Historical Fiction audiobooks

The Abyss

By: Cynthia Harrod-Eagles

Narrated by: Terry Wale

Length: 20 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

1833: the industrial age is sweeping through England and the Stephensons are planning the greatest engineering scheme ever undertaken- a railway line from Liverpool to London.

At Morland Place, Nicholas had hoped that his brother Benedict, had been banished forever, but railway fever has brought Benedict back to Yorkshire as an engineer on the... Read more

The Devil's Horse

By: Cynthia Harrod-Eagles

Narrated by: Terry Wale

Length: 19 hours

Abridged: No

1820: the landscape of England is undergoing sweeping change as the country pioneers the steam-driven machine age.

The Morlands, too, face change: Cousin Africa returns from St Helena to startle society with her unconventional ideas; Lucy brings her sons home from their Grand Tour, brimming with ideas for their future. In Manchester, Sophie and... Read more

Angel in Black

By: Max Allan Collins

Narrated by: Dan John Miller

Length: 11 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

Los Angeles. The City of Angels. The perfect place for a honeymoon…and the worst possible time for a murder.Vacationing private investigator Nate Heller finds himself a suspect in the LAPD’s investigation of the notorious Black Dahlia murder case. Problem is the butchered starlet, Elizabeth Short, is an old Chicago flame of Heller’s—and only the... Read more

Master and God

By: Lindsey Davis

Narrated by: Robin Sachs

Length: 15 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

Lindsey Davis’ Master and God is a vastly entertaining historical novel set in the reign of the Emperor Domitian in First Century Rome. It is on the one hand a love story between Gaius Vinius Clodianus, a valiant but reluctant member of the Praetorian Guard, whose military career is as successful as his marital history is disastrous, and Flavia... Read more

Equal of the Sun

By: Anita Amirrezvani

Narrated by: Simon Vance

Length: 13 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

Iran in 1576 is a place of peace, wealth, and dazzling beauty. But when the Shah dies without having named an heir, the court is thrown into tumult. Princess Pari, the Shah's daughter and closest adviser, knows more about the inner workings of the state than almost anyone, but the princess's maneuvers to instill order after her father's sudden... Read more

The Seven Wonders

By: Steven Saylor

Narrated by: Stephen Plunkett

Length: 12 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

The year is 92 B.C. Gordianus has just turned eighteen and is about to embark on the adventure of a lifetime: a far-flung journey to see the Seven Wonders of the World. Gordianus is not yet called " the Finder"-- but at each of the Seven Wonders, the wide-eyed young Roman encounters a mystery to challenge the powers of deduction. Accompanying... Read more

The Chaperone

By: Laura Moriarty

Narrated by: McGovern Elizabeth

Length: 13 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

Soon to be a feature film from the creators of Downton Abbey starring Elizabeth McGovern, The Chaperone is a New York Times-bestselling novel about the woman who chaperoned an irreverent Louise Brooks to New York City in the 1920s and the summer that would change them both.
 
Only a few years before becoming a famous silent-film star and an icon... Read more

The Trail to Seven Pines

By: Louis L'Amour

Narrated by: Robert Petkoff

Length: 7 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

Hopalong rides into a firestorm of violence and betrayal. On the rain-drenched trail to the  lawless town of Seven Pines, Hopalong discovers two men—one dead, the other badly wounded. Returning with medical help, Hopalong finds the wounded man has been shot through the temple. Who would  commit such a murder? To find out, Hopalong hires on at... Read more

Little Century

By: Anna Keesey

Narrated by: Tavia Gilbert

Length: 9 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

A charged and eloquent novel about a young woman caught in the midst of the range wars in the American West at the turn of the centuryOrphaned after the death of her mother, eighteen-year-old Esther Chambers heads west in search of her only living relative. In the lawless frontier town of Century, Oregon, she’s met by a sunburnt, laconic cattle... Read more

The Queen’s Vow

By: C. W. Gortner

Narrated by: Rosalyn Landor

Length: 15 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

“No one believed I was destined for greatness.” So begins Isabella’s story, in this evocative, vividly imagined novel about one of history’s most famous and controversial queens—the warrior who united a fractured country, the champion of the faith whose reign gave rise to the Inquisition, and the visionary who sent Columbus to discover a new... Read more

The Outlaw and the Lady

By: Lorraine Heath

Narrated by: Moe Egan

Length: 9 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

Innocent Angela Bainbridge knows her dreams of a fairy-tale wedding and finding passion in a man's embrace can never come true. So when she's swept into the arms of—and kidnapped by—notorious Lee Raven she's both righteously angry...and curiously captivated. There's something about this brazen outlaw that awakens Angela's desires. She knows any... Read more

Carpathia

By: Matt Forbeck

Narrated by: Ralph Lister

Length: 9 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

When the lucky survivors of the world’s most infamous maritime disaster were plucked out of the freezing ocean by the passenger steamship Carpathia, they thought their problems were over.But something is sleeping in the darkest recesses of their rescue ship. Something old. Something hungry.“Carpathia is a dangerous collision of rich historical... Read more

Conquered by a Highlander

By: Paula Quinn

Narrated by: Carrington MacDuffie

Length: 9 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

Bound by duty…Colin MacGregor was born to fight—for his beliefs, his king, and his family’s honor. After years away from his beloved Scotland, he yearns to return to its lush, green hills, and he can after he completes one final mission for the king. Sent to infiltrate a traitor’s home, Colin is determined to expose the treasonous plot and... Read more

The Alchemist of Souls

By: Anne Lyle

Narrated by: Michael Page

Length: 15 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

When Tudor explorers returned from the New World, they brought back a name out of half-forgotten Viking legend: skraylings. Red-sailed ships followed in the explorers’ wake, bringing Native American goods—and a skrayling ambassador—to London. But what do these seemingly magical beings really want in Elizabeth I’s capital?Mal Catlyn, a... Read more

Glamorous Illusions

By: Lisa T Bergren

Narrated by: Jaimee Draper

Length: 11 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

Cora is about to discover who she truly is. It’s the summer of 1913, and Cora Kensington’s life on the family farm has taken a dark turn. Not only are the crops failing, but someone dear to Cora is failing as well. One fateful afternoon, a stranger comes to call, and Cora discovers a terrible secret about her past… a secret that will radically... Read more

The Merry Devils - Nicholas Bracewell - The Dramatic Elizabethan Whodunnit, book 2 (Unabridged)

By: Edward Marston

Narrated by: Andrew Wincott

Length: 7 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

He had the power to assume a pleasing shape, but would he take to the stage . . . ? The audience was merry indeed when a third devilish imp bounded onstage to join the two that had been written into the script. But backstage all was uproar. The third demon seemed too much like the real thing. Even Nicholas Bracewell, the company mainstay, was... Read more

Sir Philip’s Folly

By: M. C. Beaton

Narrated by: Davina Porter

Length: 4 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

Just when everything at the Poor Relation Hotel seems to be running smoothly, Sir Philip brings in another poor relation, Mrs. Budge. When Sir Philip presents his paramour, Lady Fortescue swears great oaths and says the woman is probably related to half the costermongers in London and certainly does not possess one rich relative. Mrs. Budge does... Read more

Mrs. Budley Falls from Grace

By: M. C. Beaton

Narrated by: Davina Porter

Length: 5 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

The loveable characters from the Poor Relation Hotel return in this sparkling and adventurous Regency romance from M. C. Beaton.Eliza Budley is a beautiful widow whose husband gambled away his fortune. So when the poor relations need to acquire some valuables to keep the hotel afloat and Eliza draws the short straw, Lady Fortescue reminds the... Read more

Haunting Miss Trentwood

By: Belinda Kroll

Narrated by: Arielle Lipshaw

Length: 6 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

The first book in the Hesitant Mediums seriesIt it a truth universally acknowledged that father knows best, even after death, and especially about one's suitors.For fans of Manners & Monsters, Scales & Sensibility, and Half a SoulResigned to spinsterhood in her English manor house, Mary Trentwood is horrified when her father’s ghost... Read more

Pure

By: Andrew Miller

Narrated by: Ralph Cosham

Length: 9 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

Deep in the heart of Paris, its oldest cemetery is, by 1785, overflowing, tainting the very breath of those who live nearby. Into their midst comes Jean-Baptiste Baratte, a young, provincial engineer charged by the king with demolishing it. At first Baratte sees this as a chance to clear the burden of history, a fitting task for a modern man of... Read more

Along Came a Duke

By: Elizabeth Boyle

Narrated by: Susan Duerden

Length: 11 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

“Wit, passion, and adventure, Elizabeth Boyle has it all!”
—Julia QuinnNew York Times bestselling RITA® Award winner Elizabeth Boyle is a wonder, and with Along Came a Duke—the first book in her delectable Rhymes with Love series based on well-known nursery rhymes—she proves once more that no one writes wittier, more endearing and original... Read more

Changeling

By: Philippa Gregory

Narrated by: Charlie Cox

Length: 6 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

Dark myths, medieval secrets, intrigue, and romance populate the pages of this first in a four-book teen series from the #1 bestselling author of The Other Boleyn Girl.

The year is 1453, and all signs point to it being the end of the world. Accused of heresy and expelled from his monastery, handsome seventeen-year-old Luca Vero is recruited by a... Read more

Winter Garden

By: Adele Ashworth

Narrated by: Heather Wilds

Length: 10 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

“Exquisitely written and brimming with emotion.”
—Julia Quinn“Adele Ashworth is certain to become one of romance’s most beloved writers.”
—Lisa KleypasAdele Ashworth’s Winter Garden is a stunning historical romance classic reborn. The story of a beautiful French woman, a spy for the British government, partnered with a breathtaking, intensely... Read more

The Yard

By: Alex Grecian

Narrated by: Toby Leonard Moore

Length: 14 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

Victorian London is a cesspool of crime, and Scotland Yard has only twelve detectives—known as “The Murder Squad”—to investigate thousands of murders every month. Created after the Metropolitan Police’s spectacular failure to capture Jack the Ripper, The Murder Squad suffers rampant public contempt. They have failed their citizens. But no one... Read more