Historical Fiction audiobooks

Angels & Demons - Abridged

By: Dan Brown

Narrated by: Richard Poe

Length: 6 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The explosive Robert Langdon thriller from Dan Brown, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Da Vinci Code and Inferno—now a major film directed by Ron Howard and starring Tom Hanks and Felicity Jones.

An ancient secret brotherhood. A devastating new weapon of destruction. An unthinkable target. When world-renowned Harvard symbologist... Read more

The Wedding - Abridged

By: Dorothy West

Narrated by: Regina Taylor

Length: TBA

Abridged: Yes

From Dorothy West, the last surviving member of the Harlem Renaissance, The Wedding is an intimate glimpse into African American middle class. Set on bucolic Martha's Vineyard in the 1950s, this is the story of life in the Oval, a proud, insular community made up of the best and brightest of the East Coast's black bourgeoisie. Within this inner... Read more

Ringel, Rangel, Rosen - Abridged

By: Kirsten Boie

Narrated by: Ursula Illert

Length: 3 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Abschied vom Paradies - Kirsten Boies Meisterwerk jetzt als Hörbuch Sommer 1961. Tagsüber in der Elbe baden, abends fernsehen. Das muss das Paradies sein! Doch als Karins Freundin ihr ein Buch über jüdische Kinder im Nationalsozialismus leiht, fragt sie sich, ob wirklich keiner der Erwachsenen davon etwas gewusst hat. Ihre Welt wird... Read more

Madame Bovary - Abridged

By: Gustave Flaubert

Narrated by: Claire Bloom

Length: 2 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: Yes

For daring to peer into the heart of an adulteress and enumerate its contents with profound dispassion, the author of Madame Bovary was tried for "offenses against morality and religion." What shocks us today about Flaubert's devastatingly realized tale of a young woman destroyed by the reckless pursuit of her romantic dreams is its pure... Read more

Foxfire - Abridged

By: Joyce Carol Oates

Narrated by: Jane Gabbert

Length: 2 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: Yes

New York Times bestselling author Joyce Carol Oates’s strongest and most unsparing novel yet—an always engrossing, often shocking evocation of female rage, gallantry, and grit. 

The time is the 1950s. The place is a blue-collar town in upstate New York, where five high school girls join a gang dedicated to pride, power, and vengeance on a world... Read more

Sioux Dawn - Abridged

By: Terry Johnston

Narrated by: Ed Asner

Length: 3 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: Yes

This historically accurate tale describes one of the worst military disasters ever suffered by the U.S. Army on the Great Plains.At the end of the Civil War, a tremendous stream of soldiers and settlers began moving westward along the Bozeman Trail, cutting deep into sacred Sioux hunting grounds. For Red Cloud and his warriors, a bloody fight to... Read more

The Merchant of Venice - Abridged

By: Pierre Arthur Laure, Tom Wheelwright, William S...

Narrated by: a full cast, Bill Nighy, Haydn Gwynne, Julian R...

Length: 2 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In Shakespeare’s most controversial play, the opposing values of justice and mercy must be resolved. Antonio promises money to help his friend Bassanio woo Portia. He borrows the sum needed from the cruel Shylock, but there will be a dreadful penalty if the loan is not repaid.The golden world of Portia’s Belmont calls forth some of Shakespeare’s... Read more

Duchess - Abridged

By: Jude Deveraux

Narrated by: Nicol Williamson

Length: 2 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: Yes

New York Times bestselling author Jude Deveraux captures the thrill of an American beauty's Highlands wedding, where a royal title is at stake—and where love wins the day.

Claire Willoughby risked losing millions in her inheritance if, as decreed by her grandfather, she did not wed an "acceptable" man. Harry Montgomery, the eleventh Duke of... Read more

Gump & Co. - Abridged

By: Winston Groom

Narrated by: Will Patton

Length: 2 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The Gump phenomenon continues!

Forrest Gump is back!

The lovable man for all ages, who captured America's heart in the #1 bestselling novel Forrest Gump and in the blockbuster film, returns in the long-awaited sequel to the book hailed by Larry King as "the funniest novel I have ever read." A little older, and wiser in his own unique way, he is... Read more

The Longest Ride - Abridged

By: Nicholas Sparks

Narrated by: Ron McLarty & January LaVoy

Length: 7 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: Yes

From the dark days of WWII to present-day North Carolina, this New York Times bestseller shares the lives of two couples overcoming destructive secrets -- and finding joy together.

Ira Levinson is in trouble. Ninety-one years old and stranded and injured after a car crash, he struggles to retain consciousness until a blurry image materializes... Read more

The Amber Room - Abridged

By: Steve Berry

Narrated by: Scott Brick

Length: 7 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: Yes

“A winner . . . combines the pace and style of Brown’s Da Vinci Code and the densely plotted espionage of Daniel Silva’s Gabriel Allon novels.”—The Florida Times-Union

Atlanta judge Rachel Cutler loves her job and her kids, but her life takes a dark turn when her father dies under strange circumstances, leaving behind clues to a secret about one... Read more

Ghost of the Thames - Abridged

By: May McGoldrick & Jan Coffey

Narrated by: Anya Virtual-Voice

Length: TBA

Abridged: Yes

GHOST OF THE THAMES Spine-tingling suspense and heart-throbbing romance in a poignant and unpredictable tale of Victorian London! Captain Edward Seymour—the last of a long line of distinguished Royal Navy officers—has returned from sea to find that his niece has disappeared. Combing every inn and hellhole of the city's darkest corners, he... Read more

The Good German - Abridged

By: Joseph Kanon

Narrated by: Stanley Tucci

Length: 6 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Set in Berlin just after the end of World War II, a brilliant thriller that was also made into a film starring George Clooney and Cate Blanchett.

With World War II finally ending, Jake Geismar, former Berlin correspondent for CBS, has wrangled one of the coveted press slots for the Potsdam Conference. His assignment: a series of articles on the... Read more

Caesar - Abridged

By: Colleen McCullough

Narrated by: Michael York

Length: 6 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: Yes

It is 54 B.C. Gaius Julius Caesar is sweeping through Gaul. While his victories in the name of Rome are epic, the conservative leaders of the Republic are not pleased -- they are terrified. Where will the boundless ambition of Rome's most brilliant soldier stop? He must be destroyed before he can overthrow the government and install himself as... Read more

LOVE AND MAYHEM - Abridged

By: May McGoldrick & Jan Coffey

Narrated by: Anya Virtual-Voice

Length: TBA

Abridged: Yes

LOVE AND MAYHEM The great hall in Fleet Tower is quite the lively place. The McCalls are preparing for a wedding, and if that means unexpected arrivals, murder, mayhem, and chaos, all the better in this "laugh-out-loud comedy." Try getting married when your betrothed can wield an iron pot with deadly accuracy, her mad uncle thinks he's William... 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

Kleiner Mann - was nun? (Gekürzte Hörbuchfassung) - Abridged

By: Hans Fallada

Narrated by: Frank Arnold

Length: 7 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Der Weltbestseller erstmals so, wie Fallada ihn schrieb. Zu brisant, um so gedruckt zu werden: Von der Urfassung des Romans, der Hans Fallada am Vorabend der Machtergreifung der Nazis zum international gefeierten Erfolgsautor machte, wurde ein Viertel noch nie veröffentlicht. Der Verkäufer Johannes Pinneberg und seine Freundin Lämmchen erwarten... Read more

Die Nachtigall (Gekürzte Hörbuchfassung) - Abridged

By: Kristin Hannah

Narrated by: Luise Helm

Length: 16 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Zwei Schwestern im von den Deutschen besetzten Frankreich: Während Vianne ums Überleben ihrer Familie kämpft, schließt sich die jüngere Isabelle der Résistance an und sucht die Freiheit auf dem Pfad der Nachtigall, einem geheimen Fluchtweg über die Pyrenäen. Doch wie weit darf man gehen, um zu überleben? Und wie kann man die schützen, die man... Read more

Aspire to the Heavens - Abridged

By: Mary Clark

Narrated by: Mary Higgins Clark

Length: 3 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The man who would become the first president of the United States comes to life in this biographical novel written by acclaimed suspense writer Mary Higgins Clark. Strongly influenced by the gentility and generosity of spirit of his older brother, the young George matures into a devoted and able public servant in both the military and political... Read more

Charleston - Abridged

By: Alexandra Ripley

Narrated by: Diane Ladd

Length: 3 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: Yes

As a child, Elizabeth Tradd witnessed the horror of war and as a young girl, she learned the worst that men can do. As a woman, she discovers the breathtaking excitement that comes to but a lucky few. Here is the story of a Charleston family and the courage, love, and passion that bind them to each other and their vibrant South Carolina city.... Read more

Dance with the Devil - Abridged

By: Kirk Douglas

Narrated by: Kirk Douglas

Length: 3 hours

Abridged: Yes

Thought-provoking, riveting, and erotic, Dance with the Devil is the debut novel of legendary actor Kirk Douglas. Hollywood can be a tough town, but it's been awfully good to Danny Dennison. At 55, he's wealthy, successful, and respected throughout the film world. But Danny has been living a lie. Haunted by his past, he longs to find peace and... Read more

On Leaving Charleston - Abridged

By: Alexandra Ripley

Narrated by: Diane Ladd

Length: 3 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: Yes

This installment of Alexandra Ripley's Old South saga— begun in the bestselling Charleston— traces the lives of the prominent South Carolina Tradd family from the turn of the century to 1935. From an ugly duckling love child, Garden Tradd became the glorious belle her mother, Margaret, had longed to be. With breathtaking... Read more

World Without End - Abridged

By: Ken Follett

Narrated by: Richard E. Grant

Length: 14 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In 1989 Ken Follett astonished the literary world with The Pillars of the Earth, a sweeping epic novel set in twelfth-century England centered on the building of a cathedral and many of the hundreds of lives it affected. Critics were overwhelmed—“it will hold you, fascinate you, surround you” (Chicago Tribune)—and readers everywhere hoped for a... Read more

Hemingway und ich (Gekürzt) - Abridged

By: Paula McLain

Narrated by: Vera Teltz

Length: 11 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: Yes

"Eine Liebe vor der Kulisse des Zweiten Weltkrieges. Meisterhaft inszeniert Paula McLain die stürmische Beziehung zwischen Ernest Hemingway und seiner dritten Frau Martha Gellhorn. Als Martha sich haltlos in den zehn Jahre älteren Ernest verliebt, ist sie gerade achtundzwanzig Jahre alt, hat aber schon die halbe Welt bereist. Später wird sie... Read more