Historical Fiction audiobooks

Feindliche Segel

By: Patrick O'Brian

Narrated by: Johannes Steck

Length: 19 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

Der Friede zwischen England und Frankreich "bricht aus": Die Matrosen freuen sich, aber die Offiziere sitzen buchstäblich auf dem Trockenen. Jack Aubrey hat Probleme mit der Admiralität, mit seinem Vermögen und in der Liebe pflegt er eine doppelte Moral. Stephen Maturin entpuppt sich: Er ist nicht nur der weltfremde Wissenschaftler, sondern kann... Read more

The Earl's Untouched Bride

By: Annie Burrows

Narrated by: Julia Franklin

Length: 8 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

Annie Burrows' fanciful historical romances have delighted readers far and wide during her lengthy career. Here, Burrows spins the tale of Heloise Bergeron, who will do anything to avoid a forced marriage to a man of infamous cruelty. But when she proposes a marriage of convenience to Charles Fawley, Earl of Walton, neither is prepared for the... Read more

Hanging in Wild Wind

By: Ralph Cotton

Narrated by: George Guidall

Length: 6 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

USA Today best-selling author Ralph Cotton's gritty tales effortlessly capture the glory days of the Old West. Hanging in Wild Wind finds Arizona Ranger Sam Burrack crossing the Badlands, hot on the trail of Silva "The Snake" Ceran and his gang. But this time the ranger may have bitten off more than he can chew-especially when he comes across... Read more

A Partial History of Lost Causes

By: Jennifer duBois

Narrated by: Kathe Mazur & Stephen Hoye

Length: 16 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

FINALIST FOR THE PEN/HEMINGWAY PRIZE FOR DEBUT FICTION
 
In Jennifer duBois’s mesmerizing and exquisitely rendered debut novel, a long-lost letter links two disparate characters, each searching for meaning against seemingly insurmountable odds. With uncommon perception and wit, duBois explores the power of memory, the depths of human courage, and... Read more

A Wild Pursuit

By: Eloisa James

Narrated by: Justine Eyre

Length: 11 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

It is whispered behind the fans of London's dowagers and in the corners of fashionable ballrooms that scandal follows willfully wild Lady Beatrix Lennox wherever she goes.Three years before, the debutante created a sensation by being found in a distinctly compromising position. Now, the ton has branded her as unmarriageable, her family has... Read more

In Bed with a Highlander

By: Maya Banks

Narrated by: Kirsten Potter

Length: 10 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

Ewan McCabe, the eldest, is a warrior determined to vanquish his enemy. Now, with the time ripe for battle, his men are ready and Ewan is poised to take back what is his—until a blue-eyed, raven-haired temptress is thrust upon him. Mairin may be the salvation of Ewan's clan, but for a man who dreams only of revenge, matters of the heart are... Read more

Highland Outlaw

By: Monica McCarty

Narrated by: Roger Hampton

Length: 12 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

Handsome and
dangerous, Patrick MacGregor is a wanted man, possessing the tough,
tenacious spirit of his outlawed clan. He will stop at nothing to save
his people from destruction, even if it means marrying Elizabeth
Campbell, the daughter of his worst enemy. Yet the flaxen-haired beauty
disarms him from the start. Her sweet, unspoiled softness... Read more

The Dark Earl

By: Virginia Henley

Narrated by: Elizabeth Jasicki

Length: 14 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

New York Times best-selling author Virginia Henley transports listeners to Victorian England for this delicious tale. The future Earl of Lichfield Thomas Anson is determined to restore his ruined ancestral estate to its former glory. To do this, he'll need to marry an heiress. The beautiful Lady Harriet Hamilton may be just the woman for the... Read more

Bond of Passion

By: Bertrice Small

Narrated by: Jill Tanner

Length: 13 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

Romantic Times Career Achievement Award winner Bertrice Small continues her sumptuous Border Chronicles series with Bond of Passion. Set in 16th-century Scotland, this breathtaking tale follows Angus Ferguson, Earl of Duin, as he reluctantly agrees to take a wife in exchange for some much-coveted land. Although the plain-faced Annabella Baird... Read more

The Gods of Gotham

By: Lyndsay Faye

Narrated by: Steven Boyer

Length: 12 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

1845. New York City forms its first police force. The great potato famine hits Ireland. These two seemingly disparate events will change New York City. Forever. Timothy Wilde tends bar near the Exchange, fantasizing about the day he has enough money to win the girl of his dreams. But when his dreams literally incinerate in a fire devastating... Read more

The Gods of Gotham

By: Lyndsay Faye

Narrated by: Steven Boyer

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

1845. New York City forms its first police force. The great potato famine hits Ireland. These two seemingly disparate events will change New York City. Forever. Timothy Wilde tends bar near the Exchange, fantasizing about the day he has enough money to win the girl of his dreams. But when his dreams literally incinerate in a fire, he finds... Read more

Jackals’ Revenge

By: Iain Gale

Narrated by: Stephen Thorne

Length: 10 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

The sequel to THE BLACK JACKALS is set in the turmoil of the eastern Mediterranean in 1941, with the Brits struggling to hold their line in Greece against the powerful German and Italian forces. Peter Lamb and his men are halted in their retreat to England and forced to join the British forces holding the pass at... Read more

Sins of a Wicked Duke

By: Sophie Jordan

Narrated by: Emily Gray

Length: 7 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

She works to live . . .One would think the last place a beauty like Fallon O'Rourke could keep her virtue was in the Mayfair mansion of London's most licentious duke, the notorious Dominic Hale. Yet Fallon—who's endured nothing but lecherous advances since her father's tragic death—is perfectly safe there . . . disguised as a footman! Beneath... Read more

Highlander Unmasked

By: Monica McCarty

Narrated by: Antony Ferguson

Length: 11 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

Alex MacLeod's virile physique, fearsome reputation, and renowned
fighting skills have helped him master to perfection the role of a
hardened mercenary. On a secret mission to protect his clan, he must
keep his true purpose well hidden. But his dangerous endeavor is
threatened by a beautiful woman he saves from outlaws, never dreaming
she will... Read more

The Bedlam Detective

By: Stephen Gallagher

Narrated by: Michael Page

Length: 9 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

Sebastian Becker, a former Pinkerton man, lives in England and investigates wealthy eccentrics who may be too insane to care for their own affairs. He is asked to investigate rich landowner Sir Owain, but arrives to discover two young girls have been murdered, and it is not the first time children have come to harm in this small town. Owain's... Read more

Damned in Paradise

By: Max Allan Collins

Narrated by: Dan John Miller

Length: 10 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

In 1931, Nate Heller—on a leave of absence from the Chicago P.D.—goes to Hawaii to work as an investigator for family friend Clarence Darrow. One of five Honolulu natives accused of the rape of recent bride Thalia Massie has been murdered; facing murder charges are Thalia’s naval officer husband and her socialite mother. Something doesn’t seem... Read more

The Book of Lost Fragrances

By: M. J. Rose

Narrated by: Phil Gigante

Length: 11 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

Jac L’Etoile has always been haunted by visions of the past, her earliest memories infused with the exotic scents that she grew up with as the heir to a storied French perfume company. These worsened after her mother’s suicide until she finally found a doctor who helped her, teaching her to explore the mythological symbolism in her visions and... Read more

A Beginner's Guide to Rakes

By: Suzanne Enoch

Narrated by: Anne Flosnik

Length: 10 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

All of London is abuzz with the return of the utterly alluring, recently
widowed Diane Benchley. Will she remarry? What will she do with her
late husband's fortune? Society is shocked by her announcement—at the
Grand Ball, of all places!—that she plans to open an exclusive
gentleman's gaming club in the family mansion. But no one is more
stunned... Read more

Black Valley Riders

By: Ralph Cotton

Narrated by: George Guidall

Length: 6 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

USA Today best-selling author Ralph Cotton pens rough-and-tumble Westerns full of smokin' six-shooters and nefarious outlaws. In Black Valley Riders, Arizona Ranger Sam Burrack teams up with two bounty hunters to track the elusive Black Valley bandits. There's just one problem-the only man who knows the secret route to their hideout is Tinnis... Read more

Midnight Pleasures With a Scoundrel

By: Lorraine Heath

Narrated by: Susan Ericksen

Length: 9 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

The wildest passion comes under the cover of night in Midnight Pleasures with a Scoundrel, the fourth installment in New York Times bestselling author Lorraine Heath’s thrilling Scoundrels of St. James romance series. Eleanor Watkins is on a quest to avenge her sister’s death, and no one can stop her—no one but the strong, compassionate, and... Read more

Between the Devil and Desire

By: Lorraine Heath

Narrated by: Susan Ericksen & Antony Ferguson

Length: 11 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

Inspired by Dickens’ character The Artful Dodger, Lorraine Heath has created a page-turning, passionate romance. Jack Dodger has survived London’s streets to become the owner of an exclusive gentleman’s club and one of the wealthiest men in England. But when the late Duke of Lovingdon mysteriously makes him guardian of his 4 year old heir,... Read more

Nine for the Devil

By: Mary Reed & Eric Mayer

Narrated by: Simon Prebble

Length: 9 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

The year is 548, and Empress Theodora is dead of disease. Such is the belief of everyone in Constantinople, capital of the Roman Empire—everyone except Emperor Justinian, who orders John, his Lord Chamberlain, to find her murderer or suffer the consequences.There is no sign of foul play, but many of the aristocrats at the imperial court had good... Read more

Enchantments

By: Kathryn Harrison

Narrated by: Julia Emelin & Rustam Kasymov

Length: 11 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK

From Kathryn Harrison, one of America’s most admired literary voices, comes a gorgeously written, enthralling novel set in the final days of Russia’s Romanov Empire.
 
St. Petersburg, 1917. After Rasputin’s body is pulled from the icy waters of the Neva River, his eighteen-year-old daughter, Masha, is sent to live at... Read more

The Thief

By: Clive Cussler & Justin Scott

Narrated by: Scott Brick

Length: 9 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

On the ocean liner Mauretania, two European scientists with a dramatic new invention are barely rescued from abduction by the Van Dorn Detective Agency's intrepid chief investigator, Isaac Bell. Unfortunately, they are not so lucky the second time. The thugs attack again-and this time one of the scientists dies. What are they holding that is so... Read more