Historical Fiction audiobooks

Blut und Silber (Gekürzte Fassung) - Abridged

By: Sabine Ebert

Narrated by: Dana Geissler

Length: TBA

Abridged: Yes

Deutschland 1296: König Adolf von Nassau setzt eine gewaltige Streitmacht gegen das sächsische Freiberg in Bewegung, um die reiche Silberstadt in die Knie zu zwingen. Unter den Bürgern entbrennt ein heftiger Streit: Dürfen sie sich ihrem König widersetzen? Mittendrin im Getümmel dieser unruhigen Zeit ist Änne, eine Nachfahrin der Stadtbegründer... Read more

Der geflügelte Dolch - Abridged

By: H. J. Mayfield

Narrated by: Simone Strohmeier

Length: 5 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Warum solltest du dieses Buch kaufen? Seien wie ehrlich: Ich bin nicht J. R. R. Tolkien. Ich bin auch nicht George R. R. Martin. Ich bin nicht mal Sam Feuerbach oder Greg Walters. Du hast meinen Namen noch nie gehört und die Titel meiner Bücher auch nicht. Warum solltest du also dein sauer verdientes Geld für meine Bücher ausgeben? Warum... Read more

The Oresteia - Abridged

By: Aeschylus

Narrated by: a full cast

Length: 3 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The only complete trilogy to survive from ancient Greek theater is presented here in this sound recording of all three plays: Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, and The Eumenides.In the Oresteia, Aeschylus dramatizes the myth of the curse on the royal house of Argos. Action begins when King Agamemnon returns victorious from the Trojan War but is... Read more

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - Abridged

By: Mark Twain

Narrated by: Jack Lemmon

Length: 2 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Enriched Classics offer readers accessible editions of great works of literature enhanced by helpful notes and commentary. Each book includes educational tools alongside the text, enabling students and readers alike to gain a deeper and more developed understanding of the writer and their work.

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn follows Tom... Read more

Song of Solomon - Abridged

By: Toni Morrison

Narrated by: Toni Morrison

Length: 2 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: Yes

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An official Oprah Winfrey’s “The Books That Help Me Through” selection • The acclaimed Nobel Prize winner transfigures the coming-of-age story with this brilliantly imagined novel. Includes a new foreword by the author.

One of The Atlantic’s Great American Novels of the Past 100 Years

Milkman Dead was born shortly after... Read more

The English Assassin - Abridged

By: Daniel Silva

Narrated by: Campbell Scott

Length: 5 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: Yes

From the New York Times-bestselling author of The Unlikely Spy, Daniel Silva, comes a taut, lightning-paced thriller rooted assuredly in fact: Switzerland's shameful WWII record of profiteering and collaboration with Nazi Germany.

The Unlikely Spy, Daniel Silva's extraordinary debut novel, was applauded by critics as it rocketed onto national... Read more

Peony in Love - Abridged

By: Lisa See

Narrated by: Jodi Long

Length: 6 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: Yes

“I finally understand what the poets have written. In spring, moved to passion; in autumn only regret.”

For young Peony, betrothed to a suitor she has never met, these lyrics from The Peony Pavilion mirror her own longings. In the garden of the Chen Family Villa, amid the scent of ginger, green tea, and jasmine, a small theatrical troupe is... Read more

Rise to Rebellion - Abridged

By: Jeff Shaara

Narrated by: Victor Garber

Length: 5 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Jeff Shaara dazzled readers with his bestselling novels Gods and Generals, The Last Full Measure, and Gone for Soldiers. Now the acclaimed author who illuminated the Civil War and the Mexican-American War brilliantly brings to life the American Revolution, creating a superb saga of the men who helped to forge the destiny of a nation.

In ... Read more

May There Be a Road - Abridged

By: Louis L'Amour

Narrated by: John Bedford Lloyd

Length: 2 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Spirited American stories gathered together for the first time

From the coasts of Brazil to the borders of Tibet to the very heartland of America, May There Be a Road gathers ten previously uncollected stories that capture the magnificent scope and sense of epic adventure that epitomize Louis L'Amour classic fiction.

In these vivid settings... Read more

The Far Side of the World - Abridged

By: Patrick O'Brian

Narrated by: Tim Pigott-Smith

Length: 5 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The 10th installment in the Aubrey/Maturin series

The War of 1812 continues, and Jack Aubrey sets course for Cape Horn on a mission after his own heart: intercepting a powerful American frigate outward bound to play havoc with the British whaling trade. Stephen Maturin has fish of his own to fry in the world of secret intelligence. Disaster in... Read more

People of the Fire (2 of 2) [Dramatized Adaptation] - Abridged

By: Kathleen O'Neal Gear & W. Michael Gear

Narrated by: A Full Cast, Nanette Savard, Joseph Thornhill, ...

Length: 6 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Seven thousand years ago, major climatic change was ushering in a 3,500 year drought. For a small band of pioneers in what is now Wyoming and the Montana Mountains, it was a time of fire. As they struggled valiantly to keep their ancestors' dreams alive in an unforgiving, drought-stricken land, a heroic young dreamer and a fearless woman warrior... Read more

Miss Dollar - Abridged

By: Machado de Assis

Narrated by: Voz Sintética

Length: 1 hour 2 minutes

Abridged: Yes

"Miss Dollar", a short story by Machado de Assis, tells the story of a lost dog and the events that unfold around it. The plot revolves around the search for the dog, revealing the complexities of human relationships and the irony of circumstances. The tale highlights themes of love, loss and chance, weaving a subtle critique of the social... Read more

Deus Lo Volt! - Abridged

By: Evan S. Connell

Narrated by: Michael McConnohie

Length: 5 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A magisterial work of historical imagination-a stunningly immediate, first-person account of one soldier's experience of the defining war of Christendom. Read more

Miss Dollar - Abridged

By: Machado de Assis

Narrated by: Voz Sintética

Length: 1 hour 2 minutes

Abridged: Yes

"Miss Dollar", cuento de Machado de Assis, narra la historia de un perro perdido y los acontecimientos que se desarrollan a su alrededor. La trama gira en torno a la búsqueda del perro, revelando la complejidad de las relaciones humanas y la ironía de las circunstancias. La historia destaca los temas del amor, la pérdida y el azar, criticando... Read more

Treason's Harbour - Abridged

By: Patrick O'Brian

Narrated by: Tim Pigott-Smith

Length: 5 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The 9th installment in the Aubrey/Maturin series

All of Patrick O'Brian's strengths are on parade in this novel of action and intrigue, set partly in Malta, partly in the treacherous, pirate-infested waters of the Red Sea. While Captain Aubrey worries about repairs to his ship, Stephen Maturin assumes the center stage; for the dockyards and... Read more

Paradise - Abridged

By: Toni Morrison

Narrated by: Toni Morrison

Length: 6 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: Yes

"Rumors had been whispered for more than a year. Outrages that had been accumulating all along took shape as evidence. A mother was knocked down the stairs by her cold-eyed daughter. Four damaged infants were born in one family. Daughters refused to get out of bed. Brides disappeared on their honeymoons. Two brothers shot each other on New... Read more

Der Junge auf dem Berg - Abridged

By: John Boyne

Narrated by: Boris Aljinovic

Length: 6 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Als Pierrot seine Eltern verliert, muss er Paris verlassen und ein neues Leben bei seiner Tante beginnen, die in einem wohlhabenden deutschen Haushalt dient. Aber dies ist keine gewöhnliche Zeit: Der zweite Weltkrieg steht vor der Tür. Und es ist kein gewöhnliches Haus: Es ist der Berghof – Adolf Hitlers Sommerresidenz. Fassungslos muss der... Read more

Deutsche Geschichte von 1871 bis zur Gegenwart - Abridged

By: Peter Zolling

Narrated by: Peter Zolling, Sabine Kastius & Friedhelm Ptok

Length: 11 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Deutsche Geschichte seit 1871 – das ist die Geschichte der Wege und Irrwege, die ein schwieriges Vaterland zurücklegte, bis es doch noch zu Einheit und Freiheit in einem demokratischen Staatswesen fand. Peter Zolling erzählt diese Geschichte fesselnd, konzentriert aufs Wesentliche und mit Gespür für das erhellende Detail. Dieses Hörbuch ist ein... Read more

Die in Plain Sight - Abridged

By: Elizabeth Lowell

Narrated by: Maria Tucci

Length: 5 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The incomparable New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Lowell explores the fine art of murder.Lacey Quinn is determined to prove that the striking landscapes she inherited, done by her late, much-loved grandfather, are as good as anything hanging in museums of California Impressionism today. But the paintings now in her possession are more... 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

The Taste of Innocence - Abridged

By: Stephanie Laurens

Narrated by: Elizabeth Sastre

Length: 6 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: Yes

When New York Times bestselling author Stephanie Laurens created the world of the Cynsters, she introduced readers to aristocratic British society, where arranged marriages are the norm and love is a dangerous indulgence. For no gentleman is this more true than Charles Morwellan, but, as Lord Meredith, he must marry, so he offers for his... Read more

The Illuminator - Abridged

By: Brenda Rickman Vantrease

Narrated by: Simon Jones

Length: 5 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A glowing first novel that brings us "historical fiction in the grand epic manner, beautifully felt and written"*
It is England, in the fourteenth century—a time of plague, political unrest and the earliest stirrings of the Reformation. The printing press had yet to be invented, and books were rare and costly, painstakingly lettered by hand and... Read more

Vanished - Abridged

By: Danielle Steel

Narrated by: Boyd Gaines

Length: 2 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Vanished tells the story of a man and woman faced with an almost unthinkable tragedy—the mysterious abduction of their son.

In the late 1930s, in the shadow of the Lindbergh kidnapping, and as war looms in Europe, Marielle Patterson shares and elegant Manhattan brownstone with her husband, Malcolm, and their little boy, Teddy. Though the... Read more

The Reluctant Suitor - Abridged

By: Kathleen E. Woodiwiss

Narrated by: Lynn Redgrave

Length: 6 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Lady Adriana Sutton has long adored Colton Wyndham, to whom she has been promised by an agreement of courtship and betrothal since childhood. As a young girl, she was wounded by Colton's stubborn refusal to comply with his father's wishes and by his angry departure for a life of adventure and danger in the British army.No longer the plain tomboy... Read more