Historical Fiction audiobooks

The Age of Innocence (UNABRIDGED)

By: Edith Wharton

Narrated by: Kimberly Casarez, Alex Daniels, Cynthia Camargo...

Length: 11 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

The Age of Innocence centers on an upper-class couple's impending marriage, and the introduction of a woman plagued by scandal whose presence threatens their happiness. Though the novel questions the assumptions and morals of 1870s' New York society, it never devolves into an outright condemnation of the institution. In fact, Wharton considered... Read more

The Chimney Corner (UNABRIDGED)

By: HARRIET BEECHER STOWE

Narrated by: Lois Lupien, James Lybrand, Larry Smith & Lorra...

Length: 7 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

Stowe wrote over 30 books. This one is a fascinating collection of her post Civil War musings on a variety of cultural topics, staged mostly as conversations between Christopher Crowfield (Stowe's masculine nome de plume), and his wife, their son Ben, daughter Jenny, their friends, and various neighbors who drop in to chat around the fireside.... Read more

St. George and St. Michael, Volume 3 (UNABRIDGED)

By: George MACDONALD

Narrated by: Kathleen Piccirillo, Lindsay Stevens, Jessie Ro...

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

’St. George and St. Michael’ is a little-known historical romance telling the story of a young couple who find themselves on opposing sides during the tumultuous years of the English Civil Wars. Volume 3 completes the series. Tensions are rising between king and parliament, the Church of England and the numerous independent puritans, and... Read more

Muslin (UNABRIDGED)

By: GEORGE MOORE

Narrated by: Ruth Fowler, Betty Soto, Tammy Triplett & Leann...

Length: 10 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

Muslin, better known as A Drama In Muslin, is a realistic novel by George Moore. It describes the lives of five Irish girls after their graduation from convent school. Alice Barton, around whom the story revolves, is unfulfilled by the role society gives her. She wants to find herself, but is prevented from doing so by her gender. Olive, her... Read more

The Lion's Brood (UNABRIDGED)

By: Duffield Osborne

Narrated by: Paul Smith, Kenneth Moutoux, Susan Riveria & Ti...

Length: 7 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

"Centuries come and go; but the plot of the drama is unchanged, and the same characters play the same parts. Only the actors cast for them are new." For this timeless tale, we are taken back to the Roman forum. With the backdrop of the Punic Wars, we follow the fortunes of Sergius, a young man going off to serve and who impresses his general;... Read more

St. George and St. Michael, Volume 2 (UNABRIDGED)

By: George MACDONALD

Narrated by: Lillie Nickerson, Richard Moeller, Keith Hulsey...

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

’St. George and St. Michael’ is a little-known historical romance telling the story of a young couple who find themselves on opposing sides during the tumultuous years of the English Civil Wars.Tensions are rising between king and parliament, the Church of England and the numerous independent puritans, and rumours abound that Charles I will soon... Read more

Peeps at People - Being Certain Papers from the Writings of Anne Warrington Witherup (UNABRIDGED)

By: John Kendrick BANGS

Narrated by: Lisa Shaw, Marguerite Castillo, Steven Brickley...

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

Written by a fictitious first-person narrator, this book puts a humorous spin on encounters with several famous people of the time. "I set forth from my office in London upon my pilgrimage to the shrines of the world's illustrious. Readers everywhere are interested in the home life of men who have made themselves factors in art, science,... Read more

'Tilda Jane (UNABRIDGED)

By: MARSHALL SAUNDERS

Narrated by: Brittany Frederick, Adrian Bittner, Kristin Gro...

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

When spunky 'Tilda Jane isn't allowed to keep her beloved dog with her at the orphanage, she decides to set out on her own in search of a home where the inseparable pair will be accepted. Throughout her weary travels she encounters many people, both rich and poor, kind and cantankerous -- but will she ever find family? Set in the Canadian... Read more

The Deluge Volume 1 (UNABRIDGED)

By: Henryk SIENKIEWICZ

Narrated by: Yolanda Mosley, Walter Williams, Richard Cornet...

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

The Deluge (Polish: Potop) is a historical novel by the Polish author Henryk Sienkiewicz, published in 1886. It is the second volume of a three-volume series known to Poles as "the Trilogy," having been preceded by With Fire and Sword (Ogniem i mieczem, 1884) and followed by Fire in the Steppe (Pan Wołodyjowski, 1886). The novel tells a story of... Read more

Catherine Howard (UNABRIDGED)

By: Alexandre Dumas

Narrated by: Susan Thomas, Francisco Ringstaff, Lindsay Jone...

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

Subtitled "The Throne, The Tomb, and The Scaffold - An Historical Play in 3 Acts From the Celebrated Play of that Name by Alexandre Dumas" - How can you resist a play about English history - the doomed fifth wife of Henry the 8th - by the celebrated French author of The Musketeers?? Read more

Saxon and Norman (Unabridged)

By: Amice MacDonell

Narrated by: Thomas Muney, Susan Williams, Tammy Birchfield ...

Length: 1 hour 6 minutes

Abridged: No

Edward the Confessor is very weak and will die soon. But with no son to succeed him, who will gain the throne? The common folk and loyal Saxon barons in England want Harold, while the Norman barons and the people in Normandy, France want Duke William. They claim Edward gave William the throne. Who is right? Will Britain be Normanized? Read more

El alma de las piedras

By: Paloma Sánchez-Garnica

Narrated by: Diego Rousselon & Laura Carrero

Length: 19 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

Una sorprendente novela que descubre los secretos ocultos del Camino de Santiago Corre el año 824 d. C. El ermitaño Paio, el obispo Teodomiro y su ayudante Martín de Bilibio hallan una tumba cuyos restos, aseguran, pertenecen a Santiago Apóstol. Crean así, cerca de la tierra del fin del mundo, el Lugar Santo Jacobeo para atraer a la cristiandad.... Read more

Iphigenia (UNABRIDGED)

By: Jean Racine

Narrated by: Janet Williams, Paul Zambrano, Clara Goff & Sta...

Length: 2 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

Racine's version of the time-honored story of Iphigenia was acted for the first time in 1674. The model upon which it is shaped is the "Iphigenia in Aulis" of his favorite Euripides, but the French poet has heightened the romantic interest and complicated the plot by the important part which Eriphyle is made to play. Read more

The Wrong of Slavery, the Right of Emancipation, and the Future of the African Race in the United States (UNABRIDGED)

By: Robert Dale Owen

Narrated by: James Russell, Andre Joeckel, Michelle Mclendon...

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

"The Wrong of Slavery" is a work written by Robert Dale Owen based largely off of the work of the Freedmen's Inquiry Commission where he served. It traces the early beginnings of the slave trade from its English beginning to the United States Civil War. It puts a focus on the barbarism of the slave trade from capture and transportation to the... Read more

G.K. Chesterton in The Century Illustrated Magazine (UNABRIDGED)

By: G. K. Chesterton

Narrated by: Emily Simpson, Michael Carroll, Greg Ekmark & L...

Length: 2 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

A collection of 5 articles/essays and 2 letters written by G.K. Chesterton in "The Century Illustrated Magazine". The pubilcation dates range from 1912-1923. Read more

Mithridates (UNABRIDGED)

By: Jean Racine

Narrated by: Phil Sprague, James Brimmer, Joyce Brickhouse &...

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

Another tragedy by Racine, based on the historical character and career of Mithridates circa 63 BCE. Closing with sorrow and lamentation and promises of a "search for vengeance". Read more

The Blind Brother (UNABRIDGED)

By: Homer GREENE

Narrated by: Matthew Guay, Jessie Martin, John Beckel & Robe...

Length: 2 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

A story of repentance and forgiveness set in the times of the the coal mines. Follow a blind boy and his brother determined to get him cured but also determined to live up to a moral code even if that mean years of blindness for Benny. See self sacrifice and family togetherness in this classic tale. Read more

A Little Girl in Old Boston (UNABRIDGED)

By: Amanda Minnie Douglas

Narrated by: Ruby Moody, Crystal Whitehead, Clifford Sulc & ...

Length: 11 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

Doris, an orphan from England, arrives in Boston and adapts to life in America. As she grows up, she undergoes many adventures and experiences the 1812 war. Read more

The Conquest (UNABRIDGED)

By: Oscar Micheaux

Narrated by: Lonnie Clarke, Jeffrey Houston, Opal Morrison &...

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

"This is the true story of a negro who was discontented and the circumstances that were the outcome of that discontent." While considered a novel, this largely autobiographical story is based on the author's experience as an African-American pioneer in South Dakota. Read more

A Short History of Wales (UNABRIDGED)

By: OWEN M. EDWARDS

Narrated by: Carla Sauders, Margaret Reynolds, Samuel Martin...

Length: 2 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

A Short History of Wales is a book published in 1906 by Owen Edwards. It aimed to provide an introduction to Welsh history, to those who may not have previously dealt with the subject. Read more

The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 1 (UNABRIDGED)

By: Charles F. Horne

Narrated by: Mary Lindsay, Conrad Casey, Lawrence Mclelland ...

Length: 17 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

A comprehensive and readable account of the world's history, emphasizing the more important events, and presenting these as complete narratives in the master-words of the most eminent historians. This is volume 1 of 22, covering from 5867 to 480 BC. Read more

The Frontier in American History (UNABRIDGED)

By: Frederick Jackson Turner

Narrated by: Anita Bigbee, Nicole Barron, Christopher Means ...

Length: 10 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

Frederick Jackson Turner was an extremely influential U.S. historian, who is best known for his "frontier thesis", which proposed that American democracy was profoundly shaped by the existence of an undeveloped frontier area from the founding through the 1880s. He originally put forth his idea in the essay "The Significance of the Frontier in... Read more

Letters from Victorian Pioneers (UNABRIDGED)

By: author

Narrated by: Addie Salazar, Daniel Ramirez, Mary Strapp & Pa...

Length: 12 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

A series of letters on the early occupation of the colony, the Aborigines, etc addressed by Victorian pioneers to his Excellency Charles Joseph La Trobe Esq. , Lieutenant-Governor of the Colony of Victoria in response to a circular letter sent by him to a number of early settlers dated 29th July 1853. - It cannot be claimed for these papers that... Read more

History of Egypt (UNABRIDGED)

By: Frederick C. H. Wendel

Narrated by: Terri Dickerson, Amanda Gibbs, Doyle Redman & M...

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

The history of Egypt from the earliest times to the conquest by Alexander the Great, covering the development of Egyptian civilization: science, religion, art, language and literature. This book is written for the interested layperson, requiring no prior knowledge of Egypt, and in approachable everyday language. Read more