Historical Fiction audiobooks

Langbourne's Loyalty

By: Alan P. Landau

Narrated by: Adrian Galley

Length: 9 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

A new century, and a time of celebration, for family, marriages and children, and a necessity to expand the business.It is also a time for sadness, suffering and loss; Mother Africa does not change her rules for anyone.When all is against the Langbourne brothers, a higher loyalty must prevail.Based on a true story. Read more

Langbourne

By: Alan P. Landau

Narrated by: Adrian Galley

Length: 9 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

Fleeing persecution in Poland, a young Jewish family settled in England where two brothers begin work in a cigarette factory. Enduring poverty and scant support from their father after their mother dies, the brothers decide to take matters into their own hands and set sail for Africa. It was 1891 when Morris and David, both young teenagers,... Read more

Langbourne's Empire

By: Alan P. Landau

Narrated by: Adrian Galley

Length: 10 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

Based on a true story…It is 1894 in the remote settlement of Bulawayo, in what later became Southern Rhodesia. Recent immigrants from Ireland, Morris and David Langbourne, throw body and soul into rebuilding their previously devastated business. Between Morris’ brilliant business acumen and David’s almost limitless energy, their future looks... Read more

Langbourne's Evolution

By: Alan P. Landau

Narrated by: Adrian Galley

Length: 9 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

It is 1898 in Bulawayo, Rhodesia, and the Langbourne brothers’ business is maturing, and so are the boys. Morris decides the time is right for them to expand the business into Europe, and he leaves his younger siblings to grow the African operation while he returns to his homeland in Ireland. But Africa works in her mysterious ways; good plans... Read more

La Libellula

By: Bert D'Arragon

Narrated by: Marco Scala

Length: 20 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

Un romanzo storico che non sembra parlare di storia, ma di persone: la vita di due ragazzi che nel 1924, ancora adolescenti, scoprono l'amore e lasciano il piccolo borghetto toscano in cui sono cresciuti. La fuga attraverso l'Italia fascista che si intrec Read more

Carrión

By: Angel Miranda Vicente

Narrated by: Joel Valverde

Length: 7 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

El mayor crowdfunding para una novela en España y uno de los pocos audiolibros con tecnología holofónica en 3D. El sonido y la acción se mueven alrededor de ti en una experiencia única.

Una aventura marítima hasta el fin del mundo en pleno siglo XVI, que demuestra cómo el rigor documental puede ir de la mano de una trama ágil y apasionante,... Read more

The World and His Wife

By: Stephen Wyatt

Narrated by: Clive Mantle, Carla Mendonça & Barnaby Eaton-Jones

Length: 2 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

What Started as a Love Match lit the fire of a Thirty-year War.In 1828, the beautiful Rosina Wheeler married one of Victorian England’s most successful and prolific writers, Edward Bulwer-Lytton. What followed shocked and entertained the public for over thirty years.After their marriage broke down, Rosina refused to be silenced. She pursued her... Read more

Love and Mr Lewisham

By: H.G. Wells

Narrated by: Peter Joyce

Length: 9 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

Love and Mr. Lewisham is a hugely uplifting tale from the pen of one of our greatest writers. Wells drew on his own experience as a young teacher to provide the background and, one suspects, the emotional drama. The plot enables him to satirise the educational establishment and deliver many wry observations on Victorian morality and the... Read more

The Virgin and the Gypsy

By: D.H. Lawrence

Narrated by: Peter Joyce

Length: 3 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

Written in 1926...and published posthumously [without the authors customary revision] in 1930, The Virgin and the Gypsy is a minor masterpiece in short story writing. It provides an excellent introduction to Lawrence’s work, being a succinct distillation of his ideas about sexuality and its ability to transcend class barriers. Yvette and her... Read more

The Sowers

By: Henry S. Merriman

Narrated by: Peter Joyce

Length: 13 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

A romantic adventure yarn of plotting and corruption largely set against the panorama of Imperialist Russia but with some of the skulduggery taking place in the major capitals of Europe.An old Etonian and half Russian, Prince Paul Alexis, inherits the Osterno estate in the Steppes. Naive and honest, but helped by experienced campaigner... Read more

The Lodger

By: Marie Belloc Lowndes

Narrated by: Peter Joyce

Length: 9 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

Inspired by the Ripper murders of 25 years before, Belloc Lowndes wrote this story in 1913, a gripping claustrophobic tale describing the impact on an impecunious ageing couple - the Buntings - when an eccentric stranger comes to stay as lodger.Mr Sleuth is a good guest, pays handsomely and in advance, needs very little looking after and seems... Read more

The Chasing of Eleanor Vane

By: Sierra Simone

Narrated by: Shane East & Evelyn Rose

Length: 3 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

Ajax Dartham, the Duke of Jarrell, has a problem.And that problem is his future niece-in-law.When the clever and capable Lady Eleanor Vane—understandably—runs off into the night rather than marry his horrible nephew, the Duke has a choice.Should he catch Eleanor and return her to her fate—or make Eleanor his own instead? Read more

The Conquering of Tate the Pious

By: Sierra Simone

Narrated by: Faye Adele & Christy Woods

Length: 4 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

England is burning with Norman fires, and Tate—the youngest ever abbess of Far Hope Abbey—is determined to guard the abbey's ancient secrets with her very life.  Her life may be what it takes, however, for a Norman warlord known only as The Wolf is pillaging his way right to the abbey's doors. But when The Wolf arrives, Tate finds not the brutal... Read more

Langbourne's Legacy

By: Alan P. Landau

Narrated by: Adrian Galley

Length: 10 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

The conclusion to the Langbourne series.

David, a much older man now, sits on his verandah with his old friend, Nguni, as they reminisce on the good old days. Not having seen each other in almost 50 years, there is much news to tell, many stories to laugh at, and some sorrows to reflect on.

Based on an untold true story, this book brings the... Read more

La Piste de l'imaginaire

By: Charlotte Service-Longépé

Narrated by: Marina Graf

Length: 21 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

Après une enfance indisciplinée en Écosse , il décide d’accomplir son rêve de découvrir le Nouveau Monde. Suite à un long voyage en bateau, il débarque à Montréal en 1896 avec quelques dollars en poche, puis traverse le Canada d’est en ouest.

Service passe plusieurs années sur l’île de Vancouver , avant de vagabonder pendant deux ans sur la côte... Read more

À l'ombre des rois

By: Christiane Duquette

Narrated by: Marina Graf

Length: 10 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

Promise à Henri, fils de François 1er, la jeune Catherine de Médicis quitte l’Italie pour s’installer en France, où elle se prête un peu malgré elle aux jeux et aux intrigues de la cour. Heureusement, sa fidèle sœur de lait Francesca et leur nourrice Mona Lisa, surnommée la Joconde, l’accompagnent et veillent sur elle pendant cette... Read more

La milite ignoto

By: Lucia Focarelli Bugiani

Narrated by: Sandra Tedeschi

Length: 2 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

Il libro, anche se inizia con la ritirata di Russia, non è un libro di storia ma un libro di avvenimenti, di sentimenti di amicizia, di amore e di odio fra tre soldati, fratelli di pane e di neve, conosciutisi sul fronte russo e poi tornati in Patria dove percorreranno strade diverse che li divideranno, ma che poi li porteranno di nuovo ad... Read more

A Bride for Harley

By: Heidi Gray McGill

Narrated by: Emma Faye

Length: 3 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

They expected a proxy bride—and got more than they bargained for.
Loretta is a daddy’s girl who loves hunting, fishing, and horseback riding. Unfortunately, she’s also spoiled and easily frustrated. When tragedy strikes, everything she’s depended on is instantly gone, and her only hope of survival is on the frontier in Montana. Loretta doesn’t... Read more

Traces

By: Patricia L Hudson

Narrated by: Kelly McCabe

Length: 10 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

An early American adage proclaimed, "The frontier was heaven for men and dogs―hell for women and mules." Since the 1700s, when his name first appeared in print, Daniel Boone has been synonymous with America's westward expansion and life on the frontier. Traces is a retelling of Boone's saga through the eyes of his wife, Rebecca, and her two... Read more

息夫人

By: 王占君

Narrated by: 石家兴

Length: 38 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

故事发生在春秋时期，周桓公在位之时，陈国宛邱城，陈国太宰陈佗杀死陈桓公，篡夺国君之位。桓公之子子跃、杵臼、子林联手杀死陈佗后立子跃为国君。陈佗掌权之时，子林曾出外居住，在莬地遇到狄英，两人日久生情，狄英身怀有孕。子林为报父仇离开狄英。狄英在芨地产下女婴。后被子林接进宛邱城，纳狄英为妾。子林带兵出征，杵臼与其妻蔡姬合谋，使狄英陷于火海之中，将狄英容颜烧毁，狄英将女婴翟儿托付给婆母陈曹夫人，呼啸而去。陈曹夫人将翟儿抚养成人。杵臼害死狄英的父亲子林，让狄英居于庐馆，在庐馆与蔡国国君蔡献舞偶遇，两情相悦。阴差阳错，蔡献舞迎娶了妫雉为妻。蔡献舞对翟儿念念不忘。翟儿在庐馆生活困苦。后狄英嫁给息侯，成为息夫人，两个人非常和美。楚国国君熊赀攻破蔡国，擒获蔡献舞，得知翟儿美貌，后带兵到息国大开杀戒，抢走... Read more

Ponniyin Selvan Part 4

By: Kalki

Narrated by: Deepika Arun

Length: 9 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

Listen to Amarar Kalki's Ponniyin Selvan audiobook by Deepika Arun to get teleported to the golden era of Chozhas.காலத்தால் அழியாத அமரர் கல்கியின் மாபெரும் காப்பியத்தை ஒலிவடிவில் தீபிகா அருணின் குரலில் கேளுங்கள் Read more

MARIA ANTONIETA

By: Stefan Zweig

Narrated by: Estrella Salvador

Length: 22 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

Adéntrate en la fascinante y tumultuosa vida de Maria Antonieta a través de la magistral narrativa de Stefan Zweig. Este audiolibro te transporta al corazón del siglo XVIII, donde la joven archiduquesa austriaca se convierte en la reina de Francia, un país al borde de la revolución. Zweig, con su característico detalle y empatía, desentraña la... Read more

Lindsey and The Jedgar

By: Elizabeth Wahn

Narrated by: Anna Butterworth

Length: 7 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

A fast-paced fantasy adventure that turns children onto the fun of Shakespeare.Twelve-year-old Lindsey is in for the adventure of her life when she jets off to visit a rich old aunt on the tropical Isle of Elsinore. Populated by exotic animals, quirky robots, and spry, poetry-loving oldsters, Elsinore seems like a topsy-turvy paradise until the... Read more

吕四娘外传

By: 佚名

Narrated by: 石家兴

Length: 108 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

这个故事发生在清朝雍正年间，讲述了女侠吕四娘被师父独臂神尼解救，并传其剑术，又遇男侠江枫。两个人辞师下山，一路之上行侠仗义，结交绿林豪杰，铲奸除恶，最终杀死了朝廷叛臣隆科多。评书采用神化、短打等形式打造了一个俊俏、刚健、正义、聪明、多情的女侠形象。这部评书险象环生、情节紧凑，由石家兴播讲。在书中充分发挥了他的演播特点-----气势磅礴、诙谐幽默。
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