Historical Fiction audiobooks

The Bull Slayer

By: Bruce Macbain

Narrated by: Richard Powers

Length: 9 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

Sometimes murder is only a distraction from the real betrayal.Pliny, a respectable young senator and lawyer, is the newly appointed governor of Bithynia, a turbulent frontier province rotting with corruption and seething with hatred of Rome. When a high Roman official is found murdered on a desolate hillside miles from the capital, Pliny must... Read more

Summerset Abbey

By: T. J. Brown

Narrated by: Sarah Coomes

Length: 9 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

1913: In a sprawling manor on the outskirts of London, three young women seek to fulfill their destinies and desires amidst the unspoken rules of society and the distant rumblings of war….Rowena BuxtonSir Philip Buxton raised three girls into beautiful and capable young women in a bohemian household that defied Edwardian tradition. Eldest sister... Read more

Wise Men

By: Stuart Nadler

Narrated by: Bernard Setaro Clark

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

Almost overnight, Arthur Wise has become one of the wealthiest and most powerful attorneys in America. His first big purchase is a simple beach house in a place called Bluepoint, a town on the far edge of the flexed arm of Cape Cod. It's in Bluepoint, during the summer of 1952, that Arthur's teenage son, Hilly, makes friends with Lem Dawson, a... Read more

A Bloom in Winter

By: T. J. Brown

Narrated by: Sarah Coomes

Length: 8 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

As the icy chill of winter, 1914, settles on the magnificent country estate of Summerset Abbey, three young women seek comfort and warmth in the smiles of friends, the fire in their hearts, and the promise of spring….Victoria BuxtonWith her delicate constitution but strong, unflappable spirit, Victoria has never followed societal conventions,... Read more

The Turncoat

By: Donna Thorland

Narrated by: Madeleine Lambert

Length: 10 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

They are lovers on opposite sides of a brutal war, with everything at stake and no possibility of retreat. They can trust no one—especially not each other.Major Lord Peter Tremayne is the last man rebel bluestocking Kate Grey should fall in love with, but when the handsome British viscount commandeers her home, Kate throws caution to the wind... Read more

The Painter's Apprentice

By: Charlotte Betts

Narrated by: Anne Dover

Length: 12 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

1688. Beth Ambrose has led a sheltered life within Merryfields, her family home on the outskirts of London; a place where her parents provide a sanctuary for melancholic souls. A passionate and gifted artist, Beth shares a close bond with Johannes the painter, who nurtures her talents and takes her on as his apprentice.

But as political tensions... Read more

The Obituary Writer

By: Ann Hood

Narrated by: Tavia Gilbert

Length: 7 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

From bestselling author Ann Hood comes a sophisticated and suspenseful novel about the poignant lives of two women living in different eras.On the day John F. Kennedy is inaugurated, Claire, a young wife and mother obsessed with the glamour of Jackie, struggles over the decision of whether to stay in a loveless but secure marriage or to follow... Read more

Semper Fidelis

By: Ruth Downie

Narrated by: Simon Vance

Length: 9 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

Back at his post as a doctor in the twentieth legion in Roman-occupied Britain, Ruso uncovers a new danger even closer to home than the neighboring barbarians.



As mysterious injuries, and even deaths, begin to appear in the medical ledgers, it's clear that all is not well amongst the native recruits to Britannia's imperial army. Is the... Read more

For the Love of Ireland

By: Judy Leslie

Narrated by: Susanna Burney

Length: 9 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

Margaret Sullivan dines with politicians, rebels, and spies. She is an admired journalist with the Chicago Tribune publishing under a male nom de plume. Her unscrupulous husband is a prominent attorney and power broker with aspirations of his own. They are well-connected members of Chicago’s 1880s Irish elite.On her trip to Ireland to research a... Read more

Caballería roja

By: Isaak Bábel

Narrated by: Pedro Ruiz

Length: 5 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

Las difíciles condiciones políticas y sociales que Rusia enfrentó durante la primera mitad del siglo XX provocaron la reacción de un puñado de escritores que se dieron a la tarea de relatar las condiciones de violencia y crueldad que el país vivió. Tales son los temas de este libro, escrito por un autor de origen judío, que fue periodista... Read more

Finessing Clarissa

By: M. C. Beaton

Narrated by: Lindy Nettleton

Length: 5 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

Lovely, wealthy, and well bred, Clarissa Vevian has been unable to find a suitable husband because of her terrible clumsiness. Her petite and fastidious mother, the Lady Clarendon, has tried to mold Clarissa into a dainty miss to fit the fashion, but until the fashions fit tall Clarissa, her mother's efforts are doomed to fail.Enter Amy and Effy... Read more

Ralph Compton Tucker's Reckoning

By: Ralph Compton & Matthew P. Mayo

Narrated by: Mark Zeisler

Length: 8 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

Taking up the mantle from legendary Western author Ralph Compton, Matthew P. Mayo delivers a searing adventure that rockets along like a runaway stagecoach. In Tucker's Reckoning, Samuel Tucker suffers the deaths of his wife and daughter, then takes to the bottle in paroxysms of grief. After drifting from his native Texas to Oregon, Tucker... Read more

Grave Consequences

By: Lisa T Bergren

Narrated by: Jaimee Draper

Length: 12 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

The epic romance continues. For Cora Kensington, the journey of a lifetime has taken unexpected turns. And her future — her very life — depends on the decisions she’ll make at each crossroad. As the Grand Tour with her newfound family winds through France, Austria, and Italy, an unseen enemy trails close behind. And a forbidden love continues to... Read more

Out of the Black Land

By: Kerry Greenwood

Narrated by: Richard Powers & Emily Bauer

Length: 16 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Egypt during the eighteenth dynasty is peaceful and prosperous under the joint rule of the pharaohs Amenhotep III and IV—until the younger pharaoh begins to dream new and terrifying dreams.Ptah-hotep, a young peasant boy studying to be a scribe, wants to live a simple life in a hut on the Nile River with his lover Kheperren and their dog... Read more

Enlightening Delilah

By: M. C. Beaton

Narrated by: Lindy Nettleton

Length: 5 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

The third novel in the School for Manners series finds the Tribble sisters, Amy and Effy, once again entangled in the machinations of the marriage mart. The formidable but lovable spinsters, who earn their living by sponsoring young girls and finding them husbands, take on the case of Delilah, a beautiful, mindlessly flirtatious country... Read more

His Dark Lady

By: Victoria Lamb

Narrated by: Carole Boyd

Length: 14 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

London, 1583.

When young, aspiring playwright William Shakespeare encounters Lucy Morgan, one of Queen Elizabeth I’s ladies-in-waiting, the two fall passionately in love. He declares Lucy the inspiration for his work, but what secret is Will hiding from his muse?

Meanwhile, Lucy has her own secret – and one that could destroy her world if exposed.... Read more

The Headmaster's Confession (Regency Historical Couples' Fantasy)

By: Laurel Bennett

Narrated by: Dan Billsbury

Length: 36 minutes

Abridged: No

I do hereby promise that no headmasters were defiled during the making of this short story.
Best regards,Laurel Bennett

PS. This is not a full-length novel.


A virgin, a rake, Regency England... pleasure.

Our hero finds himself in trouble when Miss Winters is sent to his office for punishment. Is he strong enough to withstand her youthful innocence... Read more

Monte Walsh

By: Jack Warner Schaefer

Narrated by: Eric G. Dove

Length: 15 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

A classic about the American West and the life and times of one tough cowboy, Monte Walsh. Partial to pretty women, gambling, and practical jokes, Monte doesn't have to look far to find trouble. Luckily for him, Monte's best friend, Chet, is always there to post bail or quickly get Monte out of town. As Monte grows older though, and the West... Read more

The Mongoliad: Book Three

By: Neal Stephenson, Erik Bear, Greg Bear, Joseph B...

Narrated by: Luke Daniels

Length: 22 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

An untested group of Shield-Brethren initiates stand before the sprawling Mongol army in a bloody circus of sadistic violence, while a hardened company of their finest roam the desolate wasteland of the Mongol empire, wrapping their dead in blood-soaked soil and struggling to find the strength to fight even as they mourn. The warrior-monks, both... Read more

The Bastard

By: Brenda Novak

Narrated by: Sarah Coomes

Length: 12 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

Jeannette Boucher, a young French beauty from a family left penniless by the revolution, must marry against her will to save them all from ruin. But almost immediately after the vows are spoken, she learns that her old English husband is impotent—and in his desire for an heir, he plans to compromise her in the worst way. Determined to escape... Read more

Seer

By: Mark Teppo

Narrated by: Luke Daniels

Length: 1 hour 54 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.When a merchant appears at the Catalonian chapter house of the Shield-Brethren, seeking to hire guards for his... Read more

The Canyon

By: Jack Warner Schaefer

Narrated by: Eric G. Dove

Length: 3 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

Deep in Cheyenne territory, years prior to the arrival of European settlers, a war hungry group of Cheyenne Indians meet and plan to attack a rival tribe. One young Cheyenne, Little Bear, refuses to fight. Little Bear has earned admiration for his courage and skill in hunting, but now, as a rite of passage into adulthood, he must spend two weeks... Read more

Lord of Darkness

By: Elizabeth Hoyt

Narrated by: Emma Taylor

Length: 12 hours

Abridged: No

WHEN STRANGERS IN THE NIGHT

He lives in the shadows. As the mysterious masked avenger known as the Ghost of St. Giles, Godric St. John's only goal is to protect the innocent of London. Until the night he confronts a fearless young lady pointing a pistol at his head-and realizes she is his wife . . .

BECOME LOVERS . . .

Lady Margaret Reading... Read more

A Story of God and All of Us

By: Roma Downey & Mark Burnett

Narrated by: Roma Downey, Mark Burnett & Keith David

Length: 13 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

BASED ON THE EPIC MINISERIES TO AIR SPRING 2013.

A STORY OF GOD AND ALL OF US is a sweeping narrative that dramatizes some of the most important events and characters in the Bible. The book reads like a fine novel, dramatizing the sweep of biblical events, making the men and women of scripture come alive in vivid detail and dialogue. All are... Read more