Historical Fiction audiobooks

Rat Krespel - Die Fermate - Abridged

By: E.T.A. Hoffmann

Narrated by: Sven Görtz

Length: 2 hours 1 minute

Abridged: Yes

RAT KRESPEL: Rat Krespel, ein recht sonderbarer Geselle, ist begnadeter Geigenbauer und Vater einer schönen Tochter, die dazu noch ein großes Gesangstalent besitzt. Krespel ist ständig auf der Suche nach dem Besonderen im Klang einer jeden Geige - allerdings muß er die Instrumente zerstören, um den Dingen auf den Grund zu gehen. Eine besondere... Read more

Lenz - Abridged

By: Georg Büchner

Narrated by: Sven Görtz

Length: 1 hour 9 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Lenz ist die tragische Geschichte eines psychisch erkrankten Schriftstellers und beschreibt dessen Abstieg von temporärer geistiger Verwirrung hin zu totaler geistiger Apathie. Dem nüchternen Blick des Wissenschaftlers, der eine rein pathologische Fallstudie zeichnet, entgegnet der Erzähler mit Sympathie und Mitleid und vermittelt so auf... Read more

Lord John and the Hand of Devils

By: Diana Gabaldon

Narrated by: Jeff Woodman

Length: 9 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

Diana Gabaldon, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the celebrated Outlander series, delivers three mesmerizing tales of war, intrigue, and espionage that feature one of her most popular characters: Lord John Grey. In Lord John and the Hellfire Club, Lord John glimpses a stranger in the doorway of a gentleman's club-and is stirred by a... Read more

Die Verwandlung - Abridged

By: Franz Kafka

Narrated by: Sven Görtz

Length: 2 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Eine Erzählung, als Hörbuch ungekürzt gelesen von Sven Görtz. Gregor Samsa, seit einigen Jahren Handlungsreisender für ein Tuchunternehmen, ist seit des Vaters Bankrott für den Unterhalt seiner Eltern sowie seiner Schwester Grete verantwortlich. Als er eines Morgens - zu spät für den Frühzug übrigens - erwacht, findet er sich in einen großen... Read more

Mozart auf der Reise nach Prag - Abridged

By: Eduard Mörike

Narrated by: Sven Görtz

Length: 3 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart befindet sich mit seiner Frau Konstanze auf der Reise nach Prag, wo seine Oper "Don Juan" uraufgeführt werden soll. Ein Erfolg ist nötig, denn die Mozarts haben, wie so oft, finanzielle Sorgen. Während einer Verlobungsfeier im Schloß des Ortes, den die Mozarts zur Nacht aufsuchen, fühlt sich Mozart bemüßigt, der Braut... Read more

The Abyssinian Proof

By: Jenny White

Narrated by: Wanda McCaddon

Length: 12 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

The Ottoman Empire is plagued by thefts of antiquities from mosques and churches. Within days, the lost objects appear for sale in Europe. Among them is a reliquary presumed lost for four hundred years and around which an elaborate, mysterious sect has grown.In Istanbul, magistrate Kamil Pasha is under pressure to break the smuggling ring amid... Read more

The Far Side of the World

By: Patrick O'Brian

Narrated by: Patrick Tull

Length: 14 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

The South Seas are a paradise for battle-weary Captain Jack Aubrey and ship's surgeon Stephen Maturin. But their peace is disturbed when Stephen's fancy for a peculiar marine organism lands him overboard. Acting in his usual headstrong fashion, Jack dives in to the rescue, unfortunately failing to plan what will happen once they are both in the... Read more

The Invention of Everything Else

By: Samantha Hunt

Narrated by: Marguerite Gavin

Length: 10 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

The Invention of Everything Else is a luminous imagining of an unlikely friendship between the eccentric inventor, Nikola Tesla, and a young hotel chambermaid, Louisa, who is obsessed with radio dramas and the secret lives of the hotel guests. Louisa first catches sight of the hotel’s most famous resident on New Year’s Day, 1943, and is... Read more

Desolation Island

By: Patrick O'Brian

Narrated by: Patrick Tull

Length: 13 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

Jack's prize money has set the household accounts aright, but if he continues frittering it on naive extravagances, it will be gone in a fortnight. Fortunately he gets a commission aboard the Leopard, bound for Australia to rescue the hated and captive Captain Bligh. Read more

Death in the Devil's Acre

By: Anne Perry

Narrated by: Davina Porter

Length: 8 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

Acclaimed author Anne Perry delivers another installment of the Charlotte and Thomas Pitt mystery series, which includes the novels Bluegate Fields (H1421) and Callander Square (H1083). Two dead bodies have been discovered, both similarly mutilated. As Inspector Thomas Pitt examines one body, he recognizes the man from a previous case. With the... Read more

Daughter of York

By: Anne Easter Smith

Narrated by: Rosalyn Landor

Length: 23 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

History tells us that the intelligent, wealthy, and powerful Margaret of York had everything any woman could want, except for love. The acclaimed author of A Rose for the Crown takes us between the lines of history and into her heart.

It is 1461. Edward, son of Richard of York, ascends to the throne, and his willful sister, Margaret, immediately... Read more

Song Yet Sung

By: James McBride

Narrated by: Leslie Uggams

Length: 10 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Good Lord Bird, winner of the 2013 National Book Award for Fiction, Deacon King Kong, Five-Carat Soul, and Kill 'Em and Leave

In the days before the Civil War, a runaway slave named Liz Spocott breaks free from her captors and escapes into the labyrinthine swamps of Maryland’s eastern shore,... Read more

Where The Heart Leads - Abridged

By: Stephanie Laurens

Narrated by: Charlotte Parry

Length: 6 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Wealthy Cynster connection Penelope Ashford has devoted herself not to making a perfect society match, but to rescuing young orphans from London's streets. But when her charges start disappearing, she turns to attractive Barnaby Adair for help. A deadly avenger in an elegant guise, Barnaby has solved crimes before, and can go where few others in... Read more

Callander Square

By: Anne Perry

Narrated by: Davina Porter

Length: 9 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

Callander Square is the second of Anne Perry's Charlotte and Thomas Pitt mysteries. Full of well-drawn and convincing characters, Callander Square offers a finely crafted recreation of Victorian England. The bodies of two newborn babies have been found in a park in the fashionable London neighborhood of Callander Square. While Inspector Thomas... Read more

Cardington Crescent

By: Anne Perry

Narrated by: Davina Porter

Length: 11 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

Charlotte Pitt's sister, Emily, has been accused of murdering her wayward but wealthy husband. Now Charlotte and police inspector Thomas Pitt must breach a formidable uppercrust barrier to prove Emily's innocence. Anne Perry's Victorian mysteries are rich and suspenseful journeys into a world filled with impeccable manners and intrigue. Read more

Cherish

By: Catherine Anderson

Narrated by: Ruth Ann Phimister

Length: 16 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

New York Times best-selling author Catherine Anderson is considered one of the world's greatest romance novelists. A nine-time winner of the Kiss Award, her books are popular and critical successes. Race Spencer leads a lonely life out west until he stumbles upon Rebecca Morgan, the only survivor of a terrifying robbery. Sweeping the helpless... Read more

The Palace of Illusions

By: Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

Narrated by: Sneha Mathan

Length: 12 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

This vivid reimagining of the world-famous Indian epic Mahabharata takes us back to a time that is half history, half myth, and wholly magical. It is told by Panchaali, wife of the Pandava brothers, a fiery female redefining for us a world of gods and warriors.The novel traces the princess Panchaali’s life, beginning with her birth in fire and... Read more

Gato

By: Margaret Elphinstone

Narrated by: Joolz Denby

Length: 1 hour 22 minutes

Abridged: No

An unusual love story set in the Middle Ages, Gato is the story of a young child brought up in a mill. The quiet hardworking lives of the people at the mill are disturbed by the arrival of a wandering Spanish Friar. What is going on between the miller and his wife, and the Friar? The child at the centre of the story tries to understand.The only... Read more

Louis L’Amour’s Western Tales

By: Louis L’Amour

Narrated by: William Dufris

Length: 1 hour 3 minutes

Abridged: No

Here are two exciting adventures from the pen of Louis L'Amour."Trap of Gold"Wetherton has been three months out of Horsehead before he finds his first color. The gold is located at the head of a fan laying in a gigantic crack in a granite upthrust that resembles a fantastic ruin. This crumbling granite is slashed with a vein of quartz that is... Read more

The Seduction of the Crimson Rose

By: Lauren Willig

Narrated by: Kate Reading

Length: 13 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

Now in paperback - a novel that "handily fulfills its promise of intrigue and romance."
(Publishers Weekly)

Determined to secure another London season without assistance from her new brother-in-law, Mary Alsworthy accepts a secret assignment from Lord Vaughn on behalf of the Pink Carnation. She must infiltrate the ranks of the dreaded French spy,... Read more

Paragon Walk

By: Anne Perry

Narrated by: Davina Porter

Length: 8 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

When a young woman from the upper class neighborhood of Paragon Walk is raped and murdered, Inspector Pitt is sent in on the case. Unable to believe that a killer could live among them, residents refuse to cooperate with the investigation. He soon finds that the polite society of Paragon Walk is nothing more than a mask for something much more... Read more

The Reserve

By: Russell Banks

Narrated by: Tom Stechschulte

Length: 9 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

Part love story, part murder mystery, set on the cusp of the Second World War, Russell Banks' sharp-witted and deeply engaging new novel raises dangerous questions about class, politics, art, love, and madness-and explores what happens when two powerful personalities begin to break the rules.29-year-old Vanessa Cole is a wild, stunningly... Read more

The Anatomy of Deception

By: Lawrence Goldstone

Narrated by: David Ackroyd

Length: 11 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

A mesmerizing forensic thriller that thrusts the listener into the operating rooms, drawing rooms, and back alleys of 1889 Philadelphia, as a young doctor grapples with the principles of scientific process to track a daring killer.

In the morgue of a Philadelphia hospital, a group of physicians open a coffin and uncover the corpse of a beautiful... Read more

The Anatomy of Deception - Abridged

By: Lawrence Goldstone

Narrated by: David Ackroyd

Length: TBA

Abridged: Yes

A mesmerizing forensic thriller that thrusts the reader into the operating rooms, drawing rooms, and back alleys of 1889 Philadelphia, as a young doctor grapples with the principles of scientific process to track a daring killer

In the morgue of a Philadelphia hospital, a group of physicians open a coffin and uncover the corpse of a beautiful... Read more