Historical Fiction audiobooks
The Count of Monte Cristo
By: Alexandre Dumas
Narrated by: Richard Matthews
Length: 43 hours 13 minutes
Abridged: No
Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read
A popular bestseller since its publication in 1844, The Count of Monte Cristo is one of the great page-turning thrillers of all time. Set against the tumultuous years of the post-Napoleonic era, Alexandre Dumas’s grand historical romance recounts the swashbuckling... Read more
The King Must Die - Abridged
By: Mary Renault
Narrated by: Michael York
Length: 2 hours 51 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Set in ancient Greece, a powerful novel about Theseus by Mary Renault.This is the story of the young Theseus: Prince of Troizen, King of Eleusis and Athens, and slayer of the Minotaur. Acclaimed novelist Mary Renault weaves myth, legend, history, and fiction into the story of a young hero's search for his destiny and the countless challenges he... Read more
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Dessa Rose - Abridged
By: Sherley Williams
Narrated by: Ruby Dee
Length: 2 hours 56 minutes
Abridged: Yes
In 1829, a pregnant woman is condemned to die for a murderous act of rebellion. Meanwhile, in North Carolina, a woman is accused of giving sanctuary to runaway slaves. Dessa Rose is the heartwarming story of an extraordinary friendship between two strong, remarkable women from very different backgrounds, both caught in the shadow of slavery in... Read more
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Les Miserables - Abridged
By: Victor Hugo
Narrated by: Christopher Cazenove
Length: 2 hours 47 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Jean Valjean is one of society's victims. A poor but honest peasant, he is caught stealing a loaf of bread to feed his sister's starving family and is sent to prison. By the time of his eventual release, he has become a hardened criminal, but his friendship with the saintly Monseigneur Bienvenu gives him another chance at life. This new,... Read more
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The Seventh Secret - Abridged
By: Irving Wallace
Narrated by: Paul Scofield
Length: 2 hours 59 minutes
Abridged: Yes
A Russian museum curator acquires a painting of a public building that includes a modification completed in 1952. The artist: Adolf Hitler. A prominent historian is mysteriously killed while in the final stages of research for his latest book— a biography of the fü hrer. An American architect preparing a book on... Read more
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Destroyed Solemnly
By: Meisen Zhou
Narrated by: Lang Chuan
Length: 11 hours 51 minutes
Abridged: No
In the autumn of 1919, Xinghua Coal Mining Co., Ltd. began large-scale mining of the Liujiawa coalfield in the Yellow River paleo-channel basin, causing mining-induced earthquakes and ground subsidence. Initially, about a dozen or so acres of land collapsed, rendering some areas uncultivable. Villagers brought their grievances to the company,... Read more
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The Return of the Native
By: Thomas Hardy
Narrated by: Jill Masters
Length: TBA
Abridged: No
This fine novel sets in opposition two of Thomas Hardy’s most unforgettable creations: his heroine, the sensuous, free-spirited Eustacia Vye, and the solemn, majestic stretch of upland in Dorsetshire he called Egdon Heath. The famous opening reveals the haunting power of that dark, forbidding moor where proud Eustacia fervently awaits a... Read more
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The Call of the Wild
By: Jack London
Narrated by: Michael Kramer
Length: 2 hours 59 minutes
Abridged: No
Buck, a huge four-year-old Scottish Shepherd-Saint Bernard cross-breed, lived a life of ease at Judge Miller's Santa Clara Valley estate. This is the story of Buck and how he was thrust into the life of a sled-dog in the savage Klondike during the Gold Rush, and how he ran with the wolves. Jack London, born in San Francisco on January 12,... Read more
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Die Herren von Greifenklau - Karl Mays Gesammelte Werke, Band 59 (Ungekürzt)
By: Karl May
Narrated by: Heiko Grauel
Length: 12 hours 14 minutes
Abridged: No
In diesem abschließenden Band der Romanreihe um die Schicksale der Familie Greifenklau steigert sich die Handlung zu einem großen Höhepunkt und drängt ihrer endgültigen Entscheidung entgegen. In rascher Folge gleitet das Geschehen vor dem Hintergrund des Deutsch-Französischen Kriegs nach Paris, nach Algier, nach Berlin und schließlich vor die... Read more
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Der Weg nach Waterloo - Karl Mays Gesammelte Werke, Band 56 (Ungekürzt)
By: Karl May
Narrated by: Heiko Grauel
Length: 11 hours 54 minutes
Abridged: No
"Die Liebe des Ulanen" war der Titel von Karl Mays zweitem Fortsetzungsroman für den Dresdner Verlag von H. G. Münchmeyer, den er zwischen 1883 und 1885 verfasste. Im vorliegenden ersten Band des vierteiligen Romans geht es um die weitverzweigten Schicksale der Familie von Greifenklau. Die Geschichte der napoleonischen Zeit bildet den fesselnden... Read more
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Das Geheimnis des Marabut - Karl Mays Gesammelte Werke, Band 57 (Ungekürzt)
By: Karl May
Narrated by: Heiko Grauel
Length: 11 hours 48 minutes
Abridged: No
In diesem zweiten Band des Romans um die Familie Greifenklau verlässt Karl May für einige Zeit den Boden der geschichtlichen Tatsachen und wechselt ins Reich der Fantasie hinüber. In Algerien beginnt ein neuer bunter, abenteuerlicher Handlungsstrang, der mit dunklen Geschehnissen in der Vergangenheit der Greifenklaus verknüpft ist. Der... Read more
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Der Spion von Ortry - Karl Mays Gesammelte Werke, Band 58 (Ungekürzt)
By: Karl May
Narrated by: Heiko Grauel
Length: 14 hours 49 minutes
Abridged: No
Im dunkelsten Paris spielt ein Teil dieses Bandes, dessen Geschehnisse zwischen Frankreich und Deutschland hin und her pendeln und nunmehr auch die zweite und dritte Generation der Greifenklaus erfassen. Wieder geht einer aus der schwer geprüften Familie seinen einsamen Weg, den ihm alter Hass und neue Intrigen zu verlegen suchen. Aber langsam... Read more
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