Historical Fiction audiobooks

Ireland

By: Frank Delaney

Narrated by: Frank Delaney

Length: 19 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

“Dramatic, adventurous, heroic, romantic. . . these historical chronicles, legends, myths, tall tales and fables, featuring warriors, kings, monks, explorers and clever common folk, imaginatively tell the history of Ireland.”  — Philadelphia InquirerThis New York Times bestselling epic is an unforgettable tour de force that marries the intimate,... Read more

A Thread of Grace - Abridged

By: Mary Doria Russell

Narrated by: Jay Gregory

Length: 6 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: Yes

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “A powerfully imagined novel . . . [a] profoundly moving book that engages the heights and depths of human experience.”—Los Angeles Times

It is September 8, 1943, and fourteen-year-old Claudette Blum and her father are among the thousands of Jewish refugees scrambling over the Alps toward Italy, where they hope to find... Read more

The Truth About Sparrows

By: Marian Hale

Narrated by: Emily Janice Card

Length: 5 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

Sadie doesn’t want a new life; her old one suits her just fine. But times are hard in drought-plagued Missouri, and Daddy thinks they’ll be better off in Texas. It’s tough for Sadie to give up her beloved home for this strange place, where even children clean shrimp at the cannery to help make ends meet and where people are rude to her disabled... Read more

Vagabond - Abridged

By: Bernard Cornwell

Narrated by: Tim Pigott-Smith

Length: 6 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: Yes

From New York Times bestselling author Bernard Cornwell, the sequel to The Archer's Tale—the spellbinding tale of a young man, a fearless archer, who sets out wanting to avenge his family's honor and winds up on a quest for the Holy Grail.In 1347, a year of conflict and unrest, Thomas of Hookton returns to England to pursue the Holy Grail. Among... Read more

Gallows Thief - Abridged

By: Bernard Cornwell

Narrated by: James Frain

Length: 5 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Rider Sandman, having fought Napoleon in the French wars, expected to lead the life of an English country gentleman, but now, two years after Waterloo, his family is impoverished, his name is disgraced and he has been forced to relinquish the woman he loves from her obligation to marry him. Desperate to earn money he accepts the job of being the... Read more

The Archer's Tale - Abridged

By: Bernard Cornwell

Narrated by: Tim Pigott-Smith

Length: 6 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: Yes

From New York Times bestselling author Bernard Cornwell, the first book in the Grail Series—the spellbinding tale of a young man, a fearless archer, who sets out wanting to avenge his family's honor and winds up on a quest for the Holy Grail.A brutal raid on the quiet coastal English village of Hookton in 1342 leaves but one survivor: a young... Read more

Son of a Wanted Man - Abridged

By: Louis L'Amour

Narrated by: Dramatization

Length: 3 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: Yes

AN AUDIO DRAMATIZATION

An outlaw's legacy...

In a remote corner of Utah lies the secret outlaw kingdom of Ben Curry. For fifteen years Curry has ruled supreme, as his men have pulled jobs from Canada to Mexico. But the king is getting old... he wants to turn his legacy over to someone younger, tougher. Mike Bastian is Ben's adopted son, a... Read more

Heretic - Abridged

By: Bernard Cornwell

Narrated by: Tim Pigott-Smith

Length: 6 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: Yes

From New York Times bestselling author Bernard Cornwell, the sequel to The Archer’s Tale and Vagabond—the spellbinding tale of a young man, a fearless archer, who sets out wanting to avenge his family’s honor and winds up on a quest for the Holy Grail.Already a seasoned veteran of King Edward's army, young Thomas of Hookton possesses the... Read more

The Last Kingdom - Abridged

By: Bernard Cornwell

Narrated by: Jamie Glover

Length: 5 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The first 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.This is the exciting—yet little known—story of the making of England in the 9th and 10th centuries, the... Read more

Jackdaws

By: Ken Follett

Narrated by: Kate Reading

Length: 13 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

D-Day is approaching. They don’t know where or when, but the Germans know it’ll be soon, and for Felicity “Flick” Clariet, the stakes have never been higher. A senior agent in the ranks of the Special Operations Executive (SOE) responsible for sabotage, Flick has survived to become one of Britain’s most effective operatives in Northern ... Read more

Hornet Flight

By: Ken Follett

Narrated by: John Lee

Length: 13 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

Ken Follett follows his bestsellers Jackdaws and Code to Zero with an extraordinary novel of early days of World War II.

It is June 1941 and the war is not going well for England. Across the North Sea, 18-year-old Harald Olufsen takes a shortcut on the German-occupied Danish island of Sande and discovers an astonishing sight that will change the... Read more

Hornet Flight - Abridged

By: Ken Follett

Narrated by: Byron Jennings

Length: 6 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Ken Follet-the master of suspense-follows his bestsellers Jackdaws and Code to Zero with an extraordinary novel of the early days of World War II.

Abridged, 5 CDs, 6 hours Read more

Code to Zero - Abridged

By: Ken Follett

Narrated by: Lorelei King

Length: 5 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In this classic Cold War thriller, #1 New York Times bestselling author Ken Follett puts his own electrifying twist on the space race between the U.S. and the Soviet Union. "Code to Zero's split-second suspense proves that...[Follett is] a hell of storyteller."—Entertainment Weekly Read more

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay - Abridged

By: Michael Chabon

Narrated by: David Colacci

Length: 8 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: Yes

WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZEThe beloved, award-winning The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, a Michael Chabon masterwork, is the American epic of two boy geniuses named Joe Kavalier and Sammy Clay. Now with special bonus material by Michael Chabon.A “towering, swash-buckling thrill of a book” (Newsweek), hailed as Chabon’s “magnum opus”... Read more

Bad Dirt

By: Annie Proulx

Narrated by: William Dufris

Length: 7 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

Annie Proulx follows the success of Close Range with another remarkable collection of stories. Bad Dirt is filled with the vivid characters for which Proulx has become known. In "The Contest," the male population of Elk Tooth, Wyoming, vows to put aside their razors for two seasons, ante up ten dollars each, and wait to see who has the longest... Read more

Nicola and the Viscount - Abridged

By: Meg Cabot

Narrated by: Amanda Root

Length: 3 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Nicola could feel Lord Sebastian's heart beating. It was the most delightful feeling in the world. Surely it meant that The God liked her. More than simply liked her--loved her even. It had to! It just had to!

Miss Nicola Sparks has fallen in love, big time. The object of her dreams is the fabulously rich Lord Sebastian, he of the ice-blue... Read more

Victoria and the Rogue - Abridged

By: Meg Cabot

Narrated by: Serena Gordon

Length: 3 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: Yes

VICTORIA--Growing up in far-off India, wealthy young heiress Lady Victoria Arbutnot was accustomed to handling her own affairs--not to mention everyone else's. But in her sixteenth year, Vicky is unceremoniously shipped off the London to find a husband. With her usual aplomb, however, Lady Victoria gets herself engaged to the perfect English... Read more

The Darling

By: Russell Banks

Narrated by: Mary Beth Hurt

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

The Darling is Hannah Musgrave's story, told emotionally and convincingly years later by Hannah herself. A political radical and member of the Weather Underground, Hannah has fled America to West Africa, where she and her Liberian husband become friends and colleagues of Charles Taylor, the notorious warlord and now ex-president of Liberia. When... Read more

Amaryllis

By: Craig Crist-Evans

Narrated by: Daniel Passer

Length: 4 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

"This is a powerful tale of family, forgiveness, and acceptance of what life throws in our paths - but ultimately, with its almost painful realism, this is the finest depiction of war we've yet seen for young readers." — KIRKUS REVIEWS (starred review)

AMARYLLIS. It was the name of the ship that ran aground on Singer Island, Florida, during a... Read more

Stravaganza: City of Stars

By: Mary Hoffman

Narrated by: Kathe Mazur

Length: 12 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

Georgia is an ordinary girl, living in London with her mother, stepfather, and bully of a stepbrother, and coping with the difficulties of growing up. But her life takes a sudden change when she buys a tiny figurine of a winged horse, and suddenly finds herself swept up into the world of the Stravagante. The tiny horse becomes her magical... Read more

Richard II

By: William Shakespeare

Narrated by: Full Cast, Joss Ackland, Samuel West, Damian Le...

Length: 2 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

In this BBC full-cast production of Richard II, the male ego and narcissism of monarchs are hung out to dry...

Written entirely in verse, the rhythms of the language in this epic tragedy encompass its themes of dignity and kingship with fitting grandeur and pathos, as the capricious and narcissistic Richard is brought to his own... Read more

Julius Caesar

By: William Shakespeare

Narrated by: Stella Gonet, Nicholas Farrell, Full Cast, Gera...

Length: 2 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

In this BBC full-cast production, Julius Caesar is triumphant after his victory over the sons of Pompey. But as bad omens and weather plague Rome, even his most loyal friends are starting to see the signs...

Political intrigue and fierce battle rage in this tense and dynamic production in which a country is torn apart under the legacy of Julius... Read more

Henry IV Part Two

By: William Shakespeare

Narrated by: Full Cast, Timothy West, Jamie Glover, Julian G...

Length: 2 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

In this BBC full-cast production of Henry IV Part 2, civil war is ravaging England. Rebels are rallying together, unified against Henry. Will Henry and his son, Hal, emerge victorious - or alive?

Father and son Julian Glover and Jamie Glover star as King Henry and his son Hal in the powerful production which also stars Timothy West and Prunella... Read more

All's Well That Ends Well

By: William Shakespeare

Narrated by: Carl Prekopp, Siân Phillips, Miriam Margolyes, ...

Length: 2 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

In this BBC full-cast production of All's Well That Ends Well, the trials of marriage are hilariously explored. Will Helena complete the Herculean tasks to win Bertram's love?

All's Well That Ends Well finds Helena rewarded for her ministries to the sick with the choice of any husband she wishes. Her choice, Bertram, is unwilling to have her as... Read more