Historical Fiction audiobooks

The War at Troy

By: Lindsay Clarke

Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble

Length: 8 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

Bringing ancient myth to life with passion, humour and humanity, Lindsay Clarke vividly retells the story of Troy and of the heroes who fought there. Enraged by the betrayal of Helen and Paris, Menelaus and his brother, the High King Agamemnon, gather their allies and set out to conquer the city of Troy. Aboard their ships and behind the... Read more

Boudica: Dreaming the Hound

By: Manda Scott

Narrated by: Jerome Flynn, Philip Stevens & Liza Goddard

Length: 20 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

AD 57: Much of Britannia has been under Roman occupation for over ten years and tribes pay costly tithes to the Emperor in return for the right to continue living on their own lands. On the sacred isle of Mona, the Boudica or ‘Bringer of Victory’ as Breaca has long been hailed, now knows for certain that her lover, Caradoc – betrayed, captured... Read more

A Prince of Troy

By: Lindsay Clarke

Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble

Length: 6 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

Bringing ancient myth to life with passion, humour and humanity, Lindsay Clarke vividly retells the story of Troy and of the heroes who fought there. When the mortal Paris settles a contest between the gods, he is promised the love of Helen, the most beautiful woman in the world. But Helen is already married, to the powerful Menelaus of... Read more

Perfumes And Blood

By: Ahmed Ewis

Narrated by: Pandarosh

Length: 2 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

The novel "Perfumes and Blood" follows the story of Dr. Khaled, a doctor who encounters his childhood friend Fadel, an expert in herbal and perfume experiments. Intrigued, Khaled decides to experiment with these herbs and perfumes, only to discover that they expand his consciousness and lead to hallucinations. As a result, Khaled finds himself... Read more

Men of Iron

By: MJ Porter

Narrated by: Antonia Beamish & Simon Mattacks

Length: 10 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

The start of a BRAND NEW, epic adventure series from MJ Porter ⚔️ Must-read for fans of Bernard Cornwell and Matthew Harffy!After the legends of Arthur, yet before the Saxon kingdom of Mercia, a tribal age of iron and rust ruled.Britain AD540.In the western hinterland of Roman Britannia, Meddi, the seeress of the Eorlingas tribe, can only obtain... Read more

Three Lives

By: Gertrude Stein

Narrated by: Martha H. Weller

Length: 8 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

Three Lives was written in 1905/06 and published in 1909 at the author’s expense. The work consists of three independent novellas: The Good Anna, Melanctha, and The Gentle Lena. Each of the titular characters lives in Bridgepoint, a fictional town based on Baltimore.The Good Anna explores the life of strong-willed Anna Federner, a woman of... Read more

Tesla - Folge 2: Tödliches Spielzeug

By: Silke Walter

Narrated by: Gabrielle Pietermann, Milton Welsh, Michael Pan...

Length: 52 minutes

Abridged: No

Die Explosion des Automaten ruft die Sonderermittler der Krone auf den Plan. Zudem macht in London das Gerücht die Runde, dass die kleinen Maschinen von Nikola Tesla gefertigt wurden. Auch Tesla selbst hört davon. Er ist entschlossen, herauszufinden, was es mit diesen Automaten auf sich hat. Moriarty jedoch verlangt von ihm, dass er seine... Read more

Meisterdieb Arsène Lupin - Folge 2: Der Kelch des Schicksals

By: Silke Walter

Narrated by: Leonhard Mahlich & Gabrielle Pietermann

Length: 53 minutes

Abridged: No

Erneut erhält Arsène Lupin einen anonymen Brief. Diesmal fordert der Verfasser ihn dazu auf, aus dem Nationalmuseum in Dublin einen Kelch zu stehlen. Es handelt sich dabei um einen keltischen Symbolkelch aus dem 7. Jahrhundert, den ein privater Sammler dem Museum für eine Ausstellung zur Verfügung stellt. Lupin, bestrebt herauszufinden, wer... Read more

La mandrágora de Las doce lunas "The Mandrake of the Twelve Moons"

By: César Vidal

Narrated by: Jorge González

Length: 4 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

Al-Ándalus, siglo IX. Oso, un cristiano de vida irregular, está a punto de ser ejecutado por orden de un tribunal
musulmán. Cuando la sentencia va a ejecutarse, Oso ofrece conseguir una planta mágica a cambio de que
se respete su vida. El pacto es aceptado, pero solo contará con doce días para cumplir su misión mientras su
hija Lara se queda como... Read more

Dressed by Iris

By: Mary-Anne O'Connor

Narrated by: Holly Robinson

Length: 14 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

1930. Seventeen-year-old Iris Mitchell dreams of designing clothes, but there's little spare cash for fashion in their shanty-town home. The gift of a single purple ribbon from her would-be boyfriend John Tucker, however, creates an unexpected opportunity ... and when Iris's brother joins the Sydney Harbour Bridge construction, the Mitchell... Read more

A New Start for the Wrens

By: Vicki Beeby

Narrated by: Bethan Rose Young

Length: 9 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

Following a humiliating experience involving the man she thought she’d marry, Iris Tredwick signs up to the Wrens in order to escape and – hopefully – find ‘the right sort’ of man to please her mother. After a bumpy start, Iris manages to befriend outspoken Mary and dreamer Sally as they are sent to their first posting – in Orkney. There she... Read more

To Touch the Clouds

By: Peter Watt

Narrated by: John Voce

Length: 14 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

'They had all forgotten the curse ... except one ... until it touched them. I will tell you of those times when the whitefella touched the clouds and lightning came down on the earth for many years.' In 1914, the storm clouds of war are gathering. Matthew Duffy and his cousin Alexander Macintosh are sent by Colonel Patrick Duffy to conduct... Read more

To Chase the Storm

By: Peter Watt

Narrated by: John Voce

Length: 15 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

When Major Patrick Duffy's beautiful wife Catherine leaves him for another, he is propelled out of his Sydney Macintosh home and into yet another bloody war. However, the battlefields of Africa, fighting the Boers, bring him in contact with one he thought long dead and lost to him. Back in Australia, the mysterious Michael O'Flynn mentors... Read more

The Marmara Contract

By: Alan Gold

Narrated by: Sean Mangan

Length: 18 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

For the past 50 years, the golden treasures of Troy have been lying in the basement of the Pushkin Museum in Moscow. Now Germany and Turkey are both reclaiming the treasures. But who really owns the precious antiquities? American lawyer Sarah Kaplan, an expert on the reclamation of property, is drawn into the debate when the Turkish government... Read more

Incurable

By: John Marsden

Narrated by: Mikaela Martin

Length: 6 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Ellie has struggled to put the war behind her and lead a normal life. Although what's normal about your parents having been murdered; trying to run a farm and go to school; and bringing up a young boy who's hiding terrible secrets about his past? Packed full of action and high-drama, John Marsden delivers another fast-paced adventure that will... Read more

The Berlin Song

By: Alan Gold

Narrated by: Sean Mangan

Length: 20 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

Young lawyer Sarah Kaplan has grown up burdened by the knowledge of her grandparents' suffering and brutalisation at the hands of the Nazis. To her mother, they were martyrs to the greatest crime in history; to Sarah they were shining examples to be followed. And then a mysterious letter arrives from South America... Could her grandfather, whom... Read more

Miracle at St. Anna

By: James McBride

Narrated by: Ted Daniel

Length: 8 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Good Lord Bird, winner of the 2013 National Book Award for Fiction, and Deacon King Kong

James McBride’s powerful memoir, The Color of Water, was a groundbreaking literary phenomenon that transcended racial and religious boundaries, garnering unprecedented acclaim and topping bestseller lists for... Read more

Flight of the Eagle

By: Peter Watt

Narrated by: John Voce

Length: 19 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

A deadly family curse holds two families in its powerful grip. Captain Patrick Duffy's passions are inflamed by the mysterious Irishwoman Catherine Fitzgerald, further pitting him against his father, Michael Duffy, and his adoring but scheming grandmother, Lady Enid Macintosh. On the rugged Queensland frontier, Native Mounted Police trooper... Read more

The Laird's Secret

By: Linda Tyler

Narrated by: Kit Griffiths

Length: 8 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

In 1953, life is getting back to normal after the war and Christina Camble is one of those looking to the future. But her trust in men is destroyed when she discovers her fiancé has a wife and child. She gives up her job and flat in a bid to escape London and moves to Scotland, where she hopes to get her life back on the right track.... Read more

Conspiracy of Angels

By: Brian John

Narrated by: Janine Cooper Marshall & Malk Williams

Length: 15 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

This tale is set in the year 1810 and follows hot on the heels of the story recounted in Sacrifice. An ex-slave is shipwrecked on the shore of Skomar Island and two strange objects found on his person end up in the possession of Mistress Martha Morgan of Plas Ingli. This leads her to involvement in the anti-slavery movement and into very grave... Read more

Victory for the Ops Room Girls

By: Vicki Beeby

Narrated by: Eleanor Yates

Length: 9 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

With Jess newly promoted to Filterer Officer at RAF Fighter Command HQ, she is delighted to be reunited with Evie and May. However, now that they can enjoy socialising in London, Jess fears her friends will discover the secret she keeps here. When Jess bumps into Milan unexpectedly, sparks are reignited and she wonders if she made a mistake... Read more

The War Child

By: Renita D'Silva

Narrated by: Tania Rodrigues

Length: 10 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

London, 1939. Orphan Clara Knight is haunted by childhood memories of her house being bombed and fire raining from the sky – she was miraculously pulled from the rubble, finding herself all alone. Determined to make a difference with her life, she has found solace in nursing and helping others. When the storm clouds of war return and a... Read more

Cry of the Curlew

By: Peter Watt

Narrated by: John Voce

Length: 20 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

A stark and vivid novel of Australia's brutal past. An epic tale of two families, the Macintoshes and the Duffys, who are locked in a deadly battle from the moment squatter Donald Macintosh commits an act of barbarity on his Queensland property. Their paths cross in love, death and revenge as both families fight to tame the wild frontier of... Read more

Elizabeth and Elizabeth

By: Sue Williams

Narrated by: Eveline Benedict

Length: 10 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

'I've waited for this moment so long, dreamed of it, prepared for it, I can barely believe it's finally here. But it is. And it is nothing like I expected.' There was a short time in Australia's European history when two women wielded extraordinary power and influence behind the scenes of the fledgling colony. One was Elizabeth Macquarie, the... Read more