Historical Fiction audiobooks

De lo que vive el hombre

By: León Tolstói

Narrated by: ®bseal voice

Length: 54 minutes

Abridged: No

Audiolibro narrado en castellano. De lo que vive el hombre es un cuento filosófico corto, una reflexión introspectiva sobre el significado de la vida. Simón un zapatero muy pobre trata cada día de trabajar y alimentar a su familia. En el camino de vuelta a su casa junto a un santuario encuentra un hombre desnudo que intuye le traerá muchos... Read more

Kemp: Passage at Arms

By: Jonathan Lunn writing as Daniel Hall

Narrated by: Jack Michael Stacey

Length: 12 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

It is 1347 and the French, after a crushing defeat at Crécy, are licking their wounds while their king raises a new army. Locked into a fruitless siege, the English are camped in the marshes around Calais. Among them is foot soldier and archer Martin Kemp, whose dreams of serving his king and reliving the chivalrous adventures of King Arthur's... Read more

The Dead Letter Delivery

By: C.J. Archer

Narrated by: Marian Hussey

Length: 7 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

The discovery of long-lost mail delivers a marriage proposal, a missing person, and a magical mystery.A road trip with Gabe and her friends leads Sylvia to discover more about her mother’s veiled past yet throws up several questions, too. The stack of unopened letters addressed to her family will hopefully provide answers. As she delves into the... Read more

Piratenprinses

By: L. Z. Hammond

Narrated by: Brenda de Vries

Length: 4 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

Cleda Livingstone is een piratenprinses: de dochter van Hunter Livingstone, een gevreesde piraat uit Kill Devil Hills. Na de dood van Blackbeard terroriseert hij de kust van North Carolina met zijn bende. Cleda is uitgehuwelijkt aan Crispin, de zoon van een andere machtige piraat uit Cape Hatteras, maar wil stiekem een heel ander leven voor... Read more

Funeral in Berlin

By: Len Deighton

Narrated by: James Lailey

Length: 9 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

"Deighton, Greene and John le Carré comprise the reigning triumvirate of fictional spymasters beside whom all others pale." —Seattle Times



In 1963, Berlin is dark and dangerous. Len Deighton's skilled, jaded, anony­mous hero of The IPCRESS File is now set to arrange the defection—and fake the death—of a leading Soviet scien­tist. "A ferociously... Read more

Winter

By: Len Deighton

Narrated by: James Lailey

Length: 24 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

"What raises Deighton's genre to art is not only his absorbing characters but his metaphoric grace, droll wit, command of technical detail . . . and sure sense of place." —Washington Post



Peter and Paul Winter, sons of a German businessman, are bonded by childhood trauma. When they grow apart, only to meet again under the shadow of the Third... Read more

The Woman in the Sable Coat

By: Elizabeth Brooks

Narrated by: Esther Wane

Length: 11 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

From the acclaimed author of The Orphan of Salt Winds, The Whispering House, and The House in the Orchard comes a passionate and fateful story of love, betrayal, and the rewards—and costs—of following your heart.



At the height of the Second World War in England, twenty-two-year-old Nina Woodrow joins the British Royal Air Force and rebels against... Read more

The Secret of the Lady's Maid

By: Darcie Wilde

Narrated by: Kitty Kelly

Length: 12 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

Rosalind Thorne's quick wits and discretion have proved invaluable to London's haut ton. Success has at last brought her financial stability and a new home, which she shares with her best friend, Alice Littlefield. But now trouble has infiltrated Rosalind's sanctuary, and the reputations in danger include her own.



Alice has formed a tender... Read more

False Mistress

By: Amy Licence

Narrated by: Esther Wane

Length: 9 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

With dangerous plots afoot, can Thomasin keep her position—and her honor intact?



1528: Thomasin Marwood is one of Queen Catherine's ladies-in-waiting at the court of Henry VIII, and she does not trust Lady Anne Boleyn.



But when an accident forces Thomasin and her family to take refuge at the Boleyn family home at Hever Castle, Thomasin is... Read more

Kindred

By: Donna Grant

Narrated by: Antony Ferguson

Length: 11 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

RAGE



When a mysterious illness befalls his clan, taking many lives, Rob Mackenzie finally goes to check on the person squatting in the cottage on his family's land. He hopes to find help. He doesn't expect the most enchanting woman he's ever seen or the way she makes him feel—the passions she rouses. But it's clear she has secrets, and earning... Read more

The Bereaved

By: Julia Park Tracey

Narrated by: Aven Shore

Length: 8 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

Based on her research into her grandfather's past as an adopted child, Julia Park Tracey has created a mesmerizing work of historical fiction illuminating the darkest side of the Orphan Train.



In 1859, women have few rights, even to their own children. When her husband dies and her children become wards of a predator, Martha—bereaved and... Read more

The Lightning and the Few

By: Patrick Larsimont

Narrated by: Antony Ferguson

Length: 8 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

Don't miss this thrilling wartime adventure! For fans of Derek Robinson, James Holland, Frank Barnard, and Jack Higgins.



Jox is exchanging civilian life for the thrill of fighting in the skies.



Scotland, 1939



When Jox McNabb is expelled from school he is forced to look to his future. Inspired by the sight of a Hurricane flying over him, he becomes... Read more

The Raiders and the Cross

By: Patrick Larsimont

Narrated by: Antony Ferguson

Length: 9 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

The thrilling WWII adventure across the war-torn skies of Britain, France, and Malta. Perfect for fans of Derek Robinson, James Holland, Frank Barnard, and Jack Higgins.



Jox may have survived the Battle of Britain, but this war isn't over yet . . .



Winter, 1940



Enemy raiders are bombing Britain's cities relentlessly. Casualties are high and morale... Read more

Lost Souls of Leningrad

By: Suzanne Parry

Narrated by: Nancy Peterson

Length: 12 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

June 1941. Hitler's armies race toward vulnerable Leningrad. In a matter of weeks, the Nazis surround the city, cut off the food supply, and launch a vicious bombardment. Widowed violinist Sofya Karavayeva and her teenage granddaughter, Yelena, are cornered in the crumbling city.



On Leningrad's outskirts, Admiral Vasili Antonov defends his... Read more

The Man From Waco

By: William W. Johnstone & J. A. Johnstone

Narrated by: Joshua Saxon

Length: 7 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

Meet John Bannack. Jailed for a crime he didn't commit. Busted out of a Texas State Prison. Running for freedom and gunning for justice. They call him . . . THE MAN FROM WACO.



As a young man, John Bannack worked hard on his brother's farm—until times got tough and his brother grew desperate. Desperate enough to rob a bank. Unfortunately, John's... Read more

A Lamb to the Slaughter

By: William W. Johnstone & J. A. Johnstone

Narrated by: Jon Waters

Length: 8 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

Johnstone Country. Where life is a gamble.



The national bestselling authors of violent, bullet-riddled Old West yarns return to the Texas frontier town where Sheriff Buck Jackson and Deputy Flint Moran are quickly learning that enforcing the law means being fastest on the draw—or being killed by someone quicker . . .



Welcome to Tinhorn, Texas. Now... Read more

Beans, Bourbon, & Blood

By: William W. Johnstone & J. A. Johnstone

Narrated by: Corey M. Snow

Length: 8 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

The sight of a rotting corpse hanging from a noose is enough to stop any man in his tracks—and Luke Jensen is no exception. Sure, he could just keep riding through. He's got a prisoner to deliver, after all. But when a group of men show up with another prisoner for another hanging, Luke can't turn his back—especially when the condemned man keeps... Read more

Stalking Shadows

By: Cyla Panin

Narrated by: Shakira Shute

Length: 10 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

A gothic YA fantasy debut about a young woman striving to break her sister's curse and stop the killing in her small French town.



Seventeen-year-old Marie mixes perfumes to sell on market day in her small eighteenth-century French town. She wants to make enough to save a dowry for her sister, Ama, in hopes of Ama marrying well and Marie living at... Read more

The Journey from War

By: Diane Moody

Narrated by: Justine Eyre

Length: 12 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

In the spring of 1957, Jacob Versteeg is graduating from high school at the top of his class. Quite an accomplishment for a guy who spent his young childhood in a German concentration camp. When the war ended, he was adopted by Huub Versteeg, a kind fellow POW at Bergen-Belsen who had taken him under his wing. For ten years Jacob grew up in... Read more

Death is in the Air

By: Kate Kingsbury

Narrated by: Mary Sarah

Length: 7 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

Enthralling mystery, lots of laughter, and a little bit of romance—that's village life in wartime England . . .

When a German pilot bails out into the town square, members of the Housewives League are more intent on salvaging the parachute than capturing the enemy. The pilot escapes, and shortly after, the body of a Land Army girl is... Read more

For Whom Death Tolls

By: Kate Kingsbury

Narrated by: Mary Sarah

Length: 6 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

Enthralling mystery, lots of laughter, and a little bit of romance—that's village life in wartime England . . .

Lady Elizabeth is horrified when the body of an American airman is found hanging from a bell rope in the church tower. As always, our intrepid sleuth is hot on the trail, but a missed clue and a formidable killer may very well cost... Read more

Dig Deep for Murder

By: Kate Kingsbury

Narrated by: Mary Sarah

Length: 7 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

Enthralling mystery, lots of laughter, and a little bit of romance—that's village life in wartime England . . .



Having donated a parcel of her land for a village Victory Garden, Lady Elizabeth feels obliged to send her assistant, Polly, to tend to a plot now that its owner has passed away. Polly is happily digging in the dirt when she discovers... Read more

Paint by Murder

By: Kate Kingsbury

Narrated by: Mary Sarah

Length: 6 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

Enthralling mystery, lots of laughter, and a little bit of romance—that's village life in wartime England . . .



Roger Thorncroft spent most of his days on the cliffs with his easel and paints, until the day he was found sprawled in the grass. Who and why would someone have killed such a gentle, quiet man? Then again, who really knew the artist... Read more

Murder at Buxley Manor

By: Leena Clover

Narrated by: Kim Bretton

Length: 6 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

An English manor house, intrepid dowagers, spirited Bright Young Things . . . and Murder!



England 1921. Lady Elizabeth Gaskins is throwing a big party to celebrate her birthday. But when an odious guest gets killed and steals her thunder, her father, the Earl of Buxley, becomes a suspect. After all, he came to blows with the dead man in front of... Read more