Historical Fiction audiobooks

The Sandalwood Tree

By: Elle Newmark

Narrated by: Justine Eyre

Length: 11 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

In 1947, American historian and World War II veteran Martin Mitchell wins a Fulbright Fellowship to document the end of British rule in India. His wife, Evie, convinces him to take her and their young son along, hoping a shared adventure will mend their marriage, which has been strained by war.



But other places, other wars. Martin and Evie find... Read more

Betty Zane

By: Zane Grey

Narrated by: Robert Morris

Length: 10 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

Zane Grey is America's most beloved author of western novels. Set during the American Revolution, the Fort Henry Saga is based on the lives of Grey's own ancestors. The war is winding down when the pioneers at Fort Henry must fight off a fierce Indian attack. Their only hope lies with Betty Zane, who must run a deadly gauntlet. Read more

The Least Likely Bride

By: Jane Feather

Narrated by: Jenny Sterlin

Length: 14 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

Jane Feather, a New York Times best-selling author, receives many awards and international acclaim for her historical romances. There are now over four million copies of her books in print. The Least Likely Bride, filled with colorful heroes and villains, is set against the tumultuous backdrop of England in 1648. Lady Olivia Granville is a... Read more

To the Last Man

By: Zane Grey

Narrated by: Ed Sala

Length: 10 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

Legendary writer Zane Grey earned legions of devoted fans with his gritty westerns. In To The Last Man, he dramatizes the events of the Pleasant Valley War of Arizona, a bloody feud that nearly wiped two families off the face of the earth. Jean Isbel has settled in Oregon and is growing comfortable with his new home when an urgent letter arrives... Read more

The Crossing

By: Howard Fast

Narrated by: Norman Dietz

Length: 6 hours

Abridged: No

The unforgettable novelistic recreation of the night before Christmas when General Washington and a rag-tag army slipped across the Delaware to surprise the Hessians and forge a nation. Read more

Patterns of Love

By: Robin Lee Hatcher

Narrated by: Pam Ward

Length: 9 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

My dear Beth,Though Uppsala, Iowa, takes its name from a city in my native Sweden, life here is different from what I have known. With my parents’ blessing, I have taken employment in the home of Mr. Bridger, a dairy farmer, caring for his ill mother and two young, orphaned nieces. It is most unlike me to leave home, even in a temporary manner.... Read more

An Evil Eye

By: Jason Goodwin

Narrated by: Stephen Hoye

Length: 9 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

When the admiral of the Ottoman fleet defects to the Egyptians, Investigator Yashim attempts to uncover the man's motives. But Fevzi Pasha is no stranger to Yashim: it was Pasha, in fact, who taught the investigator his craft years ago. He is the only man whom Yashim has ever truly feared: ruthless, cruel, and unswervingly loyal to the sultan.... Read more

Insight

By: Diana Greenwood & Emily Janice Card

Narrated by: Emily Janice Card

Length: 5 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

Fourteen-year-old Elvira Witsil lives in a remote area of Wisconsin with her mother, Connie, who acknowledges Elvira only when chores need doing; her grandma, a cantankerous woman who can’t hold her tongue; and her baby sister, Jessie — who, the family discovers, is a seer. Along with the burdens of a difficult family, Elvira also bears a... Read more

Dear Lady

By: Robin Lee Hatcher

Narrated by: Pam Ward

Length: 8 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

Dear Mary,New Prospects, Montana, is nothing like England—so terrifying and beautiful at the same time, and much larger than I dared imagine when you and I first embarked on our adventures in the New World.I have had the good fortune of becoming the town’s schoolmistress. Young Janie Steele is as precious as I imagined from her letters. As for... Read more

The Promise

By: Jane Peart

Narrated by: Emily Durante

Length: 6 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

She was of American blood, born in the islands. He was a native islander. Their love bridged two worlds that would one day threaten to tear them apart. As a child, Jana Rutherford played barefoot on the sparkling Hawaiian beaches with her friend, Akela, and Akela's handsome cousin, Kimo. But that carefreeness would change as Jana grew...and... Read more

Leaving Van Gogh

By: Carol Wallace

Narrated by: Luis Moreno

Length: 10 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

Leaving Van Gogh is Carol Wallace's first historical novel and it has created quite a buzz among genre luminaries. In this meticulously researched, heartrending story, Wallace re-creates the final fateful days of legendary painter Vincent Van Gogh-who, at the age of 37, shot himself long before his paintings became recognized as some of the... Read more

Field Gray

By: Philip Kerr

Narrated by: Paul Hecht

Length: 14 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

This Edgar Award–nominated novel in Philip Kerr’s New York Times bestselling Bernie Gunther series reveals the cynical, hard-boiled detective’s harrowing history as an unwilling SS officer in World War 2. During his eleven years working homicide in Berlin’s Kripo, Bernie Gunther learned a thing or two about evil. Then he set himself up as a... Read more

The Lion Wakes

By: Robert Low

Narrated by: David Gonet

Length: 11 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

A nation will fight for its freedom. The first novel in a major new series as Robert Low moves from the Vikings to the making of Scotland. In the dying days of the 13th century, Scotland is in turmoil. The death of Alexander III has plunged the country into war, both with itself and with Edward I of England.... Read more

The Wishing Trees

By: John Shors

Narrated by: Jefferson Mays

Length: 11 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

Author John Shors has won numerous awards, and his works have been translated into 25 languages. In The Wishing Trees, Ian and his 10-year-old daughter Mattie are struggling with the passing of Kate-wife and mother-after her long battle with cancer. When Ian finally opens a letter Kate handed him before her death, he is surprised at the request... Read more

The Secret Diaries of Charlotte Bronte

By: Syrie James

Narrated by: Bianca Amato

Length: 16 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

From Syrie James, the best-selling author of The Lost Memoirs of Jane Austen, comes a novel that captures the passionate heart and restless soul of Charlotte BrontE-the author who gave the world Jane Eyre while longing for a soulmate. "James makes sense of the events of Charlotte's life, tells a story that captures the language and feel of the... Read more

Ethan Frome

By: Edith Wharton

Narrated by: George Guidall

Length: 3 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

A young man struggles to rise above the intellectual and spiritual impoverishment of a small New England community through his forbidden love for his cousin Mattie Silver. Read more

The Border Vixen

By: Bertrice Small

Narrated by: Jill Tanner

Length: 15 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

Romantic Times Lifetime Achievement Award winner and New York Times best-selling author Bertrice Small won a loyal fan following with breathtaking historical romances like her Border Chronicles series. Here, Scottish lass Maggie Kerr refuses to marry a man of lesser merit. So her grandfather offers a challenge: any man who can outshoot and... Read more

Brookland

By: Emily Barton

Narrated by: Ruth Ann Phimister

Length: 23 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

Brooklyn native Emily Barton has received many accolades for her fiction, including a grant from the NEA. Here she tells the story of Prudence Winship, a woman living in late 18th-century New York who has a vision of a great bridge spanning the East River. After inheriting a gin distillery from her father, Prue uses her resources to undertake... Read more

My Old True Love

By: Sheila Kay Adams

Narrated by: Kate Forbes

Length: 9 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

The Stantons and the Nortons were families in the truest, oldest sense: extended networks of kin stretching across the mountains, everyone within hiking distance. They'd come from the British Isles and settled in the Appalachians of North Carolina during the 1700s, bringing with them their dearly loved songs and their clannish ways, their ties... Read more

The Pathfinder

By: Margaret Mayhew

Narrated by: Clive Mantle

Length: 10 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

Perfect for fans of Katie Flynn, Fiona Valpy and Kristin Hannah, a powerful and moving saga set in the aftermath of World War II from bestselling author Margaret Mayhew.

READERS ARE LOVING THE PATHFINDER!
"An exciting book to read. It was very gripping, emotional, happy and sad. I thoroughly enjoyed reading it. The characters were strong,... Read more

Our Yanks

By: Margaret Mayhew

Narrated by: Kim Hicks

Length: 9 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

Perfect for fans of Donna Douglas, Rosie Clarke and Katie Flynn, a heart-warming saga set during World War II from bestselling author Margaret Mayhew.

READERS ARE LOVING OUR YANKS!
"Omg this book was everything and more than i expected. My ideal book as i love family saga books. Loved that it showed how the Yanks got involved with the girls during... Read more

The Stress of Her Regard

By: Tim Powers

Narrated by: Simon Vance

Length: 16 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

On the night before he is to be married, Michael Crawford joins his friends for an evening of drinking and revelry. In a fateful, inebriated moment, Crawford slips his fiancée’s ring on the finger of a nearby statue. The following day, the statue is gone.When Crawford discovers his bride brutally murdered in their wedding bed, he is forced to... Read more

The FitzOsbornes in Exile

By: Michelle Cooper

Narrated by: Emma Bering

Length: 14 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

Michelle Cooper combines the drama of pre-War Europe with the romance of debutante balls and gives us another compelling historical page turner.

Sophia FitzOsborne and the royal family of Montmaray escaped their remote island home when the Germans attacked, and now find themselves in the lap of luxury. Sophie's journal fills us in on the social... Read more

Elizabeth I

By: Margaret George

Narrated by: Kate Reading

Length: 31 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

The New York Times bestseller from Margaret George—a captivating novel about history's most enthralling queen, the legendary Elizabeth Tudor.

England’s greatest monarch has baffled and intrigued the world for centuries. But what was the Virgin Queen really like? Lettice Knollys—Elizabeth's flame-haired, look-alike coussin—thinks she knows all too... Read more