Historical Fiction audiobooks

Altar of Eden

By: James Rollins

Narrated by: Paula Christensen

Length: 11 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

“Every James Rollins delivers mach-speed mayhem, throat-clutching suspense, high-style adventure, and a terrific story told terrifically.”
—Steve Berry, author of The Romanov Prophecy

The thriller king praised for his “edge-of-your-seat excitement” (San Francisco Chronicle), James Rollins storms the New York Times bestseller list with every novel... Read more

Uncle Tom’s Cabin

By: Harriet Beecher Stowe

Narrated by: Mirron Willis

Length: 21 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

Uncle Tom is a high-minded, devoutly Christian black slave to a kind family, the Shelbys. Beset by financial difficulties, the Shelbys sell Tom to a slave trader. Young George Shelby promises to someday redeem him. The story relates Uncle Tom’s trials, suffering, and religious fortitude.Uncle Tom’s Cabin was revolutionary in 1852 for its... Read more

Days of Gold - Abridged

By: Jude Deveraux

Narrated by: Gabra Zackman

Length: 5 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The New York Times bestselling author of The Summerhouse brings her signature “marvelously compelling” (Houston Chronicle) prose to the second historical romance in the charming Edilean series.

Angus McTern is respected by the men of his clan and adored by the women. He takes his duties as laird seriously and has everything he wants in life—until... Read more

The Prize

By: Julie Garwood

Narrated by: Anne Flosnik

Length: 12 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

In the resplendence of William the Conqueror's London court, the lovely Saxon captive, Nicholaa was forced to choose a husband from the assembled Norman nobles. She chose Royce, a baron warrior whose fierce demeanor could not conceal his chivalrous and tender heart. Resourceful, rebellious and utterly naive, Nicholaa vowed to bend Royce to her... Read more

The Goodbye Season

By: Marian Hale

Narrated by: Georgette Perna

Length: 6 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

Mercy Kaplan doesn’t want to be like her mother, saddled with crying kids and failing crops for the rest of her life. Mercy longs to be on her own—until her wish comes true in the worst possible way. It is 1918 and a deadly flu epidemic ravages the country, leaving her utterly alone and penniless.

Mercy soon finds a job with Mrs. Wilder. But... Read more

Marion Zimmer Bradley's Sword of Avalon

By: Diana L. Paxson

Narrated by: Lorna Raver

Length: 17 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

Epic in its sweep and peopled by the remarkable women who have always inhabited Avalon, Marion Zimmer Bradley's Sword of Avalon expands the legendary saga that has enchanted millions of readers over the years and is sure to please Bradley's loyal readership and anyone who loves wonderfully told stories of history, myth, and fantasy.

A boy... Read more

An Excellent Mystery

By: Ellis Peters

Narrated by: Patrick Tull

Length: 8 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

Two monks seeking refuge bring with them a troubling mystery that will test Brother Cadfael’s beliefs

In the year of our Lord 1141, August comes in golden as a lion, and two monks ride into the Benedictine Abbey of Saint Peter and Saint Paul bringing with them disturbing news of war—and a mystery.

The strangers tell how the strife between the... Read more

The Hermit of Eyton Forest

By: Ellis Peters

Narrated by: Patrick Tull

Length: 8 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

Brother Cadfael's pastoral life is upended by the disappearance of a young boy and the arrival of a saintly hermit

The year is 1142, and England is in the grip of civil war. Within the cloisters of the Benedictine Abbey of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, there begins a chain of events no less momentous than the upheavals of the outside world.

It... Read more

A Morbid Taste for Bones

By: Ellis Peters

Narrated by: Patrick Tull

Length: 8 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

On an expedition to acquire a saint’s remains, Brother Cadfael instead finds intrigue and murder

It is 1137, and the ambitious head of the Shrewsbury Abbey wishes to acquire the remains of Saint Winifred for the glory of his Benedictine order. Brother Cadfael is part of the expedition sent to the saint’s final resting place in Wales, where he... Read more

The Pilgrim of Hate

By: Ellis Peters

Narrated by: Patrick Tull

Length: 8 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

Amidst a flood of pilgrims seeking solace in a saintly celebration, Brother Cadfael seeks the killer of a dear friend

In the year of our Lord 1141, civil war over England's throne leaves a legacy of violence—and the murder of a knight dear to Brother Cadfael. And with gentle bud-strewn May, a flood of pilgrims comes to the celebration of Saint... Read more

Comanche Heart

By: Catherine Anderson

Narrated by: Ruth Ann Phimister

Length: 16 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

New York Times best-selling author Catherine Anderson tells the gripping tale of a woman running from violence and toward a quiet future. Years have passed since Amy Masters escaped the brutal Texas plains to become a schoolteacher in Oregon. But now that Comanche warrior Swift Antelope has galloped back into her life, she'll have to explore her... Read more

The Devil's Novice

By: Ellis Peters

Narrated by: Patrick Tull

Length: 8 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

When a troubled novice is blamed for the disappearance of a priest, Brother Cadfael seeks to save his soul—and his life

Outside the pale of the Abbey of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, in September of 1140, a priestly emissary for King Stephen has been reported missing. But inside the pale, what troubles Brother Cadfael is a proud, secretive... Read more

Big Country, Vol. 2

By: Louis L’Amour

Narrated by: Mark Bramhall

Length: 3 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

Louis L’Amour said that the West was no place for the frightened or the mean. It was a “big country needing big men and women to live in it.” Here are three more of his fine short stories about the West.West of the Tularosa Ruth Kermitt, owner of the Tumbling K ranch, made a deal with old Tom McCracken, owner of the Firebox spread, to buy his... Read more

Ann Veronica

By: H. G. Wells

Narrated by: Carolyn Seymour

Length: 9 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

Passionate, headstrong, and fiercely independent, twenty-one-year-old Ann Veronica Stanley is determined to live her life to the fullest. When her autocratic father attempts to curb her academic ambitions and social experiences, she escapes her stodgy, conventional world and sets out alone to make a fresh start in London. There, enrolled as a... Read more

Dead Man's Ransom

By: Ellis Peters

Narrated by: Patrick Tull

Length: 8 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

Brother Cadfael must intervene when a prisoner exchange is interrupted by love and murder

In February of 1141, men march home from war to Shrewsbury, but the captured Sheriff Gilbert Prestcote is not among them. Elis, a young Welsh prisoner, is delivered to the Abbey of Saint Peter and Saint Paul to begin a tale that will test Brother Cadfael's... Read more

The Raven in the Foregate

By: Ellis Peters

Narrated by: Patrick Tull

Length: 8 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

When a harsh priest is drowned, Brother Cadfael discovers a long list of suspects, including a young man who isn’t who he claims to be

In a mild December in the year of our Lord 1141, a new priest comes to the parishioners of the Foregate outside the Abbey of Saint Peter and Saint Paul.

Father Ailnoth brings with him a housekeeper and her... Read more

A Bride in the Bargain

By: Deeanne Gist

Narrated by: Linda Stephens

Length: 11 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

This inspiring romance by Christy Award winner Deeanne Gist sets a spirited gal and an enterprising lumberjack on a collision course in 1866 Washington Territory. Set to lose half his timberland unless he finds a wife soon, widower Joe Denton places an order for a bride who can cook. When she arrives, the bonnie lass certainly cooks up a... Read more

The Morning Gift - Abridged

By: Eva Ibbotson

Narrated by: Willow Nash

Length: 3 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The Morning Gift is a beautiful, classic romance from much loved author, Eva Ibbotson.

Eighteen-year-old Ruth lives in the sparkling city of Vienna with her family, where she delights in its music, energy and natural beauty. She is wildly in love with the brilliant young pianist Heini Radik and can't wait until they are married.

But Ruth's world... Read more

Ravished

By: Amanda Quick

Narrated by: Anne Flosnik

Length: 12 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

There was no doubt about it. What Miss Harriet Pomeroy needed was a man. Someone powerful and clever who could help her rout the unscrupulous thieves who were using her beloved caves to hide their loot. But when Harriet summoned Gideon Westbrook Viscount St. Justin to her aid, she could not know that she was summoning the devil himself… Dubbed... Read more

Three Hands in the Fountain

By: Lindsey Davis

Narrated by: Christian Rodska

Length: 11 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

Sharing a ewer of Spanish red with his old friend and new partner Petronius Longus, Marcus Didius Falco is on the spot when a man cleaning the local fountain makes a gruesome discovery: a human hand that suggests its owner met a terrifying fate. Naturally, Falco and Petro, formerly of the Vigiles, want to seize on it as their first big case. The... Read more

The Paris Vendetta

By: Steve Berry

Narrated by: Scott Brick

Length: 13 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER •  “All the Steve Berry hallmarks are here: scale, scope, sweep, history—plus breathless second-by-second suspense. I love this guy.”—Lee Child

Former Justice Department operative Cotton Malone wakes to find an intruder in his Copenhagen bookshop: an American Secret Service agent with assassins on his heels. Narrowly... Read more

The Paris Vendetta - Abridged

By: Steve Berry

Narrated by: Scott Brick

Length: 7 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: Yes

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER •  “All the Steve Berry hallmarks are here: scale, scope, sweep, history—plus breathless second-by-second suspense. I love this guy.”—Lee Child

Former Justice Department operative Cotton Malone wakes to find an intruder in his Copenhagen bookshop: an American Secret Service agent with assassins on his heels. Narrowly... Read more

From Missouri

By: Zane Grey

Narrated by: Tom Weiner

Length: 1 hour 10 minutes

Abridged: No

Rumor has it that a schoolteacher from the East is coming out West to teach school. Three Springer Ranch cowhands have tried to discourage her from coming by forging letters. But their strategy has failed to overpower the more persuasive love letters from a certain mysterious Frank Owens. No one knows who he is.When Jane Stacey arrives, everyone... Read more

Cleopatra's Daughter

By: Michelle Moran

Narrated by: Wanda McCaddon

Length: 11 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

The marriage of Marc Antony and Cleopatra is one of the greatest love stories of all time, a tale of unbridled passion with earth-shaking political consequences. Feared and hunted by the powers in Rome, the lovers choose to die by their own hands as the triumphant armies of Antony's vengeful rival, Octavian, sweep into Egypt. Their three... Read more