Historical Fiction audiobooks

Waiting for Columbus

By: Thomas Trofimuk

Narrated by: Grover Gardner

Length: 10 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

Found in the treacherous Strait of Gibraltar, a man who answers only to the name of Christopher Columbus is delivered to a mental institution in Sevilla. Nurse Consuela, a lonely young woman searching for love, who listens to his fantastical tales of adventure and romance day after day, tries desperately to make some sense of why this man has... Read more

The Invisible Mountain

By: Carolina De Robertis

Narrated by: Christine Avila

Length: 17 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

On the first day of the millennium, a small town gathers to witness a miracle and unravel its portents for the century: the mysterious reappearance of a lost infant, Pajarita. Later, as a young woman in the capital city — Montevideo, brimming with growth and promise — Pajarita begins a lineage of fiercely independent women. Her daughter,... Read more

The Case of Jennie Brice

By: Mary Roberts Rinehart

Narrated by: C. M. Hébert

Length: 3 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

The blood-stained rope and towel, the stray slipper, the broken knife—and the disappearance of the lovely Jennie Brice—were enough to convince Mrs. Pitman that murder had been commited in her boardinghouse. The police, however, were another matter. Without a tangible body, there could be no official murder charge.Mrs. Pitman ran a respectable... Read more

Play for a Kingdom

By: Thomas Dyja

Narrated by: Ian Esmo

Length: 13 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

May, 1864. In a moment of quiet during the endgame between Grant and Lee, a Union and a Confederate company meet, not entirely by accident. The Union soldiers are a motley company of Irish, English, and German stock, all ragged and worn from the Battle of the Wilderness. Left behind to guard their army’s flank, they decide to relax with a... Read more

Alex Cross's TRIAL

By: James Patterson & Richard DiLallo

Narrated by: Dylan Baker

Length: 8 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

The year is 1906, and America is segregated. Hatred and discrimination plague the streets, the classroom, and the courts. But in WashingtonD.C., Ben Corbett, a smart and courageous lawyer, makes it his mission to confront injustice at every turn. He represents those who nobody else dares defend, merely because of the color of their skin. When... Read more

The White Queen - Abridged

By: Philippa Gregory

Narrated by: Bianca Amato

Length: 6 hours

Abridged: Yes

The inspiration for the critically acclaimed Starz miniseries The White Queen, #1 New York Times bestselling author Philippa Gregory brings to life the extraordinary story of Elizabeth Woodville, a woman who rises from obscurity to become Queen of England, and changes the course of history forever.

Elizabeth Woodville is a woman of extraordinary... Read more

A Sweetness to the Soul

By: Jane Kirkpatrick

Narrated by: Susan Denaker

Length: 17 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

Based on historical characters and events, A Sweetness to the Soul recounts the captivating story of young, spirited Oregon pioneer Jane Herbert who at the age of twelve faces a tragedy that begins a life-long search for forgiveness and love. In the years that follow, young Jane finds herself involved in an unusual and touching romance with a... Read more

The Bride's Farewell

By: Meg Rosoff

Narrated by: Susan Duerden

Length: 5 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

A young woman runs away from home and finds love in the most unexpected place

In Meg Rosoff's fourth novel, a young woman in 1850s rural England runs away from home on horseback the day she's to marry her childhood sweetheart. Pell is from a poor preacher's family and she's watched her mother suffer for years under the burden of caring for an... Read more

Jane Eyre - Abridged

By: Charlotte Bronte

Narrated by: Penelope Wilton

Length: 3 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Jane begins life penniless and plain: an unlikely romantic heroine. But she is as indomitable in spirit as she is frail in appearance. Taking a position as a governess at Thornfield Hall, her relationship with her employer, the enigmatic Mr Rochester intensifies, until she is forced to choose between the desires of her heart and the demands of a... Read more

The Return

By: Ben Bova

Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki

Length: 11 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

In the 1980s, an alien starship visited Earth. While investigating what appeared to be a sarcophagus bearing the preserved body of its builder, astronaut Keith Stoner was trapped and cryogenically frozen. After his body was eventually returned to Earth and revived, Stoner discovered that he had acquired alien powers. Putting them to use, he... Read more

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

By: Arthur Conan Doyle

Narrated by: Geoffrey Howard

Length: 9 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

Since Doyle created the immortal Sherlock Holmes and his assistant Dr. Watson, no other mystery writer has come close to eclipsing him as the standard bearer in crime fiction. A brilliant London-based “consulting detective,” Holmes is famous for his intellectual prowess and renowned for his skillful use of astute observation, deductive... Read more

Scandal

By: Amanda Quick

Narrated by: Anne Flosnik

Length: 12 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

With her reputation forever tarnished by a youthful indiscretion, lovely Emily Faringdon is resigned to a life of spinsterhood, until she embarks on an unusual correspondence and finds herself falling head over heels in love. Sensitive, intelligent, and high-minded, her noble pen pal seems to embody everything Emily has ever dreamed of in a man.... Read more

Dressed for Death

By: Donna Leon

Narrated by: David Colacci

Length: 9 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

Commissario Guido Brunetti's hopes for a refreshing family holiday in the mountains are once again dashed when a gruesome discovery is made in Marghera—a body so badly beaten the face is completely unrecognizable. Brunetti searches Venice for someone who can identify the corpse but is met with a wall of silence. He then receives a telephone call... Read more

The Twentieth Wife

By: Indu Sundaresan

Narrated by: Sneha Mathan

Length: 14 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

An enchanting historical epic of grand passion and adventure, this debut novel tells the captivating story of one of India’s most controversial empresses, a woman whose brilliance and determination trumped myriad obstacles and whose love shaped the course of the Mughal Empire.Skillfully blending the textures of historical reality with the rich... Read more

Etta

By: Gerald Kolpan

Narrated by: Kirsten Potter

Length: 9 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

When Philadelphia debutante Lorinda Jameson’s bankrupt father commits suicide, the infamous Black Hand mafia is dispatched to collect his debts—or her head. The young orphan rechristens herself “Etta Place” and goes west to earn her keep as a waitress in a remote railroad outpost. But fate and murder soon intervene, and Etta joins forces with... Read more

The Sky Took Him

By: Donis Casey

Narrated by: Pam Ward

Length: 9 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

It’s a sad duty that brings Alafair Tucker and her two daughters to Enid, Oklahoma, in the fall of 1915. Her sister Ruth Anne’s husband, Lester, is not long for this world, and the family is gathering to send him to his reward. But her niece’s irresponsible husband, Kenneth, has disappeared at a most inconvenient time. When it comes to light... Read more

The Splendor of Silence

By: Indu Sundaresan

Narrated by: Sneha Mathan

Length: 15 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

From internationally bestselling author Indu Sundaresan comes a heartrending tale of tragic love and clashing cultures in World War II India.In 1942, Sam Hawthorne, a young US Army captain, arrives in a tiny princely state in western India. He carries combat wounds and several secrets, one of which is the real reason behind his visit: to find... Read more

Velva Jean Learns to Drive

By: Jennifer Niven

Narrated by: Jenna Lamia

Length: 14 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

Set in Appalachia in the years before World War II, Velva Jean Learns to Drive is a poignant story of a spirited young girl growing up in the gold-mining and moonshining South.

Before she dies, Velva Jean's mother urges her to "live out there in the great wide world." Velva Jean dreams of becoming a big-time singer in Nashville until she falls... Read more

The Sharing Knife, Vol. 4: Horizon

By: Lois McMaster Bujold

Narrated by: Bernadette Dunne

Length: 15 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

In a world where malices, remnants of ancient magic, can erupt with life-destroying power, only soldier-sorcerer Lakewalkers have mastered the ability to kill them. But Lakewalkers keep their uncanny secrets—and themselves—from the farmers they protect. So when patroller Dag Redwing Hickory rescued farm girl Fawn Bluefield, neither expected to... Read more

Child of Storm, with eBook

By: Henry Rider Haggard

Narrated by: Shelly Frasier

Length: 9 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

In this sequel to Marie, Allan Quatermain helps his Zulu friend Saduko in a crazy battle to win 100 cattle for the dowry of his love, Mameena. However, the beautiful and mysterious Mameena, known as the "Child of Storm," seduces Allan and tries to engage him in marriage.



Fortunately, Quatermain sees through her witchcraft. The Zulu king declares... Read more

Beau Geste, with eBook

By: Percival Wren

Narrated by: David Case

Length: 14 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

A column of French Legionnaires finds one of their fortresses manned by dead men. It looks like the sergeant was killed by one of his own troops. Who could have done it?



A flashback then unravels the mystery of the three English Geste brothers. The brothers, orphaned early in life, are raised by an aunt. Their raucous youths are filled with the... Read more

The Devil's Queen

By: Jeanne Kalogridis

Narrated by: Kate Reading

Length: 17 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

Catherine de Medici is one of the most maligned monarchs in history: blamed for the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre in which hundreds of innocents died. What motivated this Renaissance woman who was born of Florence's most powerful family, and one day came to rule France?

In her latest historical fiction bestseller, Jeanne Kalogridis tells the... Read more

The Devil's Queen - Abridged

By: Jeanne Kalogridis

Narrated by: Kate Reading

Length: 6 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Catherine de Medici is one of the most maligned monarchs in history: blamed for the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre in which hundreds of innocents died. What motivated this Renaissance woman who was born of Florence's most powerful family, and one day came to rule France?

In her latest historical fiction bestseller, Jeanne Kalogridis tells the... Read more

Eric Brighteyes, with eBook

By: Henry Rider Haggard

Narrated by: Shelly Frasier

Length: 10 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

A gripping tale of betrayal, blood-gorged blades, and the pursuit of heart's desire, Eric Brighteyes follows the adventures of a young man raised on Coldback farm—a lonely place to be found where the Westman Isles rise from the sea.

Plagued by misfortune, the golden-haired youth finds himself outlawed and exiled—even as he wins Whitefire, the... Read more