Historical Fiction audiobooks

The Temptation of the Night Jasmine

By: Lauren Willig

Narrated by: Justine Eyre

Length: 15 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

A New York Times extended list bestseller and the exciting fifth book in the national bestselling Pink Carnation series.

After years abroad, Robert, Duke of Dovedale, has returned to England to avenge the murder of his mentor. To uncover the murderer's identity, he must infiltrate the infamous, secret Hellfire Club. But the Duke has no idea... Read more

Agincourt

By: Bernard Cornwell

Narrated by: Charles Keating

Length: 16 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

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Bernard Cornwell, the data-redactor-tag=""em"">New York Times bestselling “reigning king of historical... Read more

Raintree County

By: Ross Lockridge

Narrated by: Lloyd James

Length: 43 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

A number-one bestseller when it was first published in 1948, this powerful novel is a compelling vision of nineteenth-century America with timeless resonance.Throughout a single day in 1892, John Shawnessy recalls the great moments of his life—from the battles of the Civil War to the politics of the Gilded Age, from the love affairs of his youth... Read more

Wartime Lies

By: Louis Begley

Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki

Length: 6 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

As the world slips into the throes of war in 1939, nine-year-old Maciek’s once closeted existence outside Warsaw is no more. When Warsaw falls, the orphaned Maciek escapes with his sharp-tongued aunt Tania. Posing as Catholic Poles to hide their Jewish identity, they endure the war together—running, hiding, changing their names, forging... Read more

Nemesis

By: William Bernhardt

Narrated by: Mark Deakins

Length: 9 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

In his bestselling legal thrillers, William Bernhardt has explored the dark side of contemporary politics, power, and the law. Now Bernhardt turns back the clock to the city of Cleveland, Ohio, in the fall of 1935. Based on true events and new discoveries about Eliot Ness, Nemesis is a brilliantly told story featuring this legendary lawman’s... Read more

The Boy Who Dared

By: Susan Campbell Bartoletti

Narrated by: David Ackroyd

Length: 4 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

Just as the Nazis are rising to power, Helmuth Hübener, a German schoolboy, is caught up in all the swashbuckling bravado of his time. The handsome stormtrooper uniforms, the shiny jackboots and armbands, the rousing patriotism all serve to draw him into this bright new world full of promise and hope. In the beginning his patriotism is... Read more

The Jungle, with eBook

By: Upton Sinclair

Narrated by: Paul Boehmer

Length: 15 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

In this powerful book, we enter the world of Jurgis Rudkus, a young Lithuanian immigrant who arrives in America fired with dreams of wealth, freedom, and opportunity. And we discover the astonishing truth about "packingtown," the busy, flourishing, filthy Chicago stockyards, where New World visions perish in a jungle of human suffering.



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Dark Fire

By: C.J. Sansom

Narrated by: Steven Crossley

Length: 18 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Winner of the CWA Ellis Peters Historical Dagger Award, Dark Fire brings back acclaimed master of historical fiction C. J. Sansom’s colorful and rapier-witted lawyer Matthew Shardlake. This beguiling tale of murder and mayhem is set against the rich backdrop of 1540 London.In the employ of King Henry VIII’s vicar general Lord Thomas Cromwell,... Read more

The Pearl Diver

By: Jeff Talarigo

Narrated by: Jennifer Ikeda

Length: 7 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

In 1948, a nineteen-year-old pearl diver's dreams of spending her life combing the waters of Japan's Inland Sea are shattered when she discovers she has leprosy. By law, she is exiled to an island leprosarium, where she is stripped of her dignity and instructed to forget her past. Her name is erased from her family records, and she is forced to... Read more

A Fine Passion

By: Stephanie Laurens

Narrated by: Jill Tanner

Length: 17 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

The men of the Bastion Club are powerful, loyal, and not averse to overcoming danger if they must. Now, after years of loyal service to the Crown, they each—one by one—must face that greatest danger of all … love.The last of his line, Jack, Baron Warnefleet, has fled London after nearly being compromised into marrying a dreadful female. Turning... Read more

An Unsuitable Job for a Woman

By: P. D. James

Narrated by: Penelope Dellaporta

Length: 9 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

P. D. James is “the reigning mistress of murder.” –Time

Handsome Cambridge dropout Mark Callender died hanging by the neck with a faint trace of lipstick on his mouth. When the official verdict is suicide, his wealthy father hires fledgling private investigator Cordelia Gray to find out what led him to self-destruction. What she discovers instead... Read more

Eclipse of the Crescent Moon

By: Géza Gárdonyi

Narrated by: B.J. Harrison

Length: 19 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

It is 1541, and the crown of Hungary is up for grabs. King John, seeing that the Austrians are attacking with an innumerable force, petitions the Turks for assistance. King John then dies, leaving an infant son. While the Turkish army is en route, the Hungarians rally their forces, and beat back the Austrians themselves. Then, just as the... Read more

The Independence of Miss Mary Bennet

By: Colleen McCullough

Narrated by: Jen Taylor

Length: 13 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

Lizzy Bennet married Mr. Darcy, Jane Bennet married Mr. Bingley—but what became of the middle daughter, Mary? Readers of Pride and Prejudice will remember that there were five Bennet sisters. Now, twenty years on, Jane has a happy marriage and large family; Lizzy and Mr. Darcy now have a formidable social reputation; Lydia has a reputation of... Read more

A Matter of Justice

By: Charles Todd

Narrated by: Simon Prebble

Length: 10 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

After two London men end their business partnership, one of them is savagely murdered in a medieval tithe barn on his estate in Somerset. Investigating the killing, Scotland Yard Inspector Ian Rutledge discovers that the victim was universally despised in Cambury—even the victim's wife and the town's police inspector are suspect. And yet in... Read more

Leaving Whiskey Bend

By: Dorothy Garlock

Narrated by: Catherine Byers

Length: 9 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

In 1890, the rough western town of Whiskey Bend, Colorado, is no place for single women. The final straw for widow Pearl Parsons and young schoolteacher Hallie Wolcott is the assault on their friend Mary. Desperately fleeing from the attacker, the three women drive away in an open wagon, seeking new lives and safety. When they're caught in a... Read more

The Virgin Queen's Daughter

By: Ella March Chase

Narrated by: Rosalyn Landor

Length: 13 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

Tucked away in the country estate of her beloved father, Lord Calverley, young Nell de Lacey feeds her hungry mind with philosophy, language, and studies of science. Her mother, once a devoted lady-in-waiting to Henry VIII’s last wife, Katherine Parr, would rather her daughter stop dabbling in the grand affairs of men and instead prepare for her... Read more

The Book of Unholy Mischief

By: Elle Newmark

Narrated by: Raul Esparza

Length: 11 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

In a world of violence and intrigue, who guards the truth?

It is 1498, dawn of the Renaissance, and Venice teems with rumors about an ancient book believed to hold the secrets of power—alchemy, love, and even immortality. Some will stop at nothing to find it; others will die to protect it. As intrigue grips Her Most Serene Republic, Luciano, a... Read more

Threads of Silk

By: Linda Lee Chaikin

Narrated by: Christine Rendel

Length: 11 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

Royal French Court intrigue surrounds a beautiful young couturiere and her dashing nobleman-husband as Queen Mother Catherine de Medici unfolds her devious scheme to preserve her reign. Rachelle Macquinet, couturiére from one of France’s most celebrated silk-making families, is under palace arrest at Fontainebleau. While creating a royal gown,... Read more

The Book of Unholy Mischief - Abridged

By: Elle Newmark

Narrated by: Raul Esparza

Length: 5 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In a world of violence and intrigue, who guards the truth?

It is 1498, dawn of the Renaissance, and Venice teems with rumors about an ancient book believed to hold the secrets of power—alchemy, love, and even immortality. Some will stop at nothing to find it; others will die to protect it. As intrigue grips Her Most Serene Republic, Luciano, a... Read more

The Luxe

By: Anna Godbersen

Narrated by: Nina Siemaszko

Length: 9 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

The Luxe is the first book in the New York Times bestselling Luxe series by Anna Godbersen. Pretty girls in pretty dresses, partying until dawn.Irresistible boys with mischievous smiles and dangerous intentions.White lies, dark secrets, and scandalous hookups.This is Manhattan, 1899.Beautiful sisters Elizabeth and Diana Holland rule Manhattan's... Read more

Rumors

By: Anna Godbersen

Narrated by: Nina Siemaszko

Length: 9 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

Gossip Girl meets the Gilded Age in this delicious and compelling novel, the second in the New York Times bestselling series from author Anna Godbersen.As old friends become rivals, Manhattan’s most dazzling socialites find their futures threatened by whispers from the past. In this delicious sequel to the New York Times bestselling The Luxe,... Read more

The Red Badge of Courage, with eBook

By: Stephen Crane

Narrated by: William Dufris

Length: 4 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

The Red Badge of Courage tells the story of Henry Fielding, a farm boy who sets out in search of glory by running away from home to join the Civil War, only to find himself running away from the battlefield in terror during the first skirmish. Mortified by his cowardice, Henry yearns for a wound, his own red badge of courage, which would... Read more

Enchanted

By: Elizabeth Lowell

Narrated by: Anne Flosnik

Length: 11 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

Simon the loyal has vowed never to love, for love makes a warrior weak. His arranged marriage to a beautiful Norman heiress would be duty and no more. But more than duty stirs his blood when he first sees Ariane. She has known only coldness from men and a betrayal so deep it all but killed her soul. Wanting no man, trusting no man, speaking only... Read more

The Runaway Quilt

By: Jennifer Chiaverini

Narrated by: Christina Moore

Length: 10 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

In this intriguing novel, master quilter Sylvia Compson comes across an heirloom quilt that muddles her heritage. She's always believed her ancestors were active in the Underground Railroad-but perhaps she's been mistaken. "Chiaverini manages to impart a healthy dollop of history in a folksy style, while raising moral questions in a suspenseful... Read more