History audiobooks

War Baby

By: Lizzie Lane

Narrated by: Annie Aldington

Length: 10 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

Some battles will be fought on the Homefront...The war has had a devastating effect on the Sweet Family with young Charlie Sweet, lost at sea, presumed dead and bombs falling on nearby Bristol.

Still there is a glimmer of hope on the horizon in the form of Mary Sweet’s upcoming wedding to her Canadian beau. But even that has failed to rouse their... Read more

Beauty in the Escape

By: Lena Nguyen

Narrated by: Natalie Lee

Length: 4 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

Hailing from a small village in the beautiful land of Vietnam, young Lena enjoys living out her simple existence. Her world revolves around her grandma, siblings, school, and all her village friends, until one day, when a detonating bomb announced the beginning of a devastation that would go down in history—The Vietnam War. Having never known... Read more

The Shortest History of Italy

By: Ross King

Narrated by: Liam Gerrard

Length: 6 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

A concise, star-studded retelling of Italy's past, from Caesar and Augustus to da Vinci and Michelangelo, tracing the story of a country with prodigious global influence—from a foremost author of historic Italy.



The calendar. The Senate. The university. The piano, the heliocentric model, and the pizzeria. It's hard to imagine a world without... Read more

America’s Favorite Comedy Acts: The Three Stooges, Laurel & Hardy, Abbott & Costello, and Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis

By: Charles River Editors

Narrated by: Mary Rossman

Length: 4 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

There has been no shortage of comedy acts in American history, but the most famous and popular of them all is The Three Stooges, an act that has become synonymous with slapstick. Bring up their name to any American or even ask about slapstick comedy, and invariably, certain images will come to mind, most of which came from the comedy shorts... Read more

First Bull Run: The History of the Civil War’s First Major Battle

By: Jonathan Gianos-Steinberg

Narrated by: Jim Walsh

Length: 1 hour 14 minutes

Abridged: No

After the Battle of Fort Sumter in April 1861 ignited the Civil War, many in the North expected a relatively quick victory, including President Abraham Lincoln. While that seems naïve in hindsight, given the knowledge that the war lasted over four years, these expectations seemed entirely realistic at the time due to the Union’s overwhelming... Read more

Fort Donelson: The History of the Victory that Earned Ulysses S. Grant the Nickname “Unconditional Surrender”

By: Jonathan Gianos-Steinberg

Narrated by: Jim Walsh

Length: 1 hour 19 minutes

Abridged: No

In January of 1862, Grant persuaded General Henry “Old Brains” Halleck to allow his men to launch a campaign on the Tennessee River. As soon as Halleck acquiesced, Grant moved against Fort Henry, in close coordination with the naval command of Flag Officer Andrew Hull Foote. The combination of infantry and naval bombardment helped force the... Read more

Fort Henry: The History of the Union’s First Major Victory in the West during the Civil War

By: Jonathan Gianos-Steinberg

Narrated by: Jim Walsh

Length: 51 minutes

Abridged: No

While the Lincoln Administration and most Northerners were preoccupied with trying to capture Richmond in the summer of 1861, it would be the little-known Ulysses S. Grant who delivered the Union’s first major victories, over a thousand miles away from Washington. Grant’s new commission led to his command of the District of Southeast Missouri,... Read more

The Making of Modern India: The History of India from the Middle Ages to Independence from Britain

By: Charles River Editors

Narrated by: Michelle Humphries

Length: 6 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

India has been the location of many different empires throughout its long history. The Indus Valley Civilization was home to one of the world’s first civilizations more than 5,000 years ago, which was followed by the Aryan-Vedic culture and then a host of other kingdoms that flourished across the Sub-Continent. India has also been the birthplace... Read more

The Byzantines and Ottomans: The History of the Medieval Middle East’s Most Influential Empires

By: Charles River Editors

Narrated by: Jim Walsh

Length: 6 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

In terms of geopolitics, perhaps the most seminal event of the Middle Ages was the successful Ottoman siege of Constantinople in 1453. The city had been an imperial capital as far back as the 4th century, when Constantine the Great shifted the power center of the Roman Empire there, effectively establishing two almost equally powerful halves of... Read more

Napoleon’s Great Escapes: The History of Napoleon’s Escapes from Egypt and Elba

By: Charles River Editors

Narrated by: KC Wayman

Length: 2 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

Napoleon harbored all kinds of delusions about his time in Egypt that were not based in reality, but he definitely left a lasting legacy in the region, one he would never live to see or appreciate. By shifting the theater of operations to Africa and the Middle East, Napoleon inadvertently ensured the Europeans would fight there in the future,... Read more

A History of Some of China’s Most Famous Landmarks

By: Charles River Editors

Narrated by: Victoria Woodson

Length: 4 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

China has always fascinated outsiders, much in the same way that distant light fascinates someone looking down a dark road. It is both familiar and mysterious, ancient and new, and fully understanding it seems to always remain just out of reach. From the Great Wall to the ancient teachings of Confucius, China’s natural and man-made wonders have... Read more

Napoleon’s Great Escapes: The History of Napoleon’s Escapes from Egypt and Elba

By: Charles River Editors

Narrated by: KC Wayman

Length: 2 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

In addition to being unable to be reinforced or supplied by sea, Napoleon's ambitions to establish a permanent presence in Egypt were further frustrated by a number of uprisings. Early in 1799, Napoleon advanced against France’s erstwhile enemy, the Ottoman Empire, invading modern Syria (then the province of Damascus) and conquering the cities... Read more

The Babylonian Captivity of the Church

By: Martin Luther

Narrated by: Wayne Evans

Length: 5 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

In this, one of Martin Luther’s most impactful works, he brings together the similarities between the exile and captivity of the Israelites and the state of the Catholic church, in their destructive servitude to the papacy. He goes through each of the seven sacraments - questioning, analyzing, and applying the Biblical understandings he had... Read more

La auténtica felicidad

By: Martin E.P. Seligman

Narrated by: Randolfo Barrionuevo

Length: 12 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

En este libro, Seligman nos provee de las herramientas para identificar nuestros aspectos más positivos y desarrollarlos, a fin de mejorar sensiblemente nuestra vida y las de los que nos rodean. En lugar de centrarse, como la psicología tradicional, en el estudio y tratamiento de la enfermedad mental, la Psicología Positiva pone el foco en las... Read more

The Book of the Five Rings

By: Miyamoto Musashi

Narrated by: Ron Welch

Length: 2 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

Discover the timeless wisdom of Miyamoto Musashi's "The Book of the Five Rings" in this captivating audiobook. Written by the legendary Japanese swordsman and philosopher, this classic text offers profound insights into strategy, tactics, and the art of mastering one's craft.Musashi's teachings are as relevant today as they were centuries ago,... Read more

Sky Warriors

By: Saul David

Narrated by: Adam James

Length: 14 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER From bestselling historian Saul David, a riveting new history of the British airborne experience across the Second World War. The legendary ‘Red Devils’ were among the finest combat troops of the Second World War. Created at Churchill’s... Read more

The Science of Rights

By: Johann Gottleib Fitche

Narrated by: Jonathan Booth

Length: 12 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

The Science of Rights (originally in German: Grundlage des Naturrechts nach Principien der Wissenschaftslehre) by Johann Gottlieb Fichte, was originally written in 1796 and laterly translated by Adolph Ernst Kroeger into English. Read more

Antoine de Saint Exupéry: A short biography

By: 5 Minutes, 5 Minute Biographies & George Fritsche

Narrated by: George Fritsche

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, French pilot and creator of the Little Prince: Life and work in a short biography! Everything you need to know, brief and concise. Infotainment, education and entertainment at its best! Read more

No Way Out

By: Tim Shipman

Narrated by: Rupert Farley

Length: 36 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'Meticulously sourced, merciless and revelatory. It is a closely observed study of power, and how it is gained, used and lost' FINANCIAL TIMES The unmissable next instalment of Tim Shipman’s #1 bestselling Brexit... Read more

Roy Lichtenstein: Kurzbiografie kompakt

By: 5 Minuten, 5 Minuten Biografien & Jürgen Fritsche

Narrated by: Jürgen Fritsche

Length: 5 minutes

Abridged: No

Roy Lichtenstein, amerikanischer Maler und Pop-Art-Ikone: Leben und Werk in einer Kurzbiografie! Alles, was man wissen muss, kurz und knapp. Infotainment, Bildung und Unterhaltung vom Feinsten! Read more

Vladimir Lenin: A short biography

By: 5 Minutes, 5 Minute Biographies & George Fritsche

Narrated by: George Fritsche

Length: 5 minutes

Abridged: No

Vladimir Lenin, Russian revolutionary and founder of the Soviet Union: Life and work in a short biography! Everything you need to know, brief and concise. Infotainment, education and entertainment at its best! Read more

Napoleon’s Escape from the Middle East: The History of the French General’s Flight from the Levant and Egypt

By: Charles River Editors

Narrated by: KC Wayman

Length: 1 hour 5 minutes

Abridged: No

In addition to being unable to be reinforced or supplied by sea, Napoleon's ambitions to establish a permanent presence in Egypt were further frustrated by a number of uprisings. Early in 1799, Napoleon advanced against France’s erstwhile enemy, the Ottoman Empire, invading modern Syria (then the province of Damascus) and conquering the cities... Read more

Va-Va-Voom

By: Tom Williams

Narrated by: Luis Soto

Length: 10 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

Bloomsbury presents Va-Va-Voom by Tom Williams, read by Luis Soto.

‘Excellent' – Simon Kuper, author of the bestselling FOOTBALL AGAINST THE ENEMY

‘The definitive story of how French football came of age’ – Christian Karembeu

‘Erudite and engrossing' – Vincent Duluc, lead football writer, L’ÉQUIPE

THE PLAYERS, THE TEAMS, THE GOALS, THE GAMES, THE... Read more

Stoic Philosophy Collection: The Meditations, Seneca's Moral Letters, On the Shortness of Life, and Fragments

By: Marcus Aurelius, Seneca, Heraclitus

Narrated by: Arthur Grey, Kevin Theis & Austin Vanfleet

Length: 13 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

Delve into the timeless wisdom of Stoic philosophy with this captivating audiobook collection featuring "The Meditations" by Marcus Aurelius, "Moral Letters" and "On the Shortness of Life" by Seneca, and "Fragments" by Heraclitus.Narrated with clarity and depth, these philosophical masterpieces offer profound insights into living a life of... Read more