Historical Fiction audiobooks

Märchen- und Spukgeschichten - Abridged

By: Theodor Storm

Narrated by: Stefanie Masnik

Length: 3 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Märchen und Spukgeschichten von Theodor Storm, gelesen von Stefanie Masnik. Theodor Storm (1817-1888) hat sich Zeit seines Lebens für die Sagen- und Märchenwelt seiner norddeutschen Heimat interessiert. In diesem Hörbuch sind sechs der schönsten, zwischen dem Märchenhaften und Phantastischen changierenden Erzählungen des Autors zu... Read more

Одиссея. Древнегреческий эпос - Abridged

By: Гомер

Narrated by: Владимир Левашев

Length: 6 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Древнегреческий эпос был создан, чтобы передаваться из уст в уста — именно этой задумки придерживался Сергей Носов в своем прозаическом переложении «Одиссеи». Это пересказ с ремарками автора, стилизованный под песнопения древних сказителей и адаптированный под восприятие современного слушателя. Именно фигура рассказчика, влияние его... Read more

The Intelligencer - Abridged

By: Leslie Silbert

Narrated by: Jan Maxwell & Alfred Molina

Length: 6 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: Yes

On May 30, 1593, London's most popular playwright was stabbed to death. The royal coroner ruled that Christopher Marlowe was killed in self-defense, but historians have long suspected otherwise, given his role as an "intelligencer" in the queen's secret service.
In sixteenth-century London, Marlowe embarks on his final intelligence assignment,... Read more

Die Chroniken des Zeitlosen - Abridged

By: Christian Reisböck

Narrated by: Simone Strohmeier

Length: 9 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: Yes

"Edward war schon alt, als ich geboren wurde. Uralt, als ich ihm das erste Mal begegnete…" Edward wird im viktorianischen London als Sohn eines Earls geboren. Er erlebt eine unbeschwerte Kindheit und ist nie ernsthaft krank. Als das 20. Jahrhundert anbricht, wird ihm klar, dass er nicht ist wie andere Menschen: Er altert kaum. Mehr und mehr... Read more

La Cartomante - Abridged

By: Machado de Assis

Narrated by: Voz Sintética

Length: 26 minutes

Abridged: Yes

"La Cartomante" de Machado de Assis, cuenta la historia de Rita, una mujer casada que, en medio de un romance secreto, consulta a una adivina en busca de respuestas sobre su futuro. La trama explora temas como la superstición, el destino y la traición, revelando las complejidades e ironías de las relaciones humanas de forma intrigante y atractiva. Read more

The Bad Behavior of Belle Cantrell - Abridged

By: Loraine Despres

Narrated by: Zoe Thomas

Length: TBA

Abridged: Yes

The year is 1920, prohibition is in full swing, women are clamoring for the vote, and a narrow-minded intolerance is on the rise. Life isn't easy for an unmarried woman, not in a little town like Gentry, Louisiana, especially after she's sent to jail for swimming in an indecent bathing costume with a group of suffragettes.It's not as if Belle... Read more

A Rogue of My Own - Abridged

By: Johanna Lindsey

Narrated by: Rosalyn Landor

Length: 4 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: Yes

How does an innocent lady find herself forced to wed a royal spy who seduced her—by mistake? For Lady Rebecca Marshall, a whirlwind of passion and excitement begins when, to her mother’s great delight, she becomes a maid of honor at the court of Queen Victoria. Rebecca’s mother sees this appointment as a golden opportunity for Rebecca to make a... 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

Memoirs of A Geisha - Abridged

By: Arthur Golden

Narrated by: Elaina Erika Davis

Length: 2 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Speaking to us with the wisdom of age and in a voice at once haunting and immediate, Nitta Sayuri tells the story of her life as a geisha. Sayuri's story begins in a poor fishing village in 1929, when, as a nine-year-old with unusual blue-gray eyes, she is taken from her home and sold into slavery to a renowned geisha house. It concludes with... Read more

Gods and Generals - Abridged

By: Jeff Shaara

Narrated by: Stephen Lang

Length: 3 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The New York Times bestselling prequel to the Pulitzer Prize–winning classic The Killer Angels
 
In this brilliantly written epic novel, Jeff Shaara traces the lives, passions, and careers of the great military leaders from the first gathering clouds of the Civil War. Here is Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson, a hopelessly by-the-book military... Read more

Un Mundo Feliz - Abridged

By: Aldous Huxley

Narrated by: Armando Hernandez

Length: 2 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Un mundo feliz es un clásico de la literatura del siglo XX, una sombría metáfora sobre el futuro. La novela describe un mundo en el que finalmente se han cumplido los peores vaticinios: triunfan los dioses del consumo y la comodidad, y el orbe se organiza en diez zonas en apariencia seguras y estables. Sin embargo, este mundo ha sacrificado... Read more

A Cartomante - Abridged

By: Machado de Assis

Narrated by: Voz Sintética

Length: 27 minutes

Abridged: Yes

"A Cartomante" de Machado de Assis conta a história de Rita, uma mulher casada que, em meio a um romance secreto, consulta uma cartomante em busca de respostas sobre seu futuro. A trama explora temas como superstição, destino e traição, revelando as complexidades e ironias das relações humanas de forma intrigante e envolvente. Read more

Across the Years - Abridged

By: Tracie Peterson

Narrated by: Sandra Burr

Length: 3 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Book 2 of DESERT ROSES. The last ten years have been difficult for Ashley Reynolds—first her parents disowned her because of her choice of spouse, war tragically took his life, then she discovered she would bear his child. Living with her grandfather and raising her daughter, Ashley Reynolds has finally found an element of peace while working as... Read more

Western Stories: Geschichten aus dem Wilden Westen 1 - Abridged

By: Bret Harte

Narrated by: Jürgen Fritsche

Length: 51 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Stories von Bret Harte, dem Erfinder der Wildwestgeschichte. Es geht um einsame Reiter, die widerwillig zu Helden werden, um harte Männer, die plötzlich ganz weich werden, um Glücksspiel, die Jagd nach Gold - und natürlich um Frauen und das, was sie aus den harten Jungs machen. Ein Fremder in der Stadt: Als der Revolverheld Luke Clayton in den... Read more

Western Stories: Geschichten aus dem Wilden Westen 2 - Abridged

By: Bret Harte

Narrated by: Jürgen Fritsche

Length: 53 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Stories von Bret Harte, dem Erfinder der Westerngeschichte, von einsamen Reitern, die widerwillig zu Helden werden, von Glücksspielern, Goldsuchern - und Frauen. In der Todeswüste von Arizona: Als ein einsamer Goldsucher in der Wüste sein Pferd erschießen muss, ist er dem Tode geweiht. Doch kurz bevor er ohnmächtig wird, findet ihn ein Fremder... Read more

Western Stories: Geschichten aus dem Wilden Westen 3 - Abridged

By: Bret Harte

Narrated by: Jürgen Fritsche

Length: 48 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Packende Erzählungen von Bret Harte, dem Erfinder der Westerngeschichte. Schnörkellose Geschichten um Glücksspiel, harte Männer - und noch härtere Frauen! Der Revolverheld und der Priester: Als der Fremde im Saloon auftaucht, wird er Zeuge, wie ein betrunkener Priester von zwei Männern misshandelt wird. Zwei gegen einen, das ist unfair, dafür... Read more

The Runner - Abridged

By: Christopher Reich

Narrated by: Stephen Lang

Length: 6 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Rarely has a first novel achieved the kind of breathtaking critical acclaim garnered by Numbered Account, hailed by The New York Times as "smart," "sophisticated," and "wonderful." With The Runner, Reich dazzles us once again. Set against the seething backdrop of post-World War II Germany, The Runner weaves a complex and intricately plotted tale... Read more

Western Stories: Geschichten aus dem Wilden Westen 4 - Abridged

By: Bret Harte

Narrated by: Jürgen Fritsche

Length: 33 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Die Ausgestoßenen von Poker Flat: Die Stadt Poker Flat will sich ungeliebter Einwohner entledigen. Ein Glücksspieler, ein Dieb und zwei Prostituierte werden aus der Stadt gejagt. Der einzige Zufluchtsort ist Sandy Bar - doch der Weg dorthin führt über einen Pass - und der Winter könnte jeden Moment einbrechen... Eine packende Story über wahres... Read more

Western Stories: Geschichten aus dem Wilden Westen - Die Box - Abridged

By: Bret Harte

Narrated by: Jürgen Fritsche

Length: 3 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Die schönsten und packendsten Wildwest-Stories von Bret Harte. Einsame Reiter, die zu Helden werden. Männer, die den ewigen Kampf zwischen Gut und Böse kämpfen. Frauen, die nur scheinbar das "schwache Geschlecht" sind... Mit dabei: Der Glücksbringer von Roaring Camp, Die Ausgestoßenen von Poker Flat, Miggles, Das Idyll von Red Gulch, Ein Fremder... Read more

Springwater Wedding - Abridged

By: Linda Lael Miller

Narrated by: Jenna Stern

Length: 4 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Once a frontier stagecoach stop, tiny Springwater has grown and changed and entered the twenty-first century. Cattle rustlers may still be stirring up trouble, but now they're high-tech operators in a modern world. Where stagecoaches once rolled along muddy roads, the Internet is now the newest highway in town. But heartbreak is still... 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

The Fortune Teller - Abridged

By: Machado de Assis

Narrated by: Voz Sintética

Length: 26 minutes

Abridged: Yes

"The Fortune Teller" by Machado de Assis tells the story of Rita, a married woman who, in the midst of a secret romance, consults a fortune teller in search of answers about her future. The plot explores themes such as superstition, fate, and betrayal, revealing the complexities and ironies of human relationships in an intriguing and engaging way. Read more

Im Auge der Sonne (Gekürzte Fassung) - Abridged

By: Barbara Wood

Narrated by: Tanja Geke

Length: TBA

Abridged: Yes

Die Heilerin Leah hasst Jotham, den Mann, für den ihr Vater sie bestimmt hat. Und sie liebt David, den jungen Kämpfer und Schriftgelehrten. Leahs Weigerung, Jotham zu heiraten, stürzt ihre Familie ins Unglück. Wie soll sie diese Schuld tilgen? Von David lernt sie das Geheimnis einer neuen Schrift. Vor dem Thron der großen Pharaonenkönigin... Read more

Fire Song - Abridged

By: Catherine Coulter

Narrated by: Anne Flosnik

Length: 5 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Coulter's medieval melody continues—second in the song series.Lord Graelam de Moreton is willing to accept his new bride, Kassia, as she appears—innocent and guileless. But appearances can be deceiving…. Read more