Historical Fiction audiobooks

The Agony and the Ecstasy

By: Irving Stone

Narrated by: Arthur Morey

Length: 33 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

This is Irving Stone's powerful and passionate biographical novel of Michelangelo. His time: the turbulent Renaissance, the years of poisoning princes, warring popes, the all-powerful Medici family, the fanatic monk Savonarola. His loves: the frail and lovely daughter of Lorenzo de Medici; the ardent mistress of Marco Aldovrandi; and his last... Read more

Midnight Star

By: Catherine Coulter

Narrated by: Chloe Campbell

Length: 10 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

Second in the Star Quartet from #1 New York Times bestselling author Catherine Coulter.An heiress from England comes to San Francisco to ruin the man she thinks destroyed her father—only to wind up in his care and in his bed. Read more

Lust for Life

By: Irving Stone

Narrated by: Steve West

Length: 19 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

Lust For Life is Irving Stone's biographical novel about the life of the Dutch painter Vincent Van Gogh. Read more

Midnight Star - Abridged

By: Catherine Coulter

Narrated by: Chloe Campbell

Length: 10 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Second in the Star Quartet from #1 New York Times bestselling author Catherine Coulter.An heiress from England comes to San Francisco to ruin the man she thinks destroyed her father—only to wind up in his care and in his bed. Read more

Deception at Lyme

By: Carrie Bebris

Narrated by: Leslie Carroll

Length: 11 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

Critically acclaimed author Carrie Bebris earned a Daphne du Maurier Award for her lively mysteries starring the fictional creations of Jane Austen. Here Mr. and Mrs. Darcy investigate a murder in the seaside village of Lyme. "Bebris cleverly entwines the characters from Persuasion in the sixth of her mysteries based on Jane Austen's beloved... Read more

Eruption

By: Harry Turtledove

Narrated by: Jim Frangione

Length: 15 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

The New York Times bestselling author and "maven of alternate history" (San Diego Union-Tribune) presents a near-future thriller. A supervolcanic eruption in Yellowstone Park sends lava and mud flowing toward populated areas, and clouds of ash drifting across the country. The fallout destroys crops and livestock, clogs machinery, and makes... Read more

Just Wicked Enough

By: Lorraine Heath

Narrated by: Anne Flosnik

Length: 8 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

Michael Tremayne, Marquess of Falconride, needs money and lots of it. So he does what any sensible Englishman with a title would do--he approaches the fathers of wealthy heiresses and auctions himself off! But this marriage of convenience is turning out to be anything but. Michael’s new wife, Katherine Rose, decided a long time ago never to... Read more

The Queen's Head - Nicholas Bracewell - The Dramatic Elizabethan Whodunnit, book 1 (Unabridged)

By: Edward Marston

Narrated by: Gordon Griffin

Length: 3 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

His name was Will Fowler, an actor in the esteemed theatrical company called Lord Westfield's Men, a vibrant young man flushed from the success of a recent performance at the Queen's Head theatre. So exuberant was he that he persuaded the resourceful manager of the company, Nicholas Bracewell, to quaff a pint or two at a nearby pub. Alas, it was... Read more

Vienna Blood

By: Frank Tallis

Narrated by: Robert Fass

Length: 14 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

In the grip of a Siberian winter in 1902, a serial killer in Vienna embarks upon a bizarre campaign of murder. Vicious mutilation, a penchant for arcane symbols, and a seemingly random choice of victim are his most distinctive peculiarities. Detective Inspector Oskar Rheinhardt summons a young disciple of Freud—his friend Dr. Max Liebermann—to... Read more

Three Letters

By: Josephine Cox

Narrated by: Carole Boyd

Length: 12 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

The brand new dramatic novel about the power of a father’s love, a little boy’s journey,and the desperate search for a place to call home, from Number 1 best-selling author Josephine Cox. Eight-year-old Casey’s mother Ruth is a cruel woman, with a weakness for other women’s husbands. Casey’s father is gentle and... Read more

May the Road Rise Up to Meet You

By: Peter Troy

Narrated by: various narrators, Allyson Johnson, John Keatin...

Length: 16 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

Four unique voices, two parallel love stories, one sweeping novel rich in the history of nineteenth-century America. This remarkable debut draws from the great themes of literature—famine, war, love, and family—as it introduces four unforgettable characters.Ethan McOwen is an Irish immigrant whose endurance is tested in Brooklyn and the Five... Read more

Oscar Wilde and a Game Called Murder

By: Gyles Brandreth

Narrated by: Bill Wallis

Length: 11 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

I see murder in this unhappy hand... When Mrs. Robinson, palmist to the Prince of Wales, reads Oscar Wilde's hand, she cannot know what she has predicted. Nor can Oscar know what he has set in motion when, that same evening, he proposes a game of "murder" in which each of his Sunday Supper Club guests must write down those whom they would like... Read more

The Flood-Tide

By: Cynthia Harrod-Eagles

Narrated by: Terry Wale

Length: 14 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

1772: Although George III reigns over a peaceful England, his colonies in the Americas are claiming independence and a tide of revolutionary fervour is gripping France. Allen Morland and his beloved wife Jemimas work unstintingly to bring Morland Palce back to its former glory. Their seven children often bring them heartache, but they are... Read more

The Maiden

By: Cynthia Harrod-Eagles

Narrated by: Terry Wale

Length: 14 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

1720: political intrigue besets the kingdom as the Stuarts try to claim the throne occupied by the Hanoverians and the Morlands have to use all their wiles to keep their fortunes intact.

Jeremy Morland, sole heir to his father's will, has no option but to marry to cold-hearted Lady Mary to secure Hanoverian protection and safeguard his... Read more

The Chevalier

By: Cynthia Harrod-Eagles

Narrated by: Terry Wale

Length: 14 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

1689: the Resoration enabled the Morland family to restore their own fortune, but now the Jacobite rebellion brings another threat to their security.

Annuciata Morland, fiercely loyal to the Stuart cause, follows her beloved king, James II, into exile. She leaves her gentle grandson, Matt, to oversee Morland Place in her absence. Without her wise... Read more

An Invitation to Seduction

By: Lorraine Heath

Narrated by: Anne Flosnik

Length: 10 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

Kitty Robertson has grown up wealthy and influential, and she’s never more at home than when in an English parlor displaying her social graces. When she looks for a husband, of course she seeks a man just as home in his position-hopefully a lofty one-as she is. Nicholas Glenville, Marquess of Greystone, is just such a man. He is so attentive and... Read more

Husband Hunt

By: Lynsay Sands

Narrated by: Jaime Birch

Length: 9 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

“You can’t help but fall in love with Lynsay Sands!”
—Christina DoddNew York Times bestselling author Lynsay Sands takes romance fans on The Husband Hunt. Bestselling author Suzanne Enoch, declares that, “Lynsay Sands hits all the right notes,” and any reader who has ever been touched by the unique Sands romantic magic—be it her delectable... Read more

A Rogue By Any Other Name

By: Sarah MacLean

Narrated by: Rosalyn Landor

Length: 13 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

New York Times bestselling author Sarah MacLean has taken the world of historical romance fiction by storm! With A Rogue by Any Other Name, she once again boldly breaks new ground.The first book in her remarkably fresh and original Fallen Angels series—featuring four dark Regency Era heroes who will steal the hearts of their heroines and the... Read more

Sea Fire

By: Karen Robards

Narrated by: Justine Eyre

Length: 13 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

In the dazzling sequel to Island Flame, her classic tale of passion on the high seas, New York Times bestselling author Karen Robards ignites listeners’ imaginations with an enthralling adventure that beckons Lady Catherine Aldley and her legendary pirate, Jonathan Hale, into the heart of a perfect storm of desire.Cathy and Jon are nestled... Read more

No One is Here Except All of Us

By: Ramona Ausubel

Narrated by: Laural Merlington

Length: 11 hours

Abridged: No

In 1939, the families in a remote Jewish village in Romania feel the war close in on them. Their tribe has moved and escaped for thousands of years, but now, there is nowhere else to go. At the suggestion of an eleven-year-old girl and a mysterious stranger who has washed up on the riverbank, the villagers decide to reinvent the world: deny any... Read more

Archive 17

By: Sam Eastland

Narrated by: Paul Michael

Length: 8 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

Stalin’s most trusted secret agent, the legendary Inspector Pekkala, is on his deadliest mission—one that could save his country . . . or plunge it into the abyss.
 
It is 1939. Russia teeters on the verge of war with Germany. It is also on the brink of bankruptcy. To preserve his regime, Stalin orders a search for the legendary missing gold of... Read more

Highlander Untamed

By: Monica McCarty

Narrated by: Antony Ferguson

Length: 11 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

Rory MacLeod is a bold and powerful Highland Chief with only one allegiance—to his clan. He vows revenge against the rival MacDonald clan, though duty demands a handfast marriage to Isabel MacDonald—a bride he does not want and has no intention of keeping. But Rory couldn't have anticipated the captivating woman who challenges his steely control... Read more

Highland Warrior

By: Monica McCarty

Narrated by: Roger Hampton

Length: 12 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

The ruthless enforcer of Scotland's most powerful clan, Jamie Campbell
will use any means necessary to vanquish lawlessness and unrest among
the feuding Highland clans. Seduction is a game as easily played as
subterfuge, but when Jamie poses as a suitor to a rival clan's daughter
in order to expose treason, the line between duty and pleasure is... Read more

Affair

By: Amanda Quick

Narrated by: Barbara Rosenblat

Length: 11 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

New York Times best-selling author Amanda Quick's romances capture fans within the first moments. Full of wonderful irony and set amidst the luxurious social foliage of Regency era England, her novels like Mischief revolve around strong-willed characters who rely on their wits and determination. Affair introduces Charlotte Arkendale, an... Read more