Historical Fiction audiobooks

The Archaeologist and the Spinster

By: Angela E. Johnson

Narrated by: Grace Noble

Length: 8 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

When love arrives on a camel, who knew it would be oblivious to flirting?Self-proclaimed bachelor for life Phineas Fernley has dreamed of exploring the world since the day he found a book on archaeology hidden on the shelves of his father’s library. Armed with books and his personal journal Phineas sets out to add his knowledge to the world of... Read more

Music in the Night

By: Michelle L. Levigne

Narrated by: Michelle L. Levigne

Length: 9 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

Ess's mother, Vivian, left her a rose made of the same crystal that formed the Great Machine, which allowed the Originators and Revisionists to travel through time. A matching rose belonged to her friend, Anna, and the two women communicated mind-to-mind, until Vivian died. When Ess was too young to understand, she touched minds with Carmen,... Read more

Breeze Spells and Bridegrooms

By: Sarah Wallace & S.O. Callahan

Narrated by: Matt Simpson

Length: 14 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

Roger not only had to prove himself to the Council, he also had to prove himself to Wyndham Wrenwhistle.
Fae and humans alike are returning to London for the Season, but the excitement is marred by the growing poverty rate among humans with low magical scores.
Tenacious Roger Barnes proposes a new rubric for testing magic to the Council, hoping to... Read more

Street Corner Dreams: A Novel

By: Florence Reiss Kraut

Narrated by: Justine Reiss

Length: 10 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

" A suspenseful family saga, love story, and gangster tale, wrapped into one great book club read . . .Just before WWI, Golda comes to America yearning for independence, but she tosses aside her dreams of freedom and marries her widowed brother-in-law after her sister dies giving birth to their son, Morty.In the crowded streets of Brooklyn where... Read more

Great Expectations

By: Charles Dickens

Narrated by: Rick Kisner

Length: 16 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

Great Expectations, written by Charles Dickens and first published in 1861, is a classic novel that follows the life of an orphaned boy named Pip. Through a series of unexpected events, Pip embarks upon a journey of self-discovery and maturity. Along the way, he meets a variety of colorful characters and learns valuable life lessons. Great... Read more

A valentia de Josephine (Versão brasileira)

By: Dama Beltrán

Narrated by: Ediciones Beltrán

Length: 13 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

Josephine Moore aprendeu a usar espadas, adagas, atiradores e até pistolas desde muito jovem.Essa habilidade com as armas não só lhe proporcionou muita segurança em si mesma, mas também em relação ao mundo ao seu redor, porque... quem gostaria de enfrentar uma mulher que se veste de homem, se comporta como um e luta como tal?No entanto, toda... Read more

O despertar de Madeleine (Versão brasileira)

By: Dama Beltrán

Narrated by: Ediciones Beltrán

Length: 13 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

Madeleine, a quinta filha do casal Moore, sempre se manteve fora da sociedade porque suas habilidades ciganas lhe causavam muitos problemas. Por isso, quando Morgana a convoca, pede apenas o que não teve: uma vida emocionante.No entanto, muda de ideia quando conhece Elliot Manners, filho do duque de Rutland.Ela não quer mais ter tantas... Read more

When the Duke Bought a Wife

By: Mariah Stone

Narrated by: Shane East & Justine Eyre

Length: 4 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

Rebellious rake. Brooding duke. Escaping an arranged engagement, he buys a wife he never intended to love… but loses his heart.When Lady Emma Bardsley’s vile husband sells her at auction, she is purchased by the rakish duke of Loxchester. For Sebastian, buying a pig farmer’s wife is the perfect way to avoid an arranged engagement, no matter the... Read more

Thornton Wilder: Our Town, The Bridge of San Luis Rey & More

By: Thornton Wilder

Narrated by: Full Cast, Robert Glenister, Annette Badland, T...

Length: 4 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

Four of Thornton Wilder's most acclaimed works, adapted for BBC Radio - plus bonus material exploring his life and career

Thornton Wilder is one of America's most important literary figures. He won the Pulitzer Prize three times - for his novel The Bridge of San Luis Rey and the plays Our Town and The Skin of Our Teeth - and is the only person to... Read more

Doctor Who: Dark Contract

By: Will Hadcroft

Narrated by: Matthew Waterhouse

Length: 1 hour 12 minutes

Abridged: No

Matthew Waterhouse reads this original story featuring the Fifth Doctor, Adric, Tegan and Nyssa.

When the TARDIS lands on Earth in the 1830s, Tegan is keen to explore Dickensian London. The grim realities of poverty and destitution are sobering, with conditions exacerbated by the New Poor Law. Yet something else is affecting those most in need -... Read more

Lord of Misrule

By: Gareth Jones

Narrated by: Philip Madoc, Peter Halliday, Robert Blythe, Io...

Length: 4 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

Full-cast dramatisation of the hot-blooded historical romance set in 18th century Wales

‘Jones has a talent for writing natural witty dialogue…’ Best Sellers
Sworn allegiances, cruel punishments, broken hearts, shattered dreams and ancient magic make for an utterly spellbinding listen in this full-cast adaptation of Gareth Jones’s masterful... Read more

Los caballeros templarios (Completo)

By: Alexandre Dumas & Padre

Narrated by: Estela Frank

Length: 44 minutes

Abridged: No

Este libro al que nos referimos describe básicamente la historia de cómo detenían en Francia a una gran cantidad de caballeros del temple, donde los maltrataban por medio de torturas con el fin de que realizaran confesiones, las cuales ellos las hacían con tal de evitar soportar más maltrato físico. Read more

Los inválidos (Completo)

By: Baldomero Lillo

Narrated by: Muriel Niebla

Length: 19 minutes

Abridged: No

"Los inválidos", que recrea el irrespirable ambiente de las minas chilenas, bien conocido por el autor; no en vano, se crió en una de ellas. En este relato Lillo denuncia una vez más las malas condiciones laborales de los mineros, que por la ambición de unos pocos quedan reducidos a la condición de bestias de carga. Read more

The Spinster, the Rebel, and the Governor

By: Charlene Dietz

Narrated by: Lisa Baarns

Length: 12 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

Murderous rebels and bigoted gentlemen can't prevent spinster Lady Margaret Brent from wielding her power to defend Maryland settlers from plunder and obliteration.Lady Margaret Brent is compelled to right wrongs. Under the rule of Charles I she risks her life by illegally educating English women, placing her family at risk. She fights to have a... Read more

The Red Badge of Courage

By: Stephen Crane

Narrated by: Jamey Lewis

Length: 5 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

Stephen Crane's "The Red Badge of Courage" is a powerful exploration of the psychological and emotional toll of war. Set against the backdrop of the American Civil War, the novel follows the journey of Henry Fleming, a young and inexperienced soldier eager to prove his courage on the battlefield. Faced with the harsh realities of war, Henry... Read more

Heart of Darkness

By: Joseph Conrad

Narrated by: Joshua Szatmari

Length: 3 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Heart of Darkness' is a small, but perhaps the most famous adventure story written by Joseph Conrad. The narrative is written on behalf of the sailor Marlowe, who tells the reader about his past adventures. In the African wilds, there is an illegally operating elephant bone mining company. While crossing the continent, Marlowe travels to one of... Read more

Los destiladores de naranja (Completo)

By: Horacio Quiroga

Narrated by: Luis Marquez

Length: 28 minutes

Abridged: No

Tres hombres y una empresa: destilar naranjas en cantidades para producir una bebida alcohólica al noventa por ciento. Una narración experimental que quiebra y subvierte el modelo realista. Read more

Yo acuso (Completo)

By: Emile Zola

Narrated by: Estela Marquez

Length: 36 minutes

Abridged: No

Este es el dossier, reunido y comentado por el propio Zola, de sus polémicos escritos relacionados con el caso Dreyfus, que culminaron con el archinombrado pero poco conocido Yo acuso. Cuando en 1894 se descubrió que alguien estaba traicionando al ejército francés, un fraudulento consejo de guerra condenó a un oficial judío, el capitán Dreyfus.... Read more

Eine Lady für den Schurken - London Wallflowers-Reihe, Band 3 (Ungekürzt)

By: Stacy Reid

Narrated by: Lisa Müller

Length: 11 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

Als feine Lady sollte sie einem Schurken wie ihm nicht trauen. Doch ihr Herz sagt etwas anderes ... Die verführerisch-romantische Historical Romance-Reihe von Bestsellerautorin Stacy Reid geht weiter! Die schöne Lady Ophelia Darby führt ein Doppelleben: Zum einen ist sie die eigensinnige Tochter eines mächtigen Marquess und der Liebling der... Read more

Ruthless Reign

By: Aleatha Romig

Narrated by: Rupert Channing & Emma Wilder

Length: 6 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

I have a secret. I’m not who you think.
In this world, where gowns, castles, and crowns make for the perfect reflections, life isn’t always as it appears. Love is elusive, even when the most beautiful woman is right before you. Illusions distort visions, shadows lurk in the sunshine, and monsters tread behind smiles and chivalrous facades.
I,... Read more

The Lord and the Frenchman

By: Neil S. Plakcy

Narrated by: Neil S. Plakcy

Length: 8 hours

Abridged: No

Two wounded men discover true love and a found family in Victorian England In the opulent courts of Victorian England, John Seales, Lord Therkenwell, is a man of wealth and privilege, expected to marry a woman of his own social standing and produce an heir. But when he meets dashing French diplomat Raoul Desjardins at a soirée arranged by a... Read more

City of Blows

By: Tim Blake Nelson

Narrated by: Tim Blake Nelson

Length: 17 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

It's early 2020, and legendary producer Jacob Rosenthal is eager to make his next film, Coal, adapted from the bestselling novel by the celebrated writer Rex Patterson. The project—which takes on the controversial topic of race in America—is Jacob's envisioned magnum opus, and likely his swan song. He selects David Levit to direct, a major... Read more

Riven Rock

By: T.C. Boyle

Narrated by: Michael Kirby

Length: 20 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

T. C. Boyle's seventh novel transforms two characters straight out of history into rich mythic figures whose tortured love story is as heartbreaking as it is hilarious. It is the dawn of the twentieth century when the beautiful, budding feminist Katherine Dexter falls in love with Stanley McCormick, son of a millionaire inventor. The two wed,... Read more

Simply Love

By: Catherine Anderson

Narrated by: Ann Marie Lee

Length: 14 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

Even the hardest heart can be softened by love . . .



Cassandra Zerek is a true innocent in a wild and dangerous place—but her indomitable spirit and gentle soul make her stronger than anyone suspects.



The owner of a Colorado mining empire, Luke Taggart's wealth and position can buy him anything, yet he has grown bored with a life of saloons,... Read more