Historical Fiction audiobooks

How to Solve Murders Like a Lady

By: Hannah Dolby

Narrated by: Antonia Beamish

Length: 9 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

Bloomsbury presents How to Solve Murders Like a Lady by Hannah Dolby, read by Antonia Beamish.

Hannah Dolby does it again...Violet is such a character and her adventures are just delightful.' – Jennifer Paige

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Violet Hamilton is no ordinary lady…

She is a Lady Detective, who spends her time solving mysteries and unveiling scandals in the bustling... Read more

Meet Me at Rainbow Corner

By: Celia Imrie

Narrated by: Celia Imrie

Length: 15 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

Bloomsbury presents Meet Me at Rainbow Corner written and read by Celia Imrie.

London, 1944. The air raid sirens are blaring, the bombers are hovering. England has been at war with Germany for four years, and there’s no sign of peace coming. Dot Gallagher, newly arrived from Liverpool to offer her services as a nurse, hurries from her Red Cross... Read more

Isambard and the Amulets of Ra

By: Robert Guidi

Narrated by: Geoff Dillon

Length: 7 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Science or Magic? He's going to need both London, 1820: Isambard is just like any other 16-year-old engineering genius until he stumbles across a radical plot to kill the Prime Minister. Things get really complicated when he discovers that the conspiracy is being led by a French revolutionary supposedly executed 25 years earlier.With the help of... Read more

Death in the Garden

By: Isabella Bassett

Narrated by: Sandra Churchill

Length: 6 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

Lake Garda, Italy, 1925Uncle Albert, in relentless pursuit of his hobby, is off to a secluded island on Lake Garda, Italy. Guided by ancestral duty, Lady Caroline, his reluctant secretary, follows in his wake. An exclusive party has gathered to celebrate the coming out of the Queen of the Night with a midnight soiree.But as the guests prepare to... Read more

Cheyenne Circumstance

By: Edmond P. DeRousse

Narrated by: Jason Gerber

Length: 1 hour 25 minutes

Abridged: No

Step into the rugged world of William Preston, known as "Bloody Bill" Langley, a dashing young Texas outlaw whose weapon of choice, a dance .44 revolver, was as lethal as his mysterious past. As notorious as John Wesley Hardin, Bloody Bill's reputation as a skilled and ruthless killer preceded him.Fleeing from the clutches of the law, Bloody... Read more

衙门绝密录

By: 宗承灏

Narrated by: 先读（深渊）

Length: 15 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

内容简介：民间有句俗话：“衙门口朝南开，有理没钱莫进来。”衙门，作为封建皇权的政治机构，可以说是连通上层皇权与底层社会的桥梁，在中国古代社会的政治图景里占有重要位置。本书围绕“衙门”这一中心，由点及面，为读者梳理出一条理解中国古代社会的清晰脉络。作者简介：宗承灏，新一代非虚构历史作品领军人物，专栏作者，“中国好书榜”获奖作家。文字轻松，说史透彻，力图从历史深处找出被埋没的玄机和真相。已出版《帝国往事（605—758）：隋唐大繁华背后的暗伤》《大明朝（1368—1644）：从洪武到崇祯的权力变局》《滴血的大朝代》等多部畅销作品。 Read more

Scandalous Redemption

By: Amanda Mariel

Narrated by: Anne Marie Damman

Length: 4 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

She never wanted him… He needed her… The wounded Claudia Akford and the captivating Lord Shillington must navigate their haunted pasts and forbidden desires to find a Scandalous Redemption in each other's arms.
In the aftermath of scandal, Claudia Akford emerges from a torturous marriage, her spirit unbroken. Now a widow, she's determined to... Read more

The Air Raid Girls

By: Patricia McBride

Narrated by: Gemma Lawrence

Length: 6 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

Join Lily as she steps up and does her part for the war effort!With German bombs falling on London, one brave young woman will rise to the occasion…England, 1940. Only given two days leave after barely escaping Nazi troops in Paris, Lily Baker visits her fiancé’s family and is dismayed to learn he’s still missing in action. And going from an... Read more

The Blackout Girls

By: Patricia McBride

Narrated by: Gemma Lawrence

Length: 6 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Lily Baker is back, and in her most trying job yet...A country at war. Friends in trouble. Lily may be off the bomb-blasted streets, but the danger's not over…England, 1941. Reunited briefly with her husband-to-be before he returns to fighting, Lily Baker now finds her mundane army office work dreary. But when her boss asks her to keep watch on... Read more

Mit dir bis ans andere Ende der Welt

By: Mary Beth Keane

Narrated by: Ditte Ferrigan

Length: 13 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

Irland in den 1960er Jahren: Nie hätte Greta gedacht, dass sie ihr Heimatdorf an der irischen Küste jemals verlassen wird – bis sie nach einem tragischen Unfall mit ihrer Schwester nach New York reist, wo die Beziehung der beiden auf eine harte Probe gestellt wird. Mit dir bis ans andere Ende der Welt erzählt von der Liebe in ihren verschiedenen... Read more

Kandyd, czyli optymizm

By: Voltaire

Narrated by: Krzysztof Baranowski

Length: 3 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

„Kandyd, czyli optymizm” jest satyryczną powiastką filozoficzną napisaną przez Woltera, wybitnego przedstawiciela francuskiego Oświecenia. Powiastka charakteryzuje się szybką narracją i pełną zaskakujących zwrotów akcją parodiującą powieści przygodowe swojej epoki. Oparta częściowo na faktach historycznych, nie stroni od fantastycznych opisów i... Read more

时迁盗宝

By: 施耐庵

Narrated by: 袁阔成

Length: 7 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

《时迁盗宝：大闹大名府》——袁阔成演绎的江湖轶事，窥探鼓上蚤的秘密跟随评书大师袁阔成，一起探索《水浒传》中独树一帜的人物——鼓上蚤时迁。在这部精彩的有声书《时迁盗宝：大闹大名府》中，我们将揭开时迁这位特殊“技术人员”的神秘面纱。他虽非江湖大盗，但以其身轻如燕、越屋跳脊的绝技而闻名，专长于轻功和小偷小摸的活计。时迁的故事充满了惊险和机智，他的生活虽然困窘，却总能以巧妙的方式逃脱险境。这部作品不仅展示了时迁的独特生存技巧，生动形象的描绘了他在大名府中的一系列惊心动魄的经历。希望你能在这部有声书中，重新体验时迁的故事，领略《水浒传》中不一样的江湖风情。
袁阔成中国著名评书表演艺术家，有“古有柳敬亭，今有袁阔成”之说。袁阔成在继承传统评书的基础上，不断探索，勇于创新，语言生动幽默，人物形象鲜明，... Read more

大破祝家庄

By: 施耐庵

Narrated by: 袁阔成

Length: 20 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

跟随袁阔成先生的声音，踏上《水浒传》中的惊心动魄之旅——三打祝家庄。这部有声书带你亲历宋江智斗祝家庄的激烈战役，感受梁山好汉们的勇气与智慧。首战失利后，宋江巧妙策划，联合李应、林冲等英雄，通过一系列计谋和内外合作，最终大破祝家庄。在袁阔成先生的生动演绎下，您将感受到每一个角色的独特魅力，每一次战斗的紧张刺激。从扈三娘的擒拿，到孙立的假投降，再到乐和的智慧行动，这部作品完整展现了宋江如何以智取胜，领导梁山众英雄攻克坚固的祝家庄。《大破祝家庄》再现了水浒中的经典战役，随着袁阔成先生来一起感受历史的魅力和评书的艺术。
袁阔成中国著名评书表演艺术家，有“古有柳敬亭，今有袁阔成”之说。袁阔成在继承传统评书的基础上，不断探索，勇于创新，语言生动幽默，人物形象鲜明，具有“漂、俏、快、脆”的特色。内容新... Read more

Stones

By: Ruby Standing Deer

Narrated by: Karen Rose Richter

Length: 12 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

The peace that Shining Light and his family have enjoyed in the Land of the Tall Trees is shattered by his young daughter. Dove's dream of mustangs, and of a young American Indian boy named Singing Stone, and his family known as the Mustang People, will not let her rest."This is an awesome sage of the closeness between man and nature. It shows... Read more

大闹神州擂

By: 施耐庵

Narrated by: 袁阔成

Length: 17 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

《大闹神州擂》又名《浪子打擂》，节选改编自袁阔成的长篇评书《水泊梁山》。富有浓厚的传奇色彩，情节跌宕起伏，语言生动形象，雅俗共赏。本书除了重墨浓彩地描绘了梁山上的各位英雄，还有血有肉地刻画了几位原著中一带而过甚至根本没出现过的人物。
袁阔成中国著名评书表演艺术家，有“古有柳敬亭，今有袁阔成”之说。袁阔成在继承传统评书的基础上，不断探索，勇于创新，语言生动幽默，人物形象鲜明，具有“漂、俏、快、脆”的特色。内容新、风格新、语言新，代表作品有《三国演义》《西楚霸王》《水泊梁山》《烈火金刚》。
Notice: The audiobook is narrated in Mandarin注意：有声书的演播语言是中文（普通话） Read more

An Autumn Courtship

By: Mary Kingswood

Narrated by: Joanna Stephens

Length: 11 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

A family in trade moving up in the world. A family of landed gentry stepping aside for them. And the sons and daughters caught in the middle.Johnny Fletcher is exactly where he wants to be - a Fellow at Cambridge, with a lifetime of scholarly pursuits in front of him. He’s not allowed to marry, but he has no need for a wife when he has his books... Read more

Broken Path

By: Ruby Standing Deer

Narrated by: Karen Rose Richter

Length: 13 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

Golden Fox, a girl barely turned woman, is pursued by her hairy-face father, who will stop at nothing to find her, even if he has to destroy her entire band. He gives one of her relatives the “Poisoned Water,” and in return the woman burns down Golden Fox’s family’s lodges.The band is thus broken.Golden Fox’s grandfather, Eagle Thunder, never... Read more

Circles

By: Ruby Standing Deer

Narrated by: Karen Rose Richter

Length: 13 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

A Dream Vision, a terrifying destiny, a journey of a lifetime—the future of an entire Peoples may rest on the shoulders of one young boy. WINNER: Pinnacle Book Achievement Award - Best Historical Fiction“This novel of historic fiction is a must for any fan of Native American history, or seeker of knowledge, or lover of life. It is expertly... Read more

Spirals

By: Ruby Standing Deer

Narrated by: Karen Rose Richter

Length: 12 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

“Stupendous Series!!! - This book and this series is simply stupendous. Part history, part fantasy and part love story is to only touch the surface of these books.” ~ Cecile Croghan “Iluvbooks”“A Romance of the Spirit - I've read this entire book once, and I've read some parts of it twice. Why? Because it's a romance of the spirit, an evolving... Read more

The Queen's Lies

By: Oliver Clements

Narrated by: Matthew Lloyd Davies

Length: 11 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

The latest in the thrilling and “lively” (The New York Times) Agents of the Crown series follows John Dee and his wife working together in an act of espionage that may turn out to be treason.

While working on a powerful new weapon for England, the country’s first secret agent John Dee finds himself threatened from all sides. First, his secret... Read more

High Wages

By: Dorothy Whipple

Narrated by: Sara Poyzer

Length: 9 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

In Dorothy Whipple's High Wages, a determined young woman makes her way in the world against the looming backdrop of World War I. High Wages is more than a tale of savvy entrepreneurship: Jane’s thoughts, feelings, adventures and disappointments in love and friendship are all laid bare.

Jane Carter sees an advertisement for a live-in shop... Read more

The Saga of Tanya the Evil, Vol. 11

By: Carlo Zen

Narrated by: Erin Rieman

Length: 11 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

Anyone can tell that continuing the war is ludicrous. The question now is not whether to but how to end the war. Colonel Lergen has been working on brokering a truce in Ildoa for some time now, yet peace seems farther than ever. Bringing the war to a close in a way that everyone can stomach may be harder than surviving on the eastern front. In... Read more

Spice and Wolf, Vol. 10

By: Isuna Hasekura

Narrated by: J. Michael Tatum & Brina Palencia

Length: 6 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

After the turmoil in Kerube, Lawrence and his companions make for the Kingdom of Winfiel across the sea. Their destination is the great abbey of Brondel, said to hold the wolf bones they seek. Arriving in the kingdom, they hear tell that the abbey, normally prosperous due to its great wool trade, has fallen into a financial crisis. Worse, the... Read more

Dziedzictwo

By: Grzegorz Gołębiowski

Narrated by: Tomasz Urbański

Length: 6 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

Rodzinne tajemnice są jak puszka Pandory – gdy raz je poznasz, nigdy się od nich nie uwolnisz. Adam Floriański, który swoje zamiłowanie do historii i genealogii zamienił w sposób na życie, zobowiązuje się do odnalezienia polskich przodków pewnego zamożnego biznesmena ze Stanów Zjednoczonych. Wyrusza do wsi Sadowne aby przejrzeć kartoteki... Read more