansom and S J Parris, HOLY SPY features the Queen's Intelligencer John Shakespeare in the latest of Rory Clements' acclaimed and bestselling series of Tudor spy thrillers. Clements, winner of the Ellis Peters Historical Fiction Award, 'does for Elizabeth's reign what C.J. Sansom does for Henry VIII's' Sunday Times

In London's... Read more

War Babies

By: Annie Murray

Narrated by: Annie Aldington

Length: 12 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

Rachel Booker has a difficult start in life. When her father dies, deep in gambling debt, her mother must harden herself to make ends meet, but becomes so hard she has little room left for affection or warmth. Mother and daughter work at the open market in Birmingham, selling second-hand clothes or whatever they can find just to put a little... Read more

Shame and the Captives

By: Thomas Keneally

Narrated by: Heather Bolton & Paul English

Length: 12 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

“If the legendary Schindler’s List was not enough to showcase Thomas Keneally’s literary mastery, then [this novel] surely will” (New York Daily News) as the Booker Prize-winning author reimagines from all sides the drastic true events of the night more than one thousand Japanese POWs staged the largest and bloodiest prison escape of World War... Read more

A Pledge of Silence

By: Flora J. Solomon

Narrated by: Kate Rudd

Length: 11 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

Winner Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award—General FictionWhen Margie Bauer joins the Army Nurse Corps in 1941, she is delighted to be sent to Manila, the Pearl of the Orient. Though rumors of war circulate, she feels safe, trusting the island is fortified and the Filipino troops are well trained.On December 8, 1941, her dreamworld shatters when the... Read more

Black God’s Kiss

By: C. L. Moore

Narrated by: Gabrielle de Cuir

Length: 9 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

First published in the pages of Weird Tales in 1934, C. L. Moore's Jirel of Joiry is the first significant female sword-and-sorcery protagonist and one of the most exciting and evocative characters the genre has ever known. Published alongside seminal works by H. P. Lovecraft and Robert E. Howard, the five classic fantasy tales included in this... Read more

Der Duft von Schokolade

By: Ewald Arenz

Narrated by: Norbert Küber

Length: 3 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

Nachdem der junge Leutnant August Liebeskind 1881 den Dienst bei der k. u. k.-Armee Österreich-Ungarns quittiert hat, liegt ein langer Sommer ohne Verpflichtungen in seiner Heimatstadt Wien vor ihm. Erst im Herbst soll er bei seinem Onkel Josef, dem erfolgreichen Schokoladenfabrikanten, eine neue Stelle antreten. Dann jedoch lernt er die... Read more

Love Letters from Largs

By: Keira Montclair

Narrated by: Antony Ferguson

Length: 8 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

After enduring years of her nobleman father's cruelty and abuse, Celestina Lunde is ready to take her own life rather than enter into an arranged marriage with an equally brutal man. But just when she is about to leap through the window of her tower bedroom, a brawny Highland warrior arrives at her home and changes everything.


Summoned to the... Read more

Lamentation

By: C.J. Sansom

Narrated by: Steven Crossley

Length: 25 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

As Henry VIII lies on his deathbed, an incendiary manuscript threatens to tear his court apart.

Summer, 1546. King Henry VIII is slowly, painfully dying. His Protestant and Catholic councilors are engaged in a final and decisive power struggle; whoever wins will control the government. As heretics are hunted across London, and radical... Read more

The Alphabet House

By: Jussi Adler-Olsen

Narrated by: Graeme Malcolm

Length: 15 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

In the tradition of Alan Furst, the #1 international bestselling author delivers his first stand-alone novel, a psychological thriller set in World War II Nazi Germany and 1970s England

British pilots James Teasdale and Bryan Young have been chosen to conduct a special photo-reconnaissance mission near Dresden, Germany. Intelligence believes the... Read more

The Tempting of Thomas Carrick

By: Stephanie Laurens

Narrated by: Matthew Brenher

Length: 14 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

What happens when fate, love, and passion collide?The #1 New York Times bestselling author Stephanie Laurens returns to Scotland with a tale of two lovers irrevocably linked by destiny and passion.Thomas Carrick is a gentleman driven to control all aspects of his life. As the wealthy owner of Carrick Enterprises, located in bustling Glasgow, he... Read more

Soulbound

By: Kristen Callihan

Narrated by: Moira Quirk

Length: 12 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

Once two souls are joined . . .
When Adam's soul mate rejected him, there was more at stake than his heart. After seven hundred years of searching, his true match would have ended the curse that keeps his spirit in chains. But beautiful, stubborn Eliza May fled-and now Adam is doomed to an eternity of anguish, his only hope for salvation gone... Read more

The Portrait of a Lady

By: Henry James

Narrated by: Michael Page

Length: 23 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

Following the death of her father, Isabel Archer leaves the comforts of Albany, New York to stay with her aunt Lydia Touchett at her London estate. There she meets Lydia's rich husband, David, her cousin Ralph, and the Touchetts's proud neighbor, Lord Warburton. Soon, too, come marriage proposals from Lord Warburton and Caspar Goodwood, the son... Read more

The Siege Winter

By: Ariana Franklin & Samantha Norman

Narrated by: Kate Reading

Length: 11 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

A powerful historical novel by the late Ariana Franklin and her daughter Samantha Norman, The Siege Winter is a tour de force mystery and murder, adventure and intrigue, a battle for a crown, told by two courageous young women whose fates are intertwined in twelfth century England’s devastating civil war.1141. England is engulfed in war as King... Read more

Diary of an Accidental Wallflower

By: Jennifer McQuiston

Narrated by: Lana J. Weston

Length: 12 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

The first irresistible installment in New York Times bestselling author Jennifer McQuiston's Seduction Diaries series proves that some secrets are too delicious to hide.Pretty and popular, Miss Clare Westmore knows exactly what (or rather, who) she wants: the next Duke of Harrington. But when she twists her ankle on the eve of the Season’s most... Read more

Ann Veronica

By: H.G. Wells

Narrated by: Liz Pearce

Length: 11 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

At twenty-one, the passionate and headstrong Ann Veronica Stanley is determined to rule her own life. When her autocratic father forbids her, via formal letter, from attending a fashionable art-school ball, and even further refuses to allow her advanced study of science, she decides she has no choice but to leave her family home and make a fresh... Read more

Ride the Fire

By: Pamela Clare

Narrated by: Kaleo Griffith

Length: 11 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

Widowed and alone on the frontier, Elspeth Stewart will do whatever it takes to protect herself and her unborn child from the dangers of the wilderness and of men. Though her youthful beauty doesn't show it, she is broken and scarred from the way men have treated her. So when a stranger wanders onto Bethie's land, wounded and needing her aid,... Read more