Historical Fiction audiobooks

The Drowned

By: John Banville

Narrated by: John Lee

Length: 8 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

Amazon Editors' Pick: Best Literature and Fiction books of October

From the renowned Booker Prize winner and nationally bestselling author of Snow comes a richly atmospheric new mystery about a woman’s sudden disappearance in a small coastal town in Ireland, where nothing is as it seems.

"John Banville is one of my favorite writers alive, and I... Read more

The Stone Witch of Florence

By: Anna Rasche

Narrated by: Soneela Nankani

Length: 11 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

“A feast of a novel, The Stone Witch of Florence is erudite, transportive, and addicting. Magical in every sense of the word.” —Katy Hays, New York Times bestselling author of The Cloisters

A woman's secret. A deadly Plague. Unleash the hidden magic…

1348. As the Black Plague ravages Italy, Ginevra di Gasparo is summoned to Florence after nearly a... Read more

A Tropical Rebel Gets the Duke

By: Adriana Herrera

Narrated by: Lola James

Length: 14 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

He's not like other dukes…

Paris, 1889

Physician Aurora Montalban Wright takes risks in her career, but never with her heart. Running an underground women’s clinic exposes her to certain dangers, but help arrives in the unexpected form of the infuriating Duke of Annan. Begrudgingly, Aurora accepts his protection, then promptly finds herself in his... Read more

The Lies We Leave Behind

By: Noelle Salazar

Narrated by: Xe Sands & Patrick Zeller

Length: 12 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

“Noelle Salazar has an unerring instinct for writing tough women with big hearts . .  . The Lies We Leave Behind is a globe-spanning wartime journey filled with pathos and heart!” —Kate Quinn, New York Times bestselling author of The Rose Code

For fans of Kate Quinn and Beatriz Williams, this sweeping story follows a fearless nurse who must leave... Read more

The Booklover's Library

By: Madeline Martin

Narrated by: Saskia Maarleveld

Length: 10 hours

Abridged: No

“A must-read for booklovers.” —Chanel Cleeton, New York Times bestselling author of Next Year in Havana

A heartwarming story about a mother and daughter in wartime England and the power of books that bring them together, by the bestselling author of The Last Bookshop in London.

In Nottingham, England, widow Emma Taylor finds herself in desperate... Read more

Ein Duke auf Abwegen

By: Inka Loreen Minden

Narrated by: Sandra Becker

Length: 12 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

Diana ist eine einfache Bürgerliche und Quinn der verstoßene Sohn eines Aristokraten. Im Grunde wären sie das perfekte Paar, wenn nicht Quinns Vergangenheit zwischen ihnen stehen würde. Doch auch Diana hat ein Geheimnis: Sie muss gegen ihn arbeiten, um zu überleben …  London 1838: Diana Montague hat alles verloren und üble Gerüchte machen ihr... Read more

Just Another Girl on the Road

By: S. Kensington

Narrated by: Gill Mills

Length: 9 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

Summer 1944: Stranded behind enemy lines in France, eighteen-year-old Katrinka Badeau escapes German deserters with the help of Major Willoughby Nye. Once an employee on her father's merchant ship, Nye is now part of an undercover Jedburgh operation, working for the Allies. When he offers her a job on his team, she accepts.   Her work throws her... Read more

The Future

By: Catherine Leroux

Narrated by: Karie Richards

Length: 9 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

Longlisted for Canada Reads 2023 • One of Tor.com’s Can’t Miss Speculative Fiction for Fall 2023 • Listed in CBC Books Fiction to Read in Fall 2023 • One of Kirkus Reviews’ Fall 2023 Big Books By Small Presses • A Kirkus Review Work of Translated Fiction To Read Now • One of CBC Books Best Books of 2023 In an alternate history in which the... Read more

Murder at the Arizona Biltmore

By: Edward Marston

Narrated by: Andy Cresswell

Length: 8 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

From the author of the bestselling Railway Detective series.
Chasing his dream of a glittering architectural career, Merlin Richards has left the Welsh valleys for the Arizona desert, propelled by a handwritten note from the legendary Frank Lloyd Wright. Richards arrives at the Arizona Biltmore hotel, where he meets a beautiful young designer... Read more

Homicide in Chicago

By: Edward Marston

Narrated by: Andy Cresswell

Length: 9 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

From the author of the bestselling Railway Detective series
Chicago, 1931. While the Great Depression has tightened its grip on the world, there are still some who have the means to make their dreams a reality. One of these men is Hobart St John, who wants a mansion in the suburb of Oak Park. For young Welsh architect Merlin Richards, the... Read more

Danish Sword

By: Griff Hosker

Narrated by: Marston York

Length: 9 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

King Æthelred was the worst King of England but, in his second son, Edmund Ironside, was a king in the mould of King Alfred. Prince Cnut has his own problems for his brother refuses to share the crown of Denmark with him. It is Sven Saxon Sword, wielding Oathsword who orchestrates the campaign that brings the Danish fleet to invade England. The... Read more

The Star on the Grave

By: Linda Margolin Royal

Narrated by: Jessica Douglas-Henry

Length: 8 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

There is more than one way to save a life …
In 1940, as the Nazis sweep toward Lithuania, Japanese diplomat Chiune Sugihara defies his own government and secretly issues thousands of visas to Jewish refugees desperate to flee. After the war, Sugihara is dismissed and disappears into obscurity. Three decades later, in Australia, Rachael Margolin,... Read more

Charity

By: Beverley Watts

Narrated by: Andrew Wincott, Eilidh Beaton, Kris Dyer, Mark ...

Length: 7 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

In this funny Regency romance series, the Shackleford sisters descend on a Regency society that doesn't know what's hit it…

While Charity Shackleford might be considered far more outspoken than her twin sister Chastity, she was much less inclined to make a complete cake of herself. Something her twin appeared to be doing with increasing... Read more

Molly's Flight

By: Rachel Wesson

Narrated by: Charlie Sanderson

Length: 11 hours

Abridged: No

Molly wants to fight Hitler by using her skills as a pilot. But the USA says no to female pilots.

America is at war and Molly, a qualified pilot, is determined to use her skills in the air against the Nazis. The American Air Force isn't ready to admit female pilots just yet but the British are desperate for pilots following their devastating... Read more

Entführt. Begehrt. Erobert.

By: Anna Quinn

Narrated by: Resa Morgen & Julian Mill

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

Der Gnade einer wilden Wikingerbande ausgeliefert. Gegen meinen Willen gefangen gehalten. Bin ich dazu bestimmt, alles aufzugeben, auch mein Herz? Drei rivalisierende Krieger wollen mich besitzen. Um mir die Freiheit zu nehmen. Um mich zu ihrem Bauernopfer in einem Schachspiel um Rache und Genugtuung zu machen. Ich werde der dunklen... Read more

Das Haus am Deich - Fremde Ufer - Das Haus am Deich, Band 1 (Ungekürzt)

By: Regine Kölpin

Narrated by: Lina Syren

Length: 12 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

Salzige Luft, Meeresrauschen, der Ruf der Möwen In ihrem Roman "Das Haus am Deich - Fremde Ufer" erzählt SPIEGEL-Bestsellerautorin Regine Kölpin die Geschichte zweier ungleicher Freundinnen. Inspiriert von der Geschichte ihrer eigenen Familie geht es in diesem 1. Band der dreiteiligen Saga um die Jahre 1947 - 1950, um Flucht, Neuanfang und... Read more

Banners of Hell

By: Paul Doherty

Narrated by: Richard Burnip

Length: 9 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

Summer 1312. The brutal murder of King Edward II's favourite, Peter Gaveston, unleashes a horde of demons . . .

Sir Hugh Corbett, Keeper of the Secret Seal, hastens to the Dominican Priory at Blackfriars where Gaveston's corpse awaits burial. But, on arrival, Corbett discovers that a series of macabre murders has turned the priory into a mansion... Read more

The Pilot's Story

By: Fenella J Miller

Narrated by: David Blair

Length: 3 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

If you enjoyed the Pilot's Girl series by bestselling author Fenella J. Miller, don't miss The Pilot's Story Missing, presumed dead…For Squadron Leader Alex Everton dogfights in his Spitfire have become his way of life. He knows every time he goes up in the air, he might not make it home again, but he’ll keep fighting anyway.The boys in blue... Read more

Sword of the War God

By: Tim Hodkinson

Narrated by: Justin Avoth

Length: 19 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

Bloomsbury presents Sword of the War God by Tim Hodkinson, read by Justin Avoth.

In a world of war and ruin, men and gods collide.

436 AD. The Burgundars are confident of destroying Rome's legions. Their forces are strong and they have beaten the Romans in battle before. But they are annihilated, their king killed, his people scattered. Their... Read more

The Last Israelite

By: Allen Childs

Narrated by: Robin Bloodworth

Length: 16 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

Set in the 10th century, the true story of Eldad the Danite who came from Africa and claimed to be from one of the the Lost Ten Tribes of Israel. Read more

If the Boot Fits

By: Karen Witemeyer

Narrated by: Barbara McCulloh

Length: 12 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

One fateful night will change their destinies forever. …Convinced that his stepmother and half brothers have been wrongfully evicted by cattle king Eli Dearing, Asher Ellis uses the cover of an extravagant ball to break into the Three Cedars’ ranch house to search for proof. On the verge of discovery, he flees, but a boy’s cry compels him to... Read more

Set in Stone

By: Kimberley Woodhouse

Narrated by: Andrea Gallo

Length: 11 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

A dangerous scheme could bury their long-held dreams forever. …

From the time she was little, Martha Jankowski has been digging in the dirt, much to the dismay of her mother. Now she dreams of being a paleontologist and is determined to make her parents proud by uncovering the next big discovery.

When Martha finds what she hopes to be a fully... Read more

These Tangled Threads

By: Sarah Loudin Thomas

Narrated by: Libby McKnight, Nick Mills & Pilar Witherspoon

Length: 11 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

Set in the shadow of the Biltmore Estate, a poignant tale of friendship, restoration, and second chances

Seven years ago, a hidden betrayal scattered three young friends living in the shadow of the great Vanderbilt mansion. Now, when Biltmore Industries master weaver Lorna Blankenship is commissioned to create an original design for Cornelia... Read more

Murder Under the Mistletoe

By: Erica Ruth Neubauer

Narrated by: Sarah Zimmerman

Length: 3 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Recently engaged Jane Wunderly is celebrating Christmas with her fiancé at his ancestral home at the quaint English market town of Barnard Castle—where murder is the new family tradition …Northern England, 1926: Surprised by her eager acceptance of Redvers’ proposal, Jane is ready to spend the festive season deciphering the mysterious man she... Read more