Historical Fiction audiobooks

The Master’s Muse

By: Varley O’Connor

Narrated by: Coleen Marlo

Length: 8 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

“We set our sights on each other almost from the beginning.”So begins The Master’s Muse, an exquisite, deeply affecting novel about the true love affair between two artistic legends: George Balanchine, the Russian émigré to America who is widely considered the Shakespeare of dance, and his wife and muse, Tanaquil Le Clercq.Copenhagen, 1956.... Read more

Seduction of a Highland Lass

By: Maya Banks

Narrated by: Kirsten Potter

Length: 9 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

Fiercely loyal to his older brother, Alaric McCabe leads his clan in the fight for their birthright. Now he is prepared to wed for duty, as well. But on his way to claim the hand of Rionna McDonald, daughter of a neighboring chieftain, he is ambushed and left for dead. Miraculously, his life is saved by the soft touch of a Highland angel, a... Read more

Night After Night

By: Kathryn Smith

Narrated by: Aricka Escalona

Length: 8 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

Centuries ago, this magnificent chalice sealed my fate as a vampire, and now I am its protector. Many have hunted me for it, but only Vivian has accomplished the task. Strong, lovely, haunted . . . I am more attracted to her than I should be, yet her loyalty lies with a man determined to bring about my destruction. But I am not so easily locked... Read more

The Lion Hunter and the Lady

By: Louis L’Amour

Narrated by: Tom Weiner

Length: 38 minutes

Abridged: No

No one describes the adventures of the lone cowboy better than Louis L’Amour, who portrays the human side of the Old West before the days of law and order. Here is one of Louis L’Amour’s short stories, with text restored according to the state of its initial publication.In “The Lion Hunter and the Lady,” the lion hunter is called Cat Morgan... Read more

Midnight in Austenland

By: Shannon Hale

Narrated by: Stina Nielsen

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

New York Times best-selling author Shannon Hale has penned numerous award-winning novels. In this follow-up to Austenland, Charlotte Kinder is eager to escape the numbness she feels after her divorce. Deciding to get away, she visits the Regency-themed Pembrook Park resort in England, where talented actors set the perfect scene. But with... Read more

The Reckoning

By: Cynthia Harrod-Eagles

Narrated by: Terry Wale

Length: 20 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

1816: Napoleon has at last been defeateed, but victory brings no peace to the English.

The cost of war strikes deep into the country- there is a raging inflation, discharged soldiers join the ranks of the unemployed, wages tumble and the bread price soars- and hungry men are easily stirred to protest.

Amid this turbulence, Heloise and James stand... Read more

The Campaigners

By: Cynthia Harrod-Eagles

Narrated by: Terry Wale

Length: 23 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

1815: Napoleon's escape from Elba and the preparations for battle entangle the Morland family in a web of romance and heartbreak.

The Allied Army is gathering in Flanders, and where the army is, the fashionable world must go- so London society hastens to Brussels to enjoy the most exhilarating Season ever. For Heloise it brings a renewed... Read more

The Regency

By: Cynthia Harrod-Eagles

Narrated by: Terry Wale

Length: 24 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

1807: the Napoleonic Wars continue and their violence reverberates in the lives of the Morland family.

Lucy trying to rebuild her life after the death of her lover, Captain Weston, is thrown into doubt and confusion by an unexpected proposal of marriage. At Morland Place, the hard-won happiness of James and Heloise is threatened by his rebellious... Read more

The Proposal

By: Mary Balogh

Narrated by: Rebecca De Leeuw

Length: 11 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

Gwendoline, Lady Muir, has seen her share of tragedy. Content in a quiet life with friends and family, the young widow has no desire to marry again. But when Hugo, Lord Trentham, scoops her up in his arms after a fall, she feels a sensation that both shocks and emboldens her. Hugo is a gentleman in name only: a war hero whose bravery earned him... Read more

Miss Tonks Turns to Crime

By: M. C. Beaton

Narrated by: Davina Porter

Length: 4 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

The oddly assorted group met some time ago. All of them were poor relations, the genteel paupers of society, living on little more than their dignity. They banded together and started the Poor Relation hotel, hoping to be bought out by their embarrassed relations. Though as the hotel prospered, they began to enjoy the fruits of their labor. But... Read more

Lady Fortescue Steps Out

By: M. C. Beaton

Narrated by: Davina Porter

Length: 4 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

Life is not easy for the poor relations of England’s upper crust, but fate and clever schemes bring them together.Lady Fortescue and Colonel Sandhurst hatch a plan: What if they were to transform her decrepit Bond Street home into a posh hotel, offering their guests the pleasure of being waited upon by nobility? With the help of other... Read more

The Cove

By: Ron Rash

Narrated by: Merritt Hicks

Length: 6 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

“Set during World War One, The Cove is a novel that speaks intimately to today’s politics. Beautifully written, tough, raw, uncompromising, entirely new. Ron Rash is a writer’s writer who writes for others.”
—Colum McCann“Ron Rash is a writer of both the darkly beautiful and the sadly true; The Cove solidifies his reputation as one of our very... Read more

Lehrter Station

By: David Downing

Narrated by: Simon Vance

Length: 10 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Paris, November 1945. John Russell is walking home along the banks of the Seine on a cold and misty evening when Soviet agent Yevgeny Shchepkin falls into step alongside him. Shchepkin tells Russell that the American intelligence will soon be asking him to undertake some low grade espionage on their behalf—assessing the strains between different... Read more

Trapeze

By: Simon Mawer

Narrated by: Kate Reading

Length: 11 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

A propulsive novel of World War II espionage by the author of The Glass RoomBarely out of school and doing her bit for the British war effort, Marian Sutro has one quality that makes her stand out—she is a native French speaker. It is this that attracts the attention of the SOE, the Special Operations Executive, which trains agents to operate in... Read more

Wild Star

By: Catherine Coulter

Narrated by: Chloe Campbell

Length: 12 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

Third in the Star Quartet from #1 New York Times bestselling author Catherine Coulter.Brent Hammond is as handsome as sin and wilder than an unbroken stallion. When he meets Byrony by chance, he's charmed. But when he sees her again, as the petted wife of an older rich man, he's chagrined. Until her life is threatened—and he discovers that only... Read more

A Simple Murder

By: Eleanor Kuhns

Narrated by: Richard Waterhouse

Length: 10 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

1796: When traveling weaver and former soldier Will Rees learns that his son David has run away, he immediately sets out after him. After tracking him down at a Shaker settlement near Durham, Maine, Will unexpectedly finds himself heading a murder investigation. As he adapts to the ways of the Shakers he begins to discover that some members of... Read more

Coming Up Roses

By: Catherine Anderson

Narrated by: Julia Gibson

Length: 13 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

New York Times best-selling author Catherine Anderson touches listeners' hearts with her captivating romances. Set in Oregon around the turn of the 20th century, Coming Up Roses finds Kate Blakely trying to move on after the death of her abusive husband. With a farm to run and a four-year-old daughter to look after, Kate can barely keep above... Read more

Wild Star - Abridged

By: Catherine Coulter

Narrated by: Chloe Campbell

Length: 5 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Third in the Star Quartet from #1 New York Times bestselling author Catherine Coulter.Brent Hammond is as handsome as sin and wilder than an unbroken stallion. When he meets Byrony by chance, he's charmed. But when he sees her again, as the petted wife of an older rich man, he's chagrined. Until her life is threatened—and he discovers that only... Read more

How to Dance With a Duke

By: Manda Collins

Narrated by: Anne Flosnik

Length: 10 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

Miss Cecily Hurston would much rather explore the antiquities of Egypt than the uncharted territory of marriage. But the rules of her father's exclusive academic society forbid her entrance unless she weds one of its members. To clear her ailing father's name of a scandalous rumor, Cecily needs to gain admission into the Egyptian Club—and is... Read more

The Duchess Diaries

By: Jillian Hunter

Narrated by: Justine Eyre

Length: 8 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

As headmistress of the Scarfield Academy for Young Ladies, Miss Charlotte Boscastle is tasked with keeping her charges free from notoriety. But when Charlotte's diary goes missing, she can't imagine having her most intimate secrets fall into the wrong hands.

Although the confessions in the diary he found spark his interest, the Duke of Wynfield... Read more

Night Fire

By: Catherine Coulter

Narrated by: Anne Flosnik

Length: 10 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

The classic New York Times bestselling tale of romance and intrigue in Regency England…Dear Listener,

I began writing the Night Trilogy in 1987. I’m very proud of all three novels. Perhaps Night Fire is my favorite simply because it’s so different from the other two.In Night Fire, Arielle Leslie is a sixteen-year-old girl forced to wed Paisley... Read more

Night Storm

By: Catherine Coulter

Narrated by: Anne Flosnik

Length: 11 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

Dear Reader,You met Alec Carrick in Night Fire. He returns full force-and believe me, this man's got force—in Night Storm, the third novel of the Night Trilogy which I wrote in the Fall of 1988.The Paxtons are shipbuilders in Baltimore. Alec Carrick is an English nobleman who wants to buy them out. Genny Paxton isn't at all what she seems. She... Read more

Night Shadow

By: Catherine Coulter

Narrated by: Anne Flosnik

Length: 10 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

Dear Reader,You met Alec Carrick in Night Fire. He returns full force-and believe me, this man's got force—in Night Storm, the third novel of the Night Trilogy which I wrote in the Fall of 1988.The Paxtons are shipbuilders in Baltimore. Alec Carrick is an English nobleman who wants to buy them out. Genny Paxton isn't at all what she seems. She... Read more

Night Fire - Abridged

By: Catherine Coulter

Narrated by: Anne Flosnik

Length: 5 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The classic New York Times bestselling tale of romance and intrigue in Regency England…Dear Listener,

I began writing the Night Trilogy in 1987. I’m very proud of all three novels. Perhaps Night Fire is my favorite simply because it’s so different from the other two.In Night Fire, Arielle Leslie is a sixteen-year-old girl forced to wed Paisley... Read more