Historical Fiction audiobooks

The Poe Shadow - Abridged

By: Matthew Pearl

Narrated by: Erik Singer

Length: 6 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: Yes

INCLUDES MATTHEW PEARL'S EXCLUSIVE AUDIO AFTERWORD ON THE TRUTH BEHIND POE'S DEATH!

Baltimore, 1849. The body of Edgar Allan Poe has been buried in an unmarked grave. Everyone seems to accept the conclusion that Poe was a second-rate writer who met a disgraceful end -- except for a young Baltimore lawyer named Quentin Clark, an ardent admirer... Read more

Thirteen Moons - Abridged

By: Charles Frazier

Narrated by: Will Patton

Length: 6 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: Yes

This magnificent novel by one of America’s finest writers is the epic of one man’s remarkable journey, set in nineteenth-century America against the background of a vanishing people and a rich way of life.

At the age of twelve, under the Wind moon, Will is given a horse, a key, and a map, and sent alone into the Indian Nation to run a trading... Read more

Helle Tage, dunkle Schuld - Kriminalinspektor Carl Bruns, Band 1 (Autorisierte Lesefassung) - Abridged

By: Eva Völler

Narrated by: Steffen Groth

Length: 10 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Eine Frau, die sich in der Nachkriegszeit einen Platz im Leben erkämpft, ein Mann, der gegen das Unrecht kämpft und ein historischer Kriminalfall, der auf Tatsachen beruht. Der erste große Spannungsroman der SPIEGEL-Bestsellerautorin Eva Völler - authentisch, aufwühlend und packend. Ruhrgebiet, 1948. Der Kriminalbeamte Carl Bruns arbeitet für... Read more

Im Nordwind - Die Nordwind-Saga, Band 1 (Autorisierte Lesefassung) - Abridged

By: Miriam Georg

Narrated by: Tanja Fornaro

Length: 13 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Hamburg in den Jahren 1912-1914. Alice arbeitet auf dem Vergügungsmarkt Hamburger Dom. Voller Hoffnung, einem Leben in Armut zu entkommen, ging sie eine Ehe ein. Doch das Leben mit ihrem Mann ist unerträglich. Das wenige hart verdiente Geld behält er ein, Eifersucht und Jähzorn treiben ihn in die Raserei, ihre Tochter Rosa kann sie kaum... Read more

Dreamland - Abridged

By: Kevin Baker

Narrated by: John Rubinstein

Length: 6 hours

Abridged: Yes

This is Dreamland, a uniquely fierce and magical tale that delivers both a sweeping chronicle of America at the turn of the century and an intimate, heart-wrenching portrait of the lives of its denizens. Among the thousands of immigrants who arrive in New York harbor is an Eastern European stowaway called Kid Twist, who soon earns his keep as an... Read more

Les Miserables - Abridged

By: Victor Hugo

Narrated by: Pete Cross

Length: 43 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Considered to be French novelist Victor Hugo's masterpiece, Les Miserables, which was published in 1862, is a sprawling historical and philosophical epic that covers from 1815 through the Paris Uprising in 1832. Notable for its many subplots and digressions from the main storyline, the novel's stated aim is a progress from evil to good, from... Read more

The Orphan of Angel Street - Abridged

By: Annie Murray

Narrated by: Frances Barber

Length: 3 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Abandoned at birth, little Mercy Hanley shows a fierce determination few others can match. Her inner fire burns brightly, even in the harsh conditions of turn-of-the-century Birmingham. For behind Mercy's pale and haunting face, there is a mind of steel, as her harsh foster mother, Mrs Gaskin, soon discovers. Beatings, threats and poverty cannot... Read more

Война и мир - Abridged

By: Лев Толстой

Narrated by: Владимир Левашев

Length: 70 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Главный русский роман и сокровище мировой литературы! Роман-эпопея "Война и мир" — масштабная сага Льва Николаевича Толстого. Описывая русское общество в эпоху наполеоновских войн, Толстой объединил беллетристический жанр романа с историко-философским трактатом — и создал новаторское произведение, неоспоримую классику мировой литературы.... Read more

The Virgin's Lover - Abridged

By: Philippa Gregory

Narrated by: Graeme Malcolm

Length: 5 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: Yes

From #1 New York Times bestselling author and “queen of royal fiction” (USA TODAY) comes a riveting and scandalous love triangle between a young woman on the brink of greatness, a young man whose ambition far exceeds his means, and the wife who cannot forgive them.

In the autumn of 1558, church bells across England ring out the joyous news that... 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

Die Dame in Grün - Abridged

By: Frédéric Boutet

Narrated by: Christiane Dors

Length: 3 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Die Dame in Grün - Unheimliche Geschichten von Frédéric Boutet, gelesen von Christiane Dors. Inhalt: Der Mord des Amerikaners Das Gespenst Herrn Imbergers Karneval Visionen des Schweigens Reise in die Stadt der Toten Die Dame in Grün Der Mann ohne Maske Das letzte Abenteuer Wie Kinder, die hinter einer Maske herlaufen.... Read more

Brethren - Abridged

By: Robyn Young

Narrated by: Hugh Ross

Length: 6 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: Yes

From the burning plains of Syria to the filthy backstreets of Paris and London, Brethren is the story of Will Campbell, coming of age in a time of conspiracy, passion, politics and war.

Will longs to become a Knight Templar, but first he must serve as an apprentice to the foul-tempered scholar Everard, a man of dangerous secrets.

Meanwhile, a... Read more

Cloud of Sparrows - Abridged

By: Takashi Matsuoka

Narrated by: Ron Rifkin

Length: 6 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: Yes

“Exotic, entertaining . . . [an] exceptional first novel.”—San Francisco Chronicle

The year is 1861. After two centuries of isolation, Japan has opened its doors to the West. And as foreign ships threaten to rain destruction on the Shogun’s castle in Edo, a small group of American missionaries has arrived to spread the word of their God. They... Read more

Episodios Nacionales - Trafalgar - Abridged

By: Benito Pérez Galdós

Narrated by: Luis Canales (voz digital)

Length: 5 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: Yes

"Trafalgar" es el primer episodio de la famosa serie de novelas "Episodios Nacionales" escrita por Benito Pérez Galdós. La historia se sitúa en el año 1805, en plena guerra entre España y Francia contra Inglaterra. El protagonista es Gabriel Araceli, un joven de 17 años que se une a la Armada Española como grumete en el navío Santísima... Read more

La Soñadora - Abridged

By: May McGoldrick & Jan Coffey

Narrated by: Virtual Voice Narrator

Length: 10 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: Yes

 Trilogía del Tesoro de las Highlands- Libro 1     Comenzando con El soñador, la trilogía Tesoro de las Highlands, May McGoldrick captura las vidas y los amores de tres hermanas escocesas.     Cada una de las hermanas Percy tiene una pista sobre el tesoro de su familia y la llave del corazón de tres guerreros de las Highlands...     Cuando su... Read more

Mules and Men - Abridged

By: Zora Neale Hurston

Narrated by: Ruby Dee

Length: 2 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: Yes

""Simply the most exciting book on black folklore and culture I have ever read."" --Roger D. AbrahamsMules and Men is the first great collection of black America's folk world. In the 1930's, Zora Neale Hurston returned to her ""native village"" of Eatonville, Florida to record the oral histories, sermons and songs, dating back to the time of... Read more

The Pillars of the Earth - Abridged

By: Ken Follett

Narrated by: Richard E. Grant

Length: 10 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: Yes

If you liked the Century Trilogy, you’ll love the “extraordinary...monumental masterpiece” (Booklist) that changed the course of Ken Follett’s already phenomenal career.

“Follett risks all and comes out a clear winner,” extolled Publishers Weekly on the release of The Pillars of the Earth. A departure for the bestselling thriller writer, the... Read more

Catherine Called Birdy - Abridged

By: Karen Cushman

Narrated by: Kate Maberly

Length: 3 hours 1 minute

Abridged: Yes

An abridged audiobook of the historical fiction classic, a Newbery Honor Book.
 
Catherine feels trapped. Her father is determined to marry her off to a rich man—any rich man, no matter how awful.

But by wit, trickery, and luck, Catherine manages to send several would-be husbands packing. Then a shaggy-bearded suitor from the north comes to... Read more

Cold Sassy Tree - Abridged

By: Olive Ann Burns

Narrated by: Richard Thomas

Length: 2 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: Yes

If the preacher's wife's petticoat showed, the ladies would make the talk last a week. But on July 5, 1906, things took a scandalous turn. That was the day E. Rucker Blakeslee, proprietor of the general store and barely three weeks a widower, eloped with Miss Love Simpson—a woman half his age and, worse yet, a Yankee! On that day,... Read more

City of Light - Abridged

By: Lauren Belfer

Narrated by: Jan Maxwell

Length: 6 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: Yes

NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK • “Breathtaking . . . a remarkable blend of murder mystery, love story, political intrigue, and tragedy of manners.”—USA Today

The year is 1901. Buffalo, New York, is poised for glory. With its booming industry and newly electrified streets, Buffalo is a model for the century just beginning.

Louisa Barrett has made... Read more

Sweet Home Highland Christmas - Abridged

By: May McGoldrick & Jan Coffey

Narrated by: Virtual Voice Anya

Length: 2 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: Yes

 RITA AWARD FINALIST    'Tis the season to fall in love!Freya Sutherland is a desperate aunt trying to keep custody of her precocious young niece, Ella, even if it means marrying for security instead of love.Recently retired from the military, Captain Gregory Pennington wants nothing more than to make it home in time for Christmas, but he's... Read more

Aurora Leigh - Abridged

By: Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Narrated by: Diana Quick

Length: 2 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s classic poem, read by Diana Quick. Written in blank verse, Aurora Leigh is Browning’s self-styled ‘novel in verse’, a first-person narration of the lives of Marian Erle and the eponymous Aurora. Travelling across Florence, London, and Paris, and playing off the works of Anne Louise Germaine de... Read more

The Glorious Cause - Abridged

By: Jeff Shaara

Narrated by: Barry Bostwick

Length: 6 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In Rise to Rebellion, bestselling author Jeff Shaara captured the origins of the American Revolution as brilliantly as he depicted the Civil War in Gods and Generals and The Last Full Measure. Now he continues the amazing saga of how thirteen colonies became a nation, taking the conflict from kingdom and courtroom to the bold and bloody... Read more

Through a Glass Darkly - Abridged

By: Karleen Koen

Narrated by: Rosalyn Landor

Length: 9 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Sparkles with all of the passion, extravagance and scandal of a grand and glorious era…
As opulent and passionate as the 18th century it celebrates, Through a Glass Darkly will sweep you away to the splendors of a lost era. From aristocrats to scoundrels, its rich, vivid characters create their own immortality. Here is the story of a great family... Read more