Historical Fiction audiobooks

Victory Square

By: Olen Steinhauer

Narrated by: Don Leslie

Length: 10 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

The revolutionary politics and chaotic history at the heart of Olen Steinhauer’s literary crime series set in Eastern Europe have made it one of today’s most acclaimed, garnering two Edgar Award nominations and numerous other awards. Upon reaching the tumultuous 1980s, the series comes full circle as one of the People’s Militia’s earliest cases... Read more

Spartan Gold

By: Clive Cussler & Grant Blackwood

Narrated by: Scott Brick

Length: 12 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

The debut of a brand-new, action-packed series from the #1 New York Times bestselling master of ?pure entertainment? (People).

Thousands of years ago, the Persian king Xerxes the Great was said to have raided the Treasury at Delphi, carrying away two solid gold pillars as tribute. In 1800, Napoleon Bonaparte and his army stumble across the... Read more

Spartan Gold - Abridged

By: Clive Cussler & Grant Blackwood

Narrated by: Richard Poe

Length: 6 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Husband-and-wife treasure hunters Sam and Remi Fargo must out-pace a self-made millionaire in pursuit of a fortune that could prove his family ties to a centuries-old dynasty in this #1 New York Times-bestselling series.


Thousands of years ago, two superpowers of the ancient world went to war, and a treasure of immeasurable value was lost to the... Read more

Leaden Skies

By: Ann Parker

Narrated by: Kirsten Potter

Length: 10 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

In the summer of 1880, the mining boom town of Leadville, Colorado, is being toured by Ulysses S. Grant, former president and Civil War general, probably with a view to invest in the town’s silver mines. But others in his retinue and in the town are tempted by other visions.As part owner of the Silver Queen Saloon, Inez Stannert has observed the... Read more

Homer & Langley

By: E.L. Doctorow

Narrated by: Arthur Morey

Length: 7 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

“Beautiful and haunting . . . one of literature’s most unlikely picaresques, a road novel in which the rogue heroes can’t seem to leave home.”—The Boston Globe

SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER INTERNATIONAL PRIZE • NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY San Francisco Chronicle • Chicago Tribune • St. Louis Post-Dispatch • The Kansas City... Read more

The Memoirs of Mary, Queen of Scots

By: Carolly Erickson

Narrated by: Rebekah Germain

Length: 9 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

Born Queen of Scotland, married as a young girl to the invalid young King of France, Mary took the reins of the unruly kingdom of Scotland as a young widow and fought to keep her throne. A second marriage to her handsome, but dissolute cousin Lord Darnley ended in murder and scandal, while a third marriage to the dashing, commanding Lord... Read more

A Duty to the Dead

By: Charles Todd

Narrated by: Rosalyn Landor

Length: 9 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

The daughter of a distinguished soldier, Bess Crawford follows in his patriotic footsteps, volunteering to serve her country as a nurse during the Great War. In 1916, she promises Lieutenant Arthur Graham that she will carry his dying request to a brother. When the hospital ship is sunk by a mine and she is sent home to England to recover from... Read more

Hollywood Buzz

By: Margit Liesche

Narrated by: Christine Williams

Length: 9 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

Pucci Lewis was used to ferrying fighter planes and to undercover work. But in the dark hours of World War II, she is dispatched to Hollywood, where big stars and studio moguls are working with Washington to merge entertainment and propaganda.A documentary on the Women Air Force Service Pilots (WASPs) is underway, and Pucci is stepping in for a... Read more

The Secret of the Night, with eBook

By: Gaston Leroux

Narrated by: John Bolen

Length: 10 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

The surviving Nihilists have condemned the Russian General Trebassof to death for the crimes he and his troops committed against the revolution. Three attempts on his life have failed, but the Czar is determined to keep him alive. The Czar assigns the redoubtable French detective reporter Rouletabille to the case. It quickly becomes apparent... Read more

Chambers of Death

By: Priscilla Royal

Narrated by: Vanessa Benjamin

Length: 8 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

When one of her company falls ill on a return journey to Tyndal, Prioress Eleanor accepts lodging at a nearby manor. There, Master Stevyns’ wife is having an affair with the groom, while a local widow acts more the lady of the manor than the lady herself. The master’s eldest son and spouse are obsessed with sin and heaven, while his youngest... Read more

Hottentot Venus

By: Barbara Chase-Riboud

Narrated by: Robin Miles

Length: 14 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

Barbara Chase-Riboud is an award-winning poet, novelist, scholar, and sculptor. Hottentot Venus, a 2004 BCALA Literary Award winner, focuses on Sarah Blaartman, an African tribewoman who, because of her prominent sexual characteristics, was paraded as a freak before audiences in England and Paris. This mesmerizing novel reflects the racism and... Read more

Signora da Vinci

By: Robin Maxwell

Narrated by: Bernadette Dunne

Length: 15 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

Caterina was fifteen years old when she fell in love with a man much above her station. The daughter of a humble village apothecary, she was considered unmarriageable by her lover’s wealthy and ambitious family. She had no recourse when they took her child away from her, leaving her bereft and rejected by society as a “fallen woman.”But Caterina... Read more

Glory & Promise

By: Kim Murphy

Narrated by: Dianna Dorman

Length: 10 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

Occupied by Union forces, Fredericksburg lies in ruins. After four years of devastating conflict, sisters Amanda and Alice are plunged into the turbulent world of the war’s aftermath. Amanda struggles to maintain harmony in her home life, while her husband, Union Colonel Samuel Prescott, strives for order in the newly reunited country. But with... Read more

The Good Thief

By: Hannah Tinti

Narrated by: William Dufris

Length: 10 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

Richly imagined, gothically spooky, and replete with the ingenious storytelling ability of a born novelist, The Good Thief introduces one of the most appealing young heroes in contemporary fiction and ratifies Hannah Tinti as one of our most exciting new talents.NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY
The New York Times Book Review • The... Read more

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

Ice Land

By: Betsy Tobin

Narrated by: Davina Porter

Length: 10 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

Unabridged ? 10 hours

A beautiful epic of love, longing, redemption, and enchantment in the tradition of Marion Zimmer Bradley?s The Mists of Avalon. 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