History audiobooks

The Lost Queen

By: Sophie Shorland

Narrated by: Ruth Lass

Length: 8 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

An enthralling and vivid portrait of Queen Catherine of Braganza, wife of Charles II, that reveals her forgotten place in history.



A long-overlooked figure in history, Catherine has a crucial place in the history of the British Empire: she may have failed to produce an heir to the throne, but her marriage to Charles in 1662 marked a key turning... Read more

Myths of Geography

By: Paul Richardson

Narrated by: Orlando Wells

Length: 8 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

Is geography really destiny?

Our maps may no longer be stalked by dragons and monsters, but our perceptions of the world are still shaped by geographic myths. Myths like Europe being the center of the world. Or that border walls are the solution to migration. Or that Russia is predestined to threaten its neighbors.

In his punchy and authoritative... Read more

“I’m Just a Supply Sgt.”

By: Donald M. Stout

Narrated by: David de Vries

Length: 10 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

I'm Just a Supply Sgt. is a compelling narrative of the Vietnam War with a very personal, psychological perspective that is difficult to find in most histories.



Don Stout's ability to comprehend and record his feelings during the war, and his struggles after the war, provide not only a window into the suffering of many veterans but also a tool... Read more

The Other Renaissance

By: Paul Strathern

Narrated by: Roger May

Length: 14 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

An original, illuminating history of the northern European Renaissance in art, science, and philosophy, which often rivaled its Italian counterpart.



It is generally accepted that the European Renaissance began in Italy.



However, a historical transformation of similar magnitude also took place in northern Europe at the same time. This "Other... Read more

Awakening the Spirit of America

By: Paul M. Sparrow

Narrated by: Malcolm Hillgartner

Length: 8 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

Franklin Roosevelt awoke on September 1, 1939 to the news that Germany invaded Poland, signaling the start of World War II. The president warned for years that Hitler's fascist regime posed an existential threat to democracy, but the American public remained stubbornly isolationist as fascist sympathizing groups, egged on by right wing media... Read more

爱因斯坦传

By: 赵胜平

Narrated by: 大音希声

Length: 5 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

内容简介：主要讲述了作者阿尔布雷希特·弗尔辛（1940－），为德国传记作家，大学时代攻读物理学。在《爱因斯坦传》中，他凭借详实的第一手资料，向我们展示了爱因斯坦不平凡的一生。 Read more

No Eres Perezoso Solo Estás Perdido

By: Onofre Quezada

Narrated by: Anonimo & Onofre Quezada

Length: 23 minutes

Abridged: No

¿Te has sentido alguna vez paralizado, confundido, sin una dirección clara, mientras el mundo parece avanzar a toda velocidad a tu alrededor? A menudo, este sentimiento se confunde con la "pereza", pero ¿y si el problema no fuera una falta de motivación, sino una pérdida de rumbo? No eres perezoso, solo estás perdido es una guía que desafía la... Read more

No Friday Night Lights

By: John M. Glionna

Narrated by: Danny Campbell

Length: 10 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

No Friday Night Lights is the story of a rural Nevada high school football team that never wins. Veteran reporter John M. Glionna examines the 2022 season in which the McDermitt Bulldogs practiced for weeks in the summer only to learn once again that they had come up short of the necessary players due to the dwindling population on the Fort... Read more

The Indian Mosaic

By: Sandeep Chavan

Narrated by: Stephen Pierce

Length: 4 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

In "The Indian Mosaic: Successes, Struggles, and Solutions," author Sandeep Chavan takes readers on an enlightening journey through the vibrant tapestry of modern India. This comprehensive exploration delves into the nation's rich cultural heritage, its dynamic economy, and the social transformations shaping its future.From the bustling streets... Read more

¿Por qué La Vida Moderna Parece Tan Vacía ?

By: Onofre Quezada

Narrated by: Anonimo & Onofre Quezada

Length: 38 minutes

Abridged: No

En un mundo hiperconectado y repleto de posibilidades, ¿por qué tantas personas sienten un profundo vacío? Este libro es una reflexión necesaria sobre la vida moderna y las causas de la desconexión y el desasosiego que afectan a nuestra generación. Desde la influencia de las redes sociales y el ritmo frenético de la vida laboral hasta la pérdida... Read more

100 Amazing Facts about India

By: Marc Dresgui

Narrated by: Marc Dresgui

Length: 3 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Dive into the wonders of India with 100 amazing facts that will spark curiosity and enrich young minds! 🇮🇳
Have you ever wondered: Why does the Taj Mahal change color throughout the day? What animal, extinct for decades, has been reintroduced to India? What’s the secret behind the floating islands of Loktak Lake? How did India achieve the... Read more

The Illusionist

By: Robert Hutton

Narrated by: Al Murray

Length: 9 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

Cairo, 1942: If you had asked a British officer who Colonel Clarke was, they would have been able to point him out. Always ready with a drink and a story, Clarke was a well-known figure in Cairo social circles and nightlife. If you then asked what he did, you would have less success. Those who knew didn't tell—and almost no one really knew at... Read more

Puget's Sound

By: Murray Morgan

Narrated by: Bob Souer

Length: 14 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

With the same ability to make personalities and events come alive that characterizes his classic Skid Road, Murray Morgan here tells the colorful story of Tacoma, "the City of Destiny," and southern Puget Sound, where many major events of Washington's history took place. Drawing upon original journals and reports, Morgan builds Puget's Sound... Read more

Das Habsburgerreich: Ein fesselnder Führer zum Hause Österreichs und dem Einfluss der Habsburger auf das Heilige Römische Reich

By: Captivating History

Narrated by: Marko Kraft

Length: 6 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

Entdecken Sie die fesselnde Geschichte von Europas zweitältester Dynastie – den Habsburgern!Mit kostenlosem Geschichtsbonus im Innern.Die Familie der Habsburger regierte Mitteleuropa vom frühen Mittelalter bis zum Ersten Weltkrieg und sie existiert immer noch als eine der angesehensten österreichischen Familien. Obwohl die Dynastie einst über... Read more

Rumbles

By: Elsa Richardson

Narrated by: Zehra Jane Naqvi

Length: 9 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

The fascinating—and often secret—history of the body's most fascinating system: the gut.



The stomach is notoriously outspoken. It growls, gurgles, and grumbles while other organs remain silent, inconspicuous, and content. For centuries humans have puzzled over this rowdy organ, deliberating on the extent of its influence over cognition, mental... Read more

The Melting Point

By: Gen. Kenneth F. McKenzie, Jr. USMC (Ret).

Narrated by: Charles Constant

Length: 12 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

General Frank McKenzie oversaw some of the most important—and controversial operations in modern US military history. The Melting Point has three themes. The first one is the importance of the primacy of civilian control of the military. It has become widely perceived that this control has been eroded over the years. General McKenzie doesn't... Read more

The Nazis Next Door

By: Eric Lichtblau

Narrated by: David de Vries

Length: 10 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

Read the history behind the series THE HUNTERS (starring Al Pacino) in this “captivating book rooted in first-rate research” (New York Times Book Review) that tells the true story of how America became home to thousands of Nazi war criminals.

For the first time, once-secret government records and interviews tell the full story of the thousands... Read more

Get Yer 'Air Cut

By: Alan Clayson

Narrated by: Finlay Robertson

Length: 13 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

My hair is a statement and always will be, even when I no longer have any.



The social revolution of the Swinging Sixties led to a renaissance of unchecked hair growth, and long hair, especially on men, was worn as a political or countercultural symbol of protest and as an expression of masculinity.



No-one who was affected by one of a turbulent... Read more

Bess of Hardwick

By: Mary S. Lovell

Narrated by: Jennifer M. Dixon

Length: 20 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

"The best account yet available of this shrewd, enigmatic and remarkable woman." —Sunday Times [London]



From the author of The Sisters, a chronicle of the most brutal, turbulent, and exuberant period of England's history. Bess Hardwick, the fifth daughter of an impoverished Derbyshire nobleman, did not have an auspicious start in life. Widowed at... Read more

Explorers

By: Matthew Lockwood

Narrated by: Rick Adamson

Length: 4 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

Unfurling a tapestry of surprising and historically overlooked figures spanning forty centuries and six continents, historian Matthew Lockwood narrates lives filled with imagination and wonder, curiosity, connection, and exchange. Familiar icons of exploration like Pocahontas, Columbus, Sacagawea, and Captain Cook find new company in the untold... Read more

Rumbles

By: Elsa Richardson

Narrated by: Zehra Jane Naqvi

Length: 9 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

The fascinating—and often secret—history of the body's most fascinating system: the gut.



The stomach is notoriously outspoken. It growls, gurgles, and grumbles while other organs remain silent, inconspicuous, and content. For centuries humans have puzzled over this rowdy organ, deliberating on the extent of its influence over cognition, mental... Read more

Land Between the Rivers

By: Bartle Bull

Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble

Length: 22 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

At the start of the fourth millennium BC, civilization arrived with the advent of cities and the invention of writing that began to replace legend with history. This occurred on the floodplains of southern Iraq where the rivers Tigris and Euphrates meet the Persian Gulf. As Bartle Bull reveals in his magisterial history, "if one divides the 5000... Read more

The Good Forest

By: Karen Auman

Narrated by: Elizabeth Wiley

Length: 10 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

Georgia, the last of Britain's American mainland colonies, began with high aspirations to create a morally sound society based on small family farms with no enslaved workers. But those goals were not realized, and Georgia became a slave plantation society, following the Carolina model. But looking at the Salzburgers, who emigrated from Europe as... Read more

One More Good Flight

By: Ric Gillespie

Narrated by: J. Rodney Turner

Length: 18 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

This book is the product of The Earhart Project, a thirty-four-year investigation of the Earhart tragedy by The International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery. TIGHAR investigators had no agenda. They were not out to advocate, excuse, honor, or impugn. They saw the Earhart disappearance as an aviation accident and reasoned the answer to its... Read more