Historical Fiction audiobooks

Heir of Novron

By: Michael J. Sullivan

Narrated by: Tim Gerard Reynolds

Length: 31 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

The New Empire intends to mark its victory over the Nationalists with a bloody celebration. On the high holiday of Wintertide, the Witch of Melengar will be burned and the Heir of Novron executed. On that same day the Empress faces a forced marriage, with a fatal accident soon to follow.
The New Empire is confident in the totality of its triumph... Read more

Wild Montana Sky

By: Debra Holland

Narrated by: Natalie Ross

Length: 9 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

Since her husband’s death, Samantha Sawyers Rodriguez and her son have been little more than prisoners on her father-in-law’s estate in 1890s Argentina. Now, thanks to her late uncle, she has an inheritance—a Montana ranch that she plans to transform into a sanctuary for orphaned boys while raising her family’s miniature horses. Not... Read more

Starry Montana Sky

By: Debra Holland

Narrated by: Natalie Ross

Length: 9 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

Since her husband’s death, Samantha Sawyers Rodriguez and her son have been little more than prisoners on her father-in-law’s estate in 1890s Argentina. Now, thanks to her late uncle, she has an inheritance—a Montana ranch that she plans to transform into a sanctuary for orphaned boys while raising her family’s miniature horses. Not... Read more

Freud's Sister

By: Goce Smilevski

Narrated by: Barbara Rosenblat

Length: 9 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

The award-winning international sensation that poses the question: Was Sigmund Freud responsible for the death of his sister in a Nazi concentration camp?

The boy in her memories who strokes her with the apple, who whispers to her the fairy tale, who gives her the knife, is her brother Sigmund.

Vienna, 1938: With the Nazis closing in, Sigmund... Read more

Sinner

By: Mark Teppo

Narrated by: Luke Daniels

Length: 1 hour 38 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.A severed head and a cry of “Witchcraft!” start a frenzied witchhunt in a sleepy German village. When Konrad... Read more

The Map of Lost Memories

By: Kim Fay

Narrated by: Karyn O'Bryant

Length: 12 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

Edgar Award Finalist for Best First Novel by an American Author
 
“Captivating . . . has qualities any reader would wish for: adventure, romance, history and a vividly described exotic setting.”—The Washington Post
 
In 1925 the international treasure-hunting scene is a man’s world, and no one understands this better than Irene Blum, who is... Read more

In the Land of the Long White Cloud

By: Sarah Lark

Narrated by: Anne Flosnik

Length: 22 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

Helen Davenport, governess for a wealthy London household, longs for a family of her own—but nearing her late twenties, she knows her prospects are dim. Then she spots an advertisement seeking young women to marry New Zealand’s honorable bachelors and begins an affectionate correspondence with a gentleman farmer. When her church offers to pay... Read more

The Harlequin Tea Set and Other Stories

By: Agatha Christie

Narrated by: Hugh Fraser, Isla Blair & Simon Vance

Length: 6 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

Hercule Poirot is joined by the mysterious problem solver Harley Quin in the pages of The Harlequin Tea Set and Other Stories—a collection of ingenious short masterworks of mystery and suspense that showcase the legendary Agatha Christie at her very best.A grand treasure for fans of the grande dame of mystery, The Harlequin Tea Set and Other... Read more

By Starlight

By: Dorothy Garlock

Narrated by: Rebecca Gibel

Length: 9 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

With violence threatening to shatter their world, Maddy and Jack have only one chance to rekindle their love and trust for each other, one chance to claim a future together.
Colton, Montana, 1931. Struggling through the Great Depression, Maddy Aldridge agrees to run an illegal speakeasy in order to save her family's mercantile store. Keeping... Read more

The Double Game

By: Dan Fesperman

Narrated by: Peter Berkrot

Length: 12 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

A few years before the fall of the Berlin Wall, spook-turned-novelist Edwin Lemaster revealed to up-and-coming journalist Bill Cage that he’d once considered spying for the enemy. For Cage, a Foreign Service brat who grew up in the very cities where Lemaster’s books were set, the news story created a brief but embarrassing sensation and heralded... Read more

Cascade

By: Maryanne O’Hara

Narrated by: Madeleine Lambert

Length: 11 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

Cascade, Massachusetts, 1935. Desdemona Hart Spaulding, a promising young artist, abandoned her dreams of working in New York City to rescue her father. Two months later he is dead and Dez is stuck in a marriage to reliable but child-hungry Asa Spaulding. Dez also stands to lose her father’s legacy, the Cascade Shakespeare Theater, as the... Read more

Avenger of Rome

By: Douglas Jackson

Narrated by: Cornelius Garrett

Length: 11 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

If you like Simon Scarrow and Ben Kane, you'll absolutely love this enthralling and action-packed novel of Roman adventure from bestselling author Douglas Jackson.

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"Spellbinding" - 5... Read more

The Lost Prince

By: Selden Edwards

Narrated by: Angela Brazil

Length: 18 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

Recently returned from the experience of a lifetime in fin de siecle Vienna, where she met and tragically lost the first great love of her life, Eleanor Burden has no choice but to settle into her expected place in society, marry the man she is supposed to marry, and wait for life to come to her.As the twentieth century approaches, hers is a... Read more

The Second Empress

By: Michelle Moran

Narrated by: Adam Alexi-Malle, Emma Bering & Tanya Franks

Length: 10 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

Two women vie to change their destinies after Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte orders marriage to a princess he hopes will bear him a royal heir in this compelling novel from the internationally bestselling author of Nefertiti and Maria.
 
“A fascinating tale that won’t soon be forgotten.”—Times Record News

After the bloody French Revolution, Emperor... Read more

The Mysterious Affair at Styles

By: Agatha Christie

Narrated by: Hugh Fraser

Length: 5 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Hercule Poirot solves his first case in the Agatha Christie novel that started it all, now in a fully restored edition that features a “missing chapter” along with commentary from Christie expert John Curran.Who poisoned the wealthy Emily Inglethorp and how did the murderer penetrate and escape from her locked bedroom? Suspects abound in the... Read more

Duchess By Night

By: Eloisa James

Narrated by: Susan Duerden

Length: 11 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

A Mischievous Charade . . . Harriet, Duchess of Berrow, is tired of her title and the responsibilities that come along with it. Enough with proper tea parties and elegant balls; what Harriet really wants is to attend an outrageous soiree where she can unleash her wildest whims and desires. But to attend such an event—especially if the event in... Read more

The Headmaster's Wager

By: Vincent Lam

Narrated by: Feodor Chin

Length: 15 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

From Giller Prize winner, internationally acclaimed, and bestselling author Vincent Lam comes a superbly crafted, highly suspenseful, and deeply affecting novel set against the turmoil of the Vietnam War.
 
Percival Chen is the headmaster of the most respected English school in Saigon. He is also a bon vivant, a compulsive gambler and an... Read more

The Kingmaker's Daughter

By: Philippa Gregory

Narrated by: Bianca Amato

Length: 15 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

In this New York Times bestseller that inspired the critically acclaimed Starz miniseries The White Queen, Philippa Gregory tells the tale of Anne Neville, a beautiful young woman who must navigate the treachery of the English court as her father, known as the Kingmaker, uses her and her sister as pawns in his political game.

The Kingmaker’s... Read more

An Artist of the Floating World

By: Kazuo Ishiguro

Narrated by: David Case

Length: 6 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

From the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature and author of the Booker Prize–winning novel The Remains of the Day
 
In the face of the misery in his homeland, the artist Masuji Ono was unwilling to devote his art solely to the celebration of physical beauty. Instead, he put his work in the service of the imperialist movement that led Japan... Read more

The Ranger

By: Monica McCarty

Narrated by: Robert McNab

Length: 13 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

USA Today best-selling author Monica McCarty pens sweeping historical romances that listeners adore. Set in early 14th-century Scotland, The Ranger stars Arthur Campbell, a Highland Guard warrior fighting to free Scotland from English rule. Working as a spy for Robert the Bruce, Arthur infiltrates an enemy clan with orders to kill the clan's... Read more

Duell vor Sumatra

By: Patrick O'Brian

Narrated by: Johannes Steck

Length: 15 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

Durch einen Wechsel in der Spitze des Marine-Ministeriums erhält Kapitän Jack Aubrey nicht das Prisengeld in der erwarteten Höhe, was seine Heirat mit Sophia verhindert - und Stephen Maturin gerät durch eine Indiskretion in Folterhaft. Doch Jack erhält endlich das Schiff, das er am meisten mag: Die Fregatte HMS Surprise. Er soll einen britischen... Read more

City of Women

By: David R. Gillham

Narrated by: Suzanne Bertish

Length: 13 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER AND ONE OF KIRKUS REVIEWS' BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR

It is 1943—the height of the Second World War. With the men away at the front, Berlin has become a city of women.

On the surface, Sigrid Schröder is the model German soldier’s wife: She goes to work every day, does as much with her rations as she can, and dutifully... Read more

The Black Isle

By: Sandi Tan

Narrated by: Sarah Zimmerman

Length: 21 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

This “ambitious, supernatural coming-of-age story” (The LA Times) is a sweeping tale of ghosts in the modern world, and one woman's struggle to create her own destiny.

There are ghosts on the Black Isle. Ghosts that no one can see. No one . . . except Cassandra. Uprooted from Shanghai with her father and twin brother, young Cassandra finds the... Read more

The Iron Wyrm Affair

By: Lilith Saintcrow

Narrated by: Moira Quirk

Length: 10 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Emma Bannon, forensic sorceress in the service of the Empire, has a mission: to protect Archibald Clare, a failed, unregistered mentath. His skills of deduction are legendary, and her own sorcery is not inconsiderable. It doesn't help much that they barely tolerate each other, or that Bannon's Shield, Mikal, might just be a traitor himself. Or... Read more