Historical Fiction audiobooks

Rutland Place

By: Anne Perry

Narrated by: Davina Porter

Length: 8 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

Anne Perry has achieved widespread fame for her Victorian mystery series, filled with period detail and finely honed suspense. In Rutland Place, a lost locket becomes the key to deadly secrets that lurk behind the opulent facade of one of London's most exclusive neighborhoods. Read more

Silence in Hanover Close

By: Anne Perry

Narrated by: Davina Porter

Length: 12 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

Inspector Thomas Pitt is asked to reopen a three-year-old murder case which occurred in London's luxurious Hanover Close. With his wellborn wife, Charlotte, to aid him in penetrating the well-known reserve of high society, the inquisitive Pitts discover a shocking and deadly secret. Millions of ardent fans relish Anne Perry's highly atmospheric... Read more

Sleeping Beauty

By: Judith Ivory

Narrated by: Violet Primm

Length: 11 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

When Sleeping Beauty was published, it was chosen by the Romance Writers of America and Romantic Times as one of the top 10 books of the year. It also received a starred review in Publishers Weekly. A steamy retelling of the well-known fairy tale, Sleeping Beauty uses the classic children's story as springboard to a very adult quest. The... Read more

The Unknown Shore

By: Patrick O'Brian

Narrated by: Patrick Tull

Length: 11 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

Inspired by the Wager disaster, The Unknown Shore is an immediate precursor to Patrick O'Brian's acclaimed Aubrey/Maturin series that displays all the splendid prose and attention to detail that delight O'Brian's millions of fans.Patrick O'Brian's first novel about the sea, The Golden Ocean, took inspiration from Commodore George Anson's fateful... Read more

The Riddle of the Sands

By: Erskine Childers

Narrated by: Patrick Tull

Length: 12 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

One of the first spy novels ever written, The Riddle of the Sands had an enormous impact upon its publication in 1903. Author Erskine Childers-a Boer War veteran and expert yachtsman-crafted a riveting tale of two men who sail close to the German coast and observe secret preparations for an invasion of England. The novel sparked intense concern... Read more

A Room with a View

By: E.M. Forster

Narrated by: John Franklyn-Robbins

Length: 8 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

Written when he was 25, E.M. Forster's turn-of-the-century novel contains all the essential elements of a great love story: social comedy, unavoidable mishaps, a beautiful setting, and a young man and woman at crossed purposes. One of the author's lighter, less sardonic novels, A Room with a View features a heroine unique for her time.... Read more

The Strong, Silent Type

By: C. Kelly Robinson

Narrated by: Lizzie Cooper Davis & Ezra Knight

Length: 11 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

Best-selling author C. Kelly Robinson's books have received praise from such esteemed publications as Essence, Publishers Weekly, and the Chicago Sun-Times. Here he delivers a story about two people who find comfort with one another while struggling to overcome life's obstacles. Deacon Davis turns to speech therapy after his debilitating speech... Read more

Dreamers of the Day - Abridged

By: Mary Doria Russell

Narrated by: Ann Marie Lee

Length: 6 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A schoolteacher still reeling from the tragedies of the Great War and the influenza epidemic travels to the Middle East in this memorable and passionate novel

“Marvelous . . . a stirring story of personal awakening set against the background of a crucial moment in modern history.”—The Washington Post
 
Agnes Shanklin, a forty-year-old... Read more

The Wedding Night

By: Linda Needham

Narrated by: Jenny Sterlin

Length: 11 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

Award-winning author Linda Needham's enchanting historical romances are filled with the colorful characters and sizzling sensuality her fans can't get enough of. One of her novels was chosen as a Romance Writers of America Top Ten Favorite Book of the Year. To save her family, Mairey Faelyn must give herself in marriage to her sworn enemy, the... Read more

Pride and Prejudice

By: Jane Austen

Narrated by: Flo Gibson

Length: 11 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

Pride and Prejudice is a novel by Jane Austen, first published in 1813. The story follows the main character Elizabeth Bennet as she deals with issues of manners, upbringing, morality, education, and marriage in the society of the landed gentry of early 19th-century England. Elizabeth is the second of five daughters of a country gentleman living... Read more

My Ántonia

By: Willa Cather

Narrated by: George Guidall

Length: 8 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

Antonia Shimerdas moves to the harsh Nebraska heartland with her impoverished Bohemian family when she is still a girl. For young Jim Burden, who lives with his grandparents on a homestead nearby, Antonia is an embodiment of the female pioneer-self-sufficient, vigorous, and determined to withstand the daily challenges of maintaining home and... Read more

The Wine-Dark Sea

By: Patrick O'Brian

Narrated by: Patrick Tull

Length: 12 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

Large in body and spirit, Jack Aubrey throws his heavy frame up mainmasts as if he were a boy of ten. Tendentiously traditional, Aubrey spends his evenings with ship’s surgeon Stephen Maturin, a brilliant naturalist and occasional spy for the British government. In the quiet of Aubrey’s cabin, the two work on their Corelli; after numerous... Read more

The Yellow Admiral

By: Patrick O'Brian

Narrated by: Patrick Tull

Length: 10 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

Life ashore may once again be the undoing of Jack Aubrey in The Yellow Admiral, Patrick O'Brian's best-selling novel and eighteenth volume in the Aubrey/Maturin series. Aubrey, now a considerable though impoverished landowner, has dimmed his prospects at the Admiralty by his erratic voting as a Member of Parliament; he is feuding with his... Read more

Post Captain

By: Patrick O'Brian

Narrated by: Patrick Tull

Length: 19 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

The Peace of Amiens has left Aubrey with no ship, no enemy to pursue and no possibility of prize money to supplement his meager income. His decision to seek refuge from his troubles-and creditors-in France proves doubly disastrous. Read more

The Quilter's Homecoming

By: Jennifer Chiaverini

Narrated by: Christina Moore

Length: 9 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

Jennifer Chiaverini's popular Elm Creek Quilts series has been an international hit. The year is 1924. Elizabeth loves Elm Creek, but she's also dreamed of traveling the world. When her beloved Henry finally professes his love, he asks her to leave with him and move to a California ranch. Elizabeth must decide whether she can really leave her... Read more

On Agate Hill

By: Lee Smith

Narrated by: Linda Stephens, Ed Sala, Katie Firth, Tom Stech...

Length: 13 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

A dusty box discovered in the wreckage of a once prosperous plantation on Agate Hill in North Carolina contains the remnants of an extraordinary life: diaries, letters, poems, songs, newspaper clippings, court records, marbles, rocks, dolls, and bones. It's through these treasured mementos that we meet Molly Petree. Raised in those ruins and... Read more

Winter Fire

By: Jo Beverley

Narrated by: Jenny Sterlin

Length: 9 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

New York Times best-selling author Jo Beverley has received numerous RITA Awards and Readers' Choice Awards from romance fans. Set in the late 1700s, Winter Fire is a tale of reunion and reignited passions. Genova Smith has no patience for the Marquess of Ashart, even if he is sinfully attractive, but when they share a fiery kiss, they must both... Read more

The Polish Officer

By: Alan Furst

Narrated by: George Guidall

Length: 11 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

New York Times bestselling author Alan Furst is internationally renowned as master of the European espionage thriller. Unfolding in September of 1939 as Hitler’s Wehrmacht ravages Warsaw, The Polish Officer discloses the clandestine existence of Polish Military Intelligence.Captain Alexander de Milja understands that his life, as he knows it, is... Read more

The World at Night

By: Alan Furst

Narrated by: George Guidall

Length: 9 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

Paris, 1940. The civilized, upper-class life of film producer Jean Casson is derailed by the German occupation of Paris, but Casson learns that with enough money, compromise, and connections, one need not deny oneself the pleasures of Parisian life. Somewhere inside Casson, though, is a stubborn romantic streak. When he's offered the chance to... Read more

The Marriage Spell

By: Mary Jo Putney

Narrated by: Simon Prebble

Length: 11 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

The winner of two RITAs and four consecutive Golden Leaf Awards for Best Historical Romance, New York Times best-selling author Mary Jo Putney has enticed countless readers with her graceful storytelling. In The Marriage Spell, Jack Langdon has always suppressed his talent for sorcery. But his marriage to Abigail, a skilled wizard, ignites his... Read more

The Marriage Contract

By: Cathy Maxwell

Narrated by: Virginia Leishman

Length: 8 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Cathy Maxwell writes clever, engaging romances that find the many answers to the question, "Why do people fall in love?" In The Marriage Contract, she journeys to 19th-century Scotland, where an unexpected marriage thrusts two strong-willed people into the fiery depths of passion. When Anne Burnett is forced into a proxy marriage with Aidan... Read more

McKettrick's Luck

By: Linda Lael Miller

Narrated by: Christina Moore

Length: 8 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

New York Times best-selling novelist Linda Lael Miller is beloved for her Western romance tales of the McKettrick men. With this first book in a new series, she begins the stories of the next generation of McKettricks. Jesse's love for his ranch runs deep. So when former high-school sweetheart Cheyenne Bridges tries convincing him to sell the... Read more

The Letter of Marque

By: Patrick O'Brian

Narrated by: Patrick Tull

Length: 11 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

In The Letter of Marque, Jack is once again aboard his beloved Surprise but stripped of his post captaincy for a crime he did not commit. Bought by Stephen, the Surprise has become a privateer. Sailing into French waters, the two concoct a desperate mission which, if successful, may redeem Aubrey from his state of disgrace. A nighttime battle... Read more

Christ the Lord: The Road to Cana

By: Anne Rice

Narrated by: James Naughton

Length: 6 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Anne Rice’s second book in her hugely ambitious and courageous Life of Christ series begins during his last winter before his baptism in the Jordan and concludes with the miracle at Cana.

It is a novel in which we see Jesus—he is called Yeshua bar Joseph—during a winter of no rain, endless dust, and talk of trouble in... Read more