Historical Fiction audiobooks

Katherine Wentworth

By: D.E. Stevenson

Narrated by: Lesley Mackie

Length: 8 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

Married at 19, Katherine had four years of happiness with her beloved Gerald. When he dies, she is left on her own to bring up a stepson, Simon, and her own little twins. She has known what it is to be loved and cherished, and without Gerald, all she wants is independence, and the freedom to bring up his children as he would have liked. When an... Read more

The Square of Revenge

By: Pieter Aspe

Narrated by: Steven Crossley

Length: 8 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

The beautiful medieval architecture of Bruges belies the dark longings of her residents. When the wealthy and powerful Ludovic Degroof's jewelry store is broken into, nothing is stolen, but the jewels have been dissolved in jars of aqua regia, an acid so strong it can even melt gold. In the empty safe is a scrap of paper on which a strange... Read more

The Ghost and the Gold Louis

By: Jamie Sutliff

Narrated by: Jamie Sutliff

Length: 11 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

After a ghost tells her great-granddaughter the tale of the gold coins that purchased her as a slave in 1810, it leads her on the trail to recover the gold Louis coins, which were donated to the Confederate war effort by one of her twin sons. The granddaughter has inherited a museum in New Orleans that her cousins bankrupted while she was... Read more

Claudia, Wife of Pontius Pilate

By: Diana Wallis Taylor

Narrated by: Rebecca Gallagher

Length: 10 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

In a time of turmoil, one woman will search for love and peace — and find it where she never expected.

Tugged this way and that by fate’s indifferent hand, Claudia’s life is adrift — until she meets Lucius Pontius Pilate and becomes his wife. When they move to the troublesome territory of Judea, she does what she has always done: makes the... Read more

Rake’s Progress

By: M. C. Beaton

Narrated by: Lindy Nettleton

Length: 5 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

M. C. Beaton brings you the fourth installment of her witty and charming House for the Season series.Lord Guy Carlton, late of His Majesty's regiment and weary from the war in France, has only wine, women, and song in mind when he rents Number 67 Clarges Street for the season. He certainly has no desire for a serious attachment—and never... Read more

Capacity for Murder

By: Bernadette Pajer

Narrated by: Malcolm Hillgartner

Length: 7 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

In the early years of the twentieth century, restorative waters are a popular health draw for many.Healing Sands Sanitarium, northwest of Hoquiam, Washington, is located on the sandy edge of the Pacific Ocean and is famous for its restorative rest cure, fermented diets, and Dr. Hornsby's electrotherapeutics. No one has ever died at Healing... Read more

Palisades Park

By: Alan Brennert

Narrated by: Mark McCarthy

Length: 17 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

Bestseller Alan Brennert's spellbinding story about a family of dreamers and their lives within the legendary Palisades Amusement Park Growing up in the 1930s, there is no more magical place than Palisades Amusement Park in New Jersey-especially for seven-year-old Antoinette, who horrifies her mother by insisting on the unladylike nickname Toni,... Read more

How to Pursue a Princess

By: Karen Hawkins

Narrated by: Alison Larkin

Length: 9 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

The sensible solution to her family's dire financial woes is for Lily Balfour to marry the Earl of Huntley, a wealthy widower handpicked by her matchmaking godmother, the Duchess of Roxburghe. Huntley is pleasant and attractive, the perfect candidate in every way. But Lily knows she's in big trouble as soon as passionate, unprincipled Prince... Read more

The Stanford Lasses

By: Glenice Crossland

Narrated by: Maggie Mash

Length: 12 hours

Abridged: No

They loved. They lost. They lived.

In the small Yorkshire town of Cottenly - dominated by the steel works and surrounded by beautiful countryside - Isaac Stanford lives with his wife Emily and their three lovely daughters, known locally as the Stanford lasses. Alice, the eldest, lives only for her work as a secretary and chapel on Sunday. Fair... Read more

Guardian Angel

By: Julie Garwood

Narrated by: Susan Duerden

Length: 12 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

#1 New York Times bestselling author Julie Garwood takes breathless sensuality to thrilling heights in this unforgettable adventure of passion and intrigue.The Emerald flew across the seas, carrying the pirate Pagan—despised by the ton whose riches he plundered, and beloved by the poor whose plight was eased by his gifts.The Marquess of... Read more

You Are One of Them

By: Elliott Holt

Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell

Length: 8 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

Sarah Zuckerman and Jennifer Jones are best friends in an upscale part of Washington, DC, in the politically charged 1980s. Sarah is the shy, wary product of an unhappy home: her father abandoned the family to return to his native England; her agoraphobic mother is obsessed with fears of nuclear war. Jenny is an all-American girl who has... Read more

A Hundred Summers

By: Beatriz Williams

Narrated by: Kathleen McInerney

Length: 11 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

As the 1938 hurricane approaches Rhode Island, another storm brews in this New York Times bestselling beach read from the author of The Golden Hour and Husbands & Lovers.

Lily Dane has returned to Seaview, Rhode Island, where her family has summered for generations. It’s an escape not only from New York’s social scene but from a heartbreak... Read more

Strange Fortune

By: Josh Lanyon

Narrated by: David Lazarus

Length: 10 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

Valentine Strange, late of his Majesty's 21st Benhali Lancers, needs money. Happily, the wealthy Holy Orders of Harappu are desperate to retrieve the diadem of the Goddess Purya from an ancient temple deep in the mountainous jungle--an area Strange knows well from his days quelling rebellions. The pay is too good and the job seems too easy for... Read more

The Assassination of Orange

By: Joseph Brassey

Narrated by: Michael Page

Length: 2 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

SideQuests are stand-alone stories or novellas that chronicle the heroes, villains, and adventures in The Foreworld Saga across numerous eras and ages. They can be read in any order with or without prior knowledge of The Foreworld Saga.There’s a bounty out for Prince William of Orange…and “alive” is not an option.The Dutch are trying to free... Read more

Before the Larkspur Blooms

By: Caroline Fyffe

Narrated by: Patrick Lawlor

Length: 9 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

USA Today bestselling author Caroline Fyffe returns to the windswept prairies of Wyoming with a beautiful story of rekindled love in the western historical romance sequel to Where the Wind Blows…Thomas Donovan spent eight long years in prison, convicted of a crime he didn’t commit. Finally released, he returns home to Logan Meadows, Wyoming, to... Read more

The Son

By: Philipp Meyer

Narrated by: Will Patton, Kate Mulgrew, Scott Shepherd & Cli...

Length: 17 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

Soon to be a TV Series on AMC starring Pierce Brosnan and co-written by Philipp Meyer.

The critically acclaimed, New York Times bestselling epic, a saga of land, blood, and power that follows the rise of one unforgettable Texas family from the Comanche raids of the 1800s to the oil booms of the 20th century.Part epic of Texas, part classic... Read more

The Book of Seven Hands

By: Barth Anderson

Narrated by: Nick Podehl

Length: 4 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

SideQuests are stand-alone stories or novellas that chronicle the heroes, villains, and adventures in The Foreworld Saga across numerous eras and ages. They can be read in any order with or without prior knowledge of The Foreworld Saga.Expert swordsmen Basilio and Alejo have one last mission before they go their separate ways: they must recover... Read more

Pride and Pleasure

By: Sylvia Day

Narrated by: Justine Eyre

Length: 8 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

Wealth has its dangers…so do certain menJasper Bond turns (female) heads wherever he goes. He can’t dance, isn’t known for his restraint, and his blood heats whenever he’s near his latest employer, the unwittingly sexy Eliza Martin. She insists no one will believe an intellectual like her could be seduced by a man of action like Jasper, but the... Read more

The Ferguson Rifle (Louis L'Amour's Lost Treasures)

By: Louis L'Amour

Narrated by: Brian D'Arcy James, Jason Culp & Dan John Miller

Length: 6 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

The classic Western, now newly repackaged as part of Bantam's Louis L'Amour's Lost Treasures program--with never-before-seen material from Louis and his son, Beau L'Amour.

It began with gold that had once belonged to Montezuma. Stolen and cached in a church in Mexico, it was recovered by two army officers who fled north for the French... Read more

The Corpse Reader

By: Antonio Garrido

Narrated by: Todd Haberkorn

Length: 12 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

After his grandfather dies, avid scholar and budding forensic investigator Cí Song begrudgingly gives up his studies to help his family. But when another tragedy strikes, he’s forced to run and also deemed a fugitive. Dishonored, he has no choice but to accept work as a lowly gravedigger, a position that allows him to sharpen his corpse-reading... Read more

The Seduction of Elliot McBride

By: Jennifer Ashley

Narrated by: Angela Dawe

Length: 9 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

PROPERLY IMPROPERAND DARING TO LOVE Juliana St. John was raised to be very proper. After a long engagement, her wedding day dawns-- only for Juliana to find herself jilted at the altar. Fleeing the mocking crowd, she stumbles upon Elliot McBride, the tall, passionate Scot who was her first love. His teasing manner gives her an idea, and she asks... Read more

Sacred Games

By: Gary Corby

Narrated by: Erik Davies

Length: 12 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

It is the Olympics of 460 BC. Nico's best friend, Timodemus, is a competitor in the pankration, the deadly martial art of ancient Greece. Timo is hot favorite to win. His only serious rival is Parmonos from Sparta. When Parmonos is found beaten to death, it is obvious Timodemus must be the killer. The Judges of the Games sentence Timodemus to be... Read more

My Fathers’ Ghost Is Climbing in the Rain

By: Patricio Pron

Narrated by: Ramón de Ocampo

Length: 4 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

A young writer, living abroad, returns home to his native Argentina to say goodbye to his dying father.In his parents' house, he finds a cache of documents—articles, maps, photographs—and unwittingly begins to unearth his father's obsession with the disappearance of a local man. Suddenly he comes face to face with the ghosts of Argentina's dark... Read more

A Chain of Thunder

By: Jeff Shaara

Narrated by: Paul Michael

Length: 22 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

Continuing the series that began with A Blaze of Glory, Jeff Shaara returns to chronicle another decisive chapter in America’s long and bloody Civil War. In A Chain of Thunder, the action shifts to the fortress city of Vicksburg, Mississippi. There, in the vaunted “Gibraltar of the Confederacy,” a siege for the ages will... Read more