Historical Fiction audiobooks

The Forty Rules of Love

By: Elif Shafak

Narrated by: Laural Merlington

Length: 11 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

In this follow-up to her acclaimed 2007 novel The Bastard of Istanbul, Turkish author Elif Shafak unfolds two tantalizing parallel narratives—one contemporary and the other set in the thirteenth century, when Rumi encountered his spiritual mentor, the whirling dervish known as Shams of Tabriz—that together incarnate the poet's timeless message... Read more

Ramses

By: Christian Jacq

Narrated by: George Guidall

Length: 9 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

This enthralling international best-seller is a seductive re-creation of the glory and opulence of ancient Egypt. It spurred a national craze for all things Egyptian in France, and has sold over two million copies worldwide. The new Pharaoh, Ramses, aspires to greatness of a magnitude undreamed of by mortal men. But to thwart his dreams, a... Read more

Red Gold

By: Alan Furst

Narrated by: George Guidall

Length: 9 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

New York Times bestselling author Alan Furst pens evocative and urbane novels of World War II espionage. Focusing on the European theater, Furst writes about ordinary people struggling to cope with the chaos of the world around them.

In the autumn of 1941 as German tanks approach Moscow, Stalin issues a desperate order: all secret operatives... Read more

The Confession of Brother Haluin

By: Ellis Peters

Narrated by: Patrick Tull

Length: 7 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

When a monk survives a tragic injury, he enlists Brother Cadfael to help him right the wrongs revealed in his deathbed confession

Winter arrived early in 1142, bringing with it a heavy snowfall. The safety of the guest-hall roof at the Benedictine Abbey of St. Peter and St. Paul comes into jeopardy, and the brothers are called upon to effect... Read more

Temptress

By: Lisa Jackson

Narrated by: Jill Tanner

Length: 13 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

New York Times and USA Today best-selling author Lisa Jackson weaves intense passion and seat-gripping suspense into this historical romance. A brutally beaten warrior arrives at Castle Calon and Lady Morwenna cannot deny her feelings for him despite her suspicion that he is the lover who betrayed her years ago. Rumors of a murderer fill the... Read more

Colonization: Second Contact

By: Harry Turtledove

Narrated by: Patrick Lawlor

Length: 28 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

In the extraordinary Worldwar tetralogy, set against the backdrop of World War II, Harry Turtledove, whom Publishers Weekly has called the "Hugo-winning master of alternate SF," wove an explosive saga of world powers locked in conflict against an enemy from the stars. Now he expands his magnificent epic into the volatile 1960s, when the space... Read more

The Boy with the Cuckoo-Clock Heart

By: Mathias Malzieu

Narrated by: Jim Dale

Length: 4 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

Edinburgh, 1874. Born with a frozen heart, Jack is near dead when his mother abandons him to the care of Dr. Madeleine—witch doctor, midwife, protector of orphans—who saves Jack by placing a cuckoo clock in his chest. It is in her orphanage that Jack grows up, amid tear-filled flasks, eggs containing memories, and a man with a musical spine. Dr.... 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

Moloka'i

By: Alan Brennert

Narrated by: Anne Noelani Miyamoto

Length: 17 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

The powerful debut novel from Alan Brennert, Moloka'i tells the story of Rachel Kalama, a seven-year-old Hawaiian girl who contracts leprosy and is quarantined on the island of Moloka'i during the 1890s. Separated from her family and forced to grow up in the leper colony of Kalaupapa, Rachel experiences intense isolation. But she remains strong,... Read more

Black Hills

By: Dan Simmons

Narrated by: Erik Davies & Michael McConnohie

Length: 20 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

When Paha Sapa, a young Sioux warrior, "counts coup" on General George Armstrong Custer as Custer lies dying on the battlefield at the Little Bighorn, the legendary general's ghost enters him - and his voice will speak to him for the rest of his event-filled life.

Seamlessly weaving together the stories of Paha Sapa, Custer, and the American... Read more

Promise of the Valley

By: Jane Peart

Narrated by: Christine Williams

Length: 8 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

When Southern-born Adelaide Pride follows her Yankee employer to California, she faces a private civil war and re-examines her values of love and honor. Twenty-six-year-old Adelaide Pride stepped out of the horse-drawn buggy to gaze one last time at the charred remains of her childhood home. Six generations of Prides had lived and entertained... Read more

Heresy

By: S.J. Parris

Narrated by: John Lee

Length: 13 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

Masterfully blending true events with fiction, this blockbuster historical thriller delivers a page-turning murder mystery set on the sixteenth-century Oxford University campus.Giordano Bruno was a monk, poet, scientist, and magician on the run from the Roman Inquisition on charges of heresy for his belief that the Earth orbits the sun and that... Read more

Venetia Kelly's Traveling Show

By: Frank Delaney

Narrated by: Frank Delaney

Length: 13 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

“She sprang from the womb and waved to the crowd. Then smiled and took a bow.” And so we first meet Venetia Kelly, the beguiling actress at the center of this new, spellbinding, and epic novel by Frank Delaney, the bestselling author of Ireland and Shannon.

January 1932: While Ireland roils in the run-up to the most important national election in... Read more

Heart of Stone

By: Jill Marie Landis

Narrated by: Renee Raudman

Length: 9 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

In the first book of the Irish Angels series, we meet Laura Foster, a woman with the darkest of pasts, and Reverend Brand McCormick, a man with everything to lose by loving her. Having escaped a life she never chose, Laura Foster is finally living her dream. But even after four years of posing as a respectable widow in Glory, Texas, she is... Read more

Heresy - Abridged

By: S.J. Parris

Narrated by: John Lee

Length: 5 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Masterfully blending true events with fiction, this blockbuster historical thriller delivers a page-turning murder mystery set on the sixteenth-century Oxford University campus.Giordano Bruno was a monk, poet, scientist, and magician on the run from the Roman Inquisition on charges of heresy for his belief that the Earth orbits the sun and that... Read more

New Mercies

By: Sandra Dallas

Narrated by: Nicole Poole

Length: 9 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

Sandra Dallas, best-selling author of The Persian Pickle Club, weaves an intricate and sophisticated tale in New Mercies. Nora Bondurant is divorced-unfathomable for a woman in 1933-and has inherited a house from a dead aunt she never even knew existed. But when she travels to Mississippi to claim her inheritance, she finds her eccentric... Read more

Heartstone

By: C.J. Sansom

Narrated by: Steven Crossley

Length: 22 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

The #1 international bestselling author brings us his fifth Shardlake novel.

Summer, 1545. England is at war, and Matthew Shardlake is about to encounter the most politically dangerous case of his career. While a massive French fleet prepares to attack, every able-bodied man is being pressed into military service.

Meanwhile, an old servant of... Read more

Night of Many Dreams

By: Gail Tsukiyama

Narrated by: Anna Fields

Length: 8 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

As World War II threatens their comfortable life in Hong Kong, young Joan and Emma Lew escape with their family to spend the war years in Macao. When they return home, Emma has developed a deep interest in travel and new experiences, while Joan has turned to movies and thoughts of romance to escape the problems of ordinary life.As the girls... Read more

The Disgraceful Mr. Ravenhurst

By: Louise Allen

Narrated by: Maggie Ollerenshaw

Length: 8 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

While searching for a stolen artifact, the notorious Mr R has his attention caught by the unlikeliest of treasures. Stumbling upon his dowdy cousin Elinor on the Continent, Theo Ravenhurst hardly believes his luck. His dangerous lifestyle appears to have finally caught up with him, and her family connections could be put to excellent use. Theo... Read more

Where the Heart Is

By: Annie Groves

Narrated by: Christine Dawe

Length: 12 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

A fabulous drama of the Campion family, struggling to stay together as World War Two rages over Liverpool Lou Campion has joined the WAAFs, against the wishes of her parents and twin sister Sasha. Lou's always been a rebel, but now finds that if she wants to succeed she'll have to follow extremely strict rules. Can she do... Read more

Matthew's Story

By: Tim LaHaye & Jerry B. Jenkins

Narrated by: Robertson Dean

Length: 9 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

The new novel in the Jesus Chronicles, the bestselling series from the authors of the Left Behind novels.

Levi was studying to be a priest, but when an unspeakable tragedy befalls his family, he turns his back on his faith and decides to pursue riches and luxury instead. He becomes a tax collector, disappointing his family and reviled by Jews... Read more

Wolfbreed

By: S. A. Swann

Narrated by: Grover Gardner

Length: 10 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

In this captivating reinvention of the werewolf novel, S. A. Swann propels readers into the darkest days of the Middle Ages, weaving a rare blend of soaring romance, historical intrigue, paranormal thrills, and spiritual questioning to tell a story that forever changes those who hear it.When a monk inadvertently discovers a lair of werewolf... Read more

Boneshaker

By: Cherie Priest

Narrated by: Wil Wheaton & Kate Reading

Length: 13 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

Cherie Priest's long-awaited steampunk debut, Boneshaker, opens in the early days of the Civil War when rumors of gold in the frozen Klondike brought hordes of newcomers to the Pacific Northwest. Anxious to compete, Russian prospectors commissioned inventor Leviticus Blue to create a great machine that could mine through Alaska's ice. Thus was... Read more

The Glass Palace

By: Amitav Ghosh

Narrated by: Simon Vance

Length: 17 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

Set in Burma during the British invasion of 1885, this masterly novel tells the story of Rajkumar, a poor boy lifted on the tides of political and social chaos, who goes on to create an empire in the Burmese teak forest. When soldiers force the royal family out of the Glass Palace and into exile, Rajkumar befriends Dolly, a young woman in the... Read more