Historical Fiction audiobooks

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 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 friendIn 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

The Virgin in the Ice

By: Ellis Peters

Narrated by: Patrick Tull

Length: 9 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

Brother Cadfael sets out on a dangerous quest to find a trio of missing travelersThe winter of 1139 will disrupt Brother Cadfael's tranquil life in Shrewsbury with the most disturbing of events. Raging civil war has sent refugees fleeing north from Worcester. Among them are two orphans from a noble family, a boy of thirteen and an... Read more

The Sanctuary Sparrow

By: Ellis Peters

Narrated by: Patrick Tull

Length: 9 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

Brother Cadfael races to save a young man he believes is falsely accused of robbery—before the protection of sanctuary expires

In the gentle Shrewsbury spring of 1140, the midnight matins at the Benedictine abbey suddenly reverberate with an unholy sound—a hunt in full cry. Pursued by a drunken mob, the quarry is running for its life. When the... Read more

The Leper of Saint Giles

By: Ellis Peters

Narrated by: Patrick Tull

Length: 8 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

The nearing December-May marriage between a wealthy merchant and a resigned bride has one of the lepers at Saint Giles nursing bitter plans for revenge. 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 hermitThe 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

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

La's Orchestra Saves the World

By: Alexander McCall Smith

Narrated by: Emily Gray

Length: 7 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

A heart-warming stand alone novel about the life-affirming powers of music and company during a time of war, from the best-selling and beloved author of The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency. When Lavender, La to her friends, moves to the Suffolk countryside, it's not just to escape the London Blitz but also to flee the wreckage of a disastrous... 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 murderIn 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 beIn 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

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

Alice's Tulips

By: Sandra Dallas

Narrated by: Ali Ahn

Length: 9 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

Best-selling author Sandra Dallas has won rave reviews for this tale set during the Civil War. When Alice Bullock's husband joins the Union Army, the young quilting enthusiast is left to deal with an Iowa farm and an imposing mother-in-law. And then her life turns upside down when she's accused of murder. "Alice is a feisty Northern counterpart... 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

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

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

The Bride

By: Julie Garwood

Narrated by: Rosalyn Landor

Length: 12 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

An arranged marriage leads to passionate love in this classic Scottish historical romance from #1 New York Times bestselling author Julie Garwood.By edict of the king, the mighty Scottish laird Alec Kincaid must take an English bride. His choice is Jamie, youngest daughter of Baron Jamison—a feisty, violet-eyed beauty. Alec aches to touch her,... Read more

The Rose Rent

By: Ellis Peters

Narrated by: Patrick Tull

Length: 8 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

A young window’s gain could be the Abbey’s loss if Brother Cadfael can’t unravel a thorny case of murderA late spring in 1142 brings dismay to the Abbey of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, for there may be no roses by June 22nd. On that day the young widow Perle must receive one white rose as rent for the house she has given to benefit the abbey, or... Read more

Through the Storm

By: Beverly Jenkins

Narrated by: Kim Staunton

Length: 11 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

Essence and Blackboard best-selling author Beverly Jenkins writes passionate, historically-grounded stories of betrayal and redemption. Beginning in 1864, Through the Storm chronicles the tumultuous lives of onetime lovers, Raimond Le Veq and Sable Fontaine. The Le Veq family was a proud, prominent black New Orleans family until their fortune... Read more

Always and Forever

By: Beverly Jenkins

Narrated by: Thomas Penny

Length: 10 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

From the Blackboard best-selling author of The Taming of Jessi Rose comes another tale of passion in the Old West. Prim and proper, Grace Atwood is escorting a group of brides from Chicago to their prospective husbands in southern Kansas. But she desperately needs a man to lead their wagon train on the long trip. Former lawman Jackson Blake... Read more