Historical Fiction audiobooks

The Taste of Innocence - Abridged

By: Stephanie Laurens

Narrated by: Elizabeth Sastre

Length: 6 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: Yes

When New York Times bestselling author Stephanie Laurens created the world of the Cynsters, she introduced readers to aristocratic British society, where arranged marriages are the norm and love is a dangerous indulgence. For no gentleman is this more true than Charles Morwellan, but, as Lord Meredith, he must marry, so he offers for his... Read more

Travels in the Scriptorium

By: Paul Auster

Narrated by: Dick Hill

Length: 4 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

An old man awakens, disoriented, in an unfamiliar chamber. With no memory of who he is or how he has arrived there, he pores over the relics on the desk, examining the circumstances of his confinement and searching his own hazy mind for clues.



Determining that he is locked in, the man—identified only as Mr. Blank—begins reading a manuscript he... Read more

Innocent Traitor

By: Alison Weir

Narrated by: Gerard Doyle, Jenny Sterlin, Jill Tanner, Bianc...

Length: 18 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

I am now a condemned traitor . . . I am to die when I have hardly begun to live. Historical expertise marries page-turning fiction in Alison Weir's enthralling debut novel, breathing new life into one of the most significant and tumultuous periods of the English monarchy. It is the story of Lady Jane Grey-"the Nine Days' Queen"-a... Read more

Mistress of the Art of Death

By: Ariana Franklin

Narrated by: Rosalyn Landor

Length: 13 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

The national bestselling hit hailed by the New York Times as a "vibrant medieval mystery...[it] outdoes the competition."

In medieval Cambridge, England, Adelia, a female forensics expert, is summoned by King Henry II to investigate a series of gruesome murders that has wrongly implicated the Jewish population, yielding even more tragic... Read more

Murder on the Celtic - The Ocean Liner Mysteries, Book 8 (Unabridged)

By: Edward Marston

Narrated by: James Langton

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

New York, 1910. George Dillman and Genevieve Masefield have crossed the Atlantic Ocean numerous times in their capacity as ship's detectives. On those crossings they've had the pleasure, and in some cases the trouble, of sailing with very famous passengers. Dukes. Duchesses. Artists. Actors. Musicians. Royalty. But few names have quite the level... Read more

The Amber Room - Abridged

By: Steve Berry

Narrated by: Scott Brick

Length: 7 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: Yes

“A winner . . . combines the pace and style of Brown’s Da Vinci Code and the densely plotted espionage of Daniel Silva’s Gabriel Allon novels.”—The Florida Times-Union

Atlanta judge Rachel Cutler loves her job and her kids, but her life takes a dark turn when her father dies under strange circumstances, leaving behind clues to a secret about one... Read more

The Grave Tattoo

By: Val McDermid

Narrated by: Kate Reading

Length: 13 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

In The Grave Tattoo, suspense master Val McDermid spins a psychological thriller in which a present-day murder has its roots in the eighteenth century and the mutiny on the H.M.S. Bounty.

After torrential summer rains uncover a bizarrely tattooed body on a Lake District hillside, a long-disregarded old wives' tale takes on a chilling new... Read more

Beyond the Gap

By: Harry Turtledove

Narrated by: William Dufris

Length: 14 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

Count Hamnet Thyssen is a minor noble of the drowsy old Raumsdalian Empire. Its capital city, Nidaros, began as a mammoth hunters' camp at the edge of the great Glacier. But that was centuries ago, and as everyone knows, it's the nature of the great Glacier to withdraw a few feet every year. Now Nidaros is an old and many-spired city; and though... Read more

Love and Mr Lewisham

By: H.G. Wells

Narrated by: Peter Joyce

Length: 9 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

Love and Mr. Lewisham is a hugely uplifting tale from the pen of one of our greatest writers. Wells drew on his own experience as a young teacher to provide the background and, one suspects, the emotional drama. The plot enables him to satirise the educational establishment and deliver many wry observations on Victorian morality and the... Read more

Lords of the North

By: Bernard Cornwell

Narrated by: Tom Sellwood

Length: 13 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

The third installment of Bernard Cornwell’s bestselling series chronicling the epic saga of the making of England, “like Game of Thrones, but real” (The Observer, London)—the basis for The Last Kingdom, the hit BBC America television series.After achieving victory at King Alfred’s side, Uhtred of Bebbanburg is returning to his home in the North,... Read more

The Castle in the Forest

By: Norman Mailer

Narrated by: Harris Yulin

Length: 15 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

A MAJOR NEW NOVEL FROM ONE OF AMERICA'S GREATEST MEN OF LETTERS

No career in modern American letters is at once so brilliant, varied, and controversial as that of Norman Mailer. In a span of more than six decades, Mailer has searched into subjects ranging from World War II to Ancient Egypt, from the march on the Pentagon to Marilyn Monroe,... Read more

Lords of the North - Abridged

By: Bernard Cornwell

Narrated by: Jamie Glover

Length: 5 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The third installment of Bernard Cornwell’s bestselling series chronicling the epic saga of the making of England, “like Game of Thrones, but real” (The Observer, London)—the basis for The Last Kingdom, the hit BBC America television series.After achieving victory at King Alfred’s side, Uhtred of Bebbanburg is returning to his home in the North,... Read more

The Castle in the Forest - Abridged

By: Norman Mailer

Narrated by: Harris Yulin

Length: 6 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A MAJOR NEW NOVEL FROM ONE OF AMERICA'S GREATEST MEN OF LETTERS

No career in modern American letters is at once so brilliant, varied, and controversial as that of Norman Mailer. In a span of more than six decades, Mailer has searched into subjects ranging from World War II to Ancient Egypt, from the march on the Pentagon to Marilyn Monroe,... Read more

The Bastard of Istanbul

By: Elif Shafak

Narrated by: Laural Merlington

Length: 12 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

From one of Turkey's most acclaimed and outspoken writers comes a novel about the tangled histories of two families.



In her second novel written in English, Elif Shafak confronts her country's violent past in a vivid and colorful tale set in both Turkey and the United States. At its center is the "bastard" of the title, Asya, a nineteen-year-old... Read more

The Amber Room

By: Steve Berry

Narrated by: Scott Brick

Length: 15 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

“A winner . . . combines the pace and style of Brown’s Da Vinci Code and the densely plotted espionage of Daniel Silva’s Gabriel Allon novels.”—The Florida Times-Union

Atlanta judge Rachel Cutler loves her job and her kids, but her life takes a dark turn when her father dies under strange circumstances, leaving behind clues to a secret about one... Read more

Red River

By: Lalita Tademy

Narrated by: Bahni Turpin

Length: 13 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

April 13, 1873. What happened that day in the small Southern town of Colfax, Louisiana, was called “the Colfax Riot.” But it was something far more devastating…
Weaving together history and the story of her own family, Lalita Tademy, author of the acclaimed New York Times bestseller Cane River, has written an epic work of fiction: the dramatic,... Read more

The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume 1: The Pox Party

By: M. T. Anderson

Narrated by: Peter Francis James

Length: 8 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

He is a boy dressed in silks and white wigs and given the best of classical educations. Raised by a mysterious group of rational philosophers known only by numbers, the boy and his mother–a princess in exile from a faraway land–are the only people in their household assigned names. As the boy’s regal mother, Cassiopeia, entertains the house... Read more

A Golden Age

By: Tahmima Anam

Narrated by: Madhur Jaffrey

Length: 9 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

As young widow Rehana Haque awakes one March morning, she might be forgiven for feeling happy. Her children are almost grown, the city is buzzing with excitement after recent elections. Change is in the air.But no one can foresee what will happen in the days and months that follow. For this is East Pakistan in 1971, a country on the brink of... Read more

The Terror - Abridged

By: Dan Simmons

Narrated by: Simon Vance

Length: 8 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The men on board HMS Terror have every expectation of triumph. As part of the 1845 Franklin Expedition, the first steam-powered vessels ever to search for the legendary Northwest Passage, they are as scientifically supported an enterprise as has ever set forth. As they enter a second summer in the Arctic Circle without a thaw, though, they are... Read more

Dandelion Wine - Abridged

By: Ray Bradbury & Nancy Curran Willis

Narrated by: a full cast

Length: 1 hour 55 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Ray Bradbury’s endearing, lyrical tale of boyhood and an idyllic Midwestern summer is presented here as a full-cast audio dramatization by The Colonial Theatre on the Air, complete with sound effects and a brilliant music score.Twelve-year-old Douglas Spaulding knows Green Town, Illinois, is as vast and deep as the whole world that lies beyond.... Read more

Murder on Nob Hill

By: Shirley Tallman

Narrated by: Anna Fields

Length: 8 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

Sarah Woolson has always dreamed of being a lawyer. The trouble is that, in 1880, everyone believes a woman’s place is in the home.Using her brains and a bit of subterfuge, Sarah finagles her way into a prestigious law firm, becoming an associate attorney and acquiring her very first client, a lovely young society matron accused of murdering her... Read more

The Murder of the Maharajah

By: H. R. F. Keating

Narrated by: Frederick Davidson

Length: 10 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

In the princely state of Bhopore, India, 1930, a handful of Western visitors comes to the opulent Summer Palace to meet the outrageous Maharajah and his entourage. There they meet the Maharajah’s heir, the sensual Porgy, and his English chorus-girl mistress. They meet the enigmatic chief minister, and the aloof British Resident, with his... Read more

The Tender Years

By: Janette Oke

Narrated by: Marguerite Gavin

Length: 7 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

Twenty years have passed since youngest daughter Belinda's story in Love Finds a Home. Marty and Clark's spiritual heritage has been lovingly passed on to their children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. And now beloved granddaughter Virginia faces the greatest test of her young life. Caught in that difficult period between childhood and... Read more

The Crimson Portrait

By: Jody Shields

Narrated by: Josephine Bailey

Length: 8 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

This haunting love story—the magnificent new historical novel by the author of the national bestseller The Fig Eater-makes unforgettably real the ravages of love and war. Spring 1915. On a sprawling country estate not far from London, a young woman mourns her husband, fallen on a distant battlefield. The eerie stillness in which she grieves is... Read more