Historical Fiction audiobooks

Tessa und der Highlander - Abridged

By: May McGoldrick & Jan Coffey

Narrated by: Gemma Virtual Voice

Length: 6 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Der Stoff, aus dem die Träume sind — Romantik und Gefühle pur Schon so Iange sie denken kann, lebt Tessa fernab der Zivilisation auf einer winzigen Insel vor der schottischen Küste.Doch eines Tages stört ein Fremder das einsame Idyll: Colin, der Schiffbruch erlitten hat, wird an die Küste der Isle of May gespült. Und er bringt nicht nur Unruhe... Read more

The Dante Club - Abridged

By: Matthew Pearl

Narrated by: Boyd Gaines

Length: 5 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Words Can Bleed.
In 1865 Boston, the members of the Dante Club -- poets and Harvard professors Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes, and James Russell Lowell, along with publisher J.T. Fields -- are finishing America's first translation of The Divine Comedy and preparing to unveil Dante's remarkable visions to the New World.... Read more

The Templar Legacy - Abridged

By: Steve Berry

Narrated by: Brian Corrigan

Length: 7 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: Yes

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “Exciting . . . hard to put down without reading one more page.”—The Florida Times-Union

The ancient order of the Knights Templar possessed untold wealth and absolute power over kings and popes . . . until the Inquisition, when they were wiped from the face of the earth, their hidden riches lost. But now two forces... Read more

Dessa Rose - Abridged

By: Sherley Williams

Narrated by: Ruby Dee

Length: 2 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In 1829, a pregnant woman is condemned to die for a murderous act of rebellion. Meanwhile, in North Carolina, a woman is accused of giving sanctuary to runaway slaves. Dessa Rose is the heartwarming story of an extraordinary friendship between two strong, remarkable women from very different backgrounds, both caught in the shadow of slavery in... Read more

The First Man in Rome - Abridged

By: Colleen McCullough

Narrated by: David Ogden Stiers

Length: 6 hours 1 minute

Abridged: Yes

"The First Man in Rome was not the best man: he was the First among other men who were his equals...To be the First Man in Rome was something far better than kingship..."

In the first century B.C. at the height of the Roman Republic, two men set their sights on becoming the First Man - the Roman more respected than any other. Marius, a... Read more

Manchu Palaces - Abridged

By: Jeanne Larson

Narrated by: Susan Clark

Length: 4 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: Yes

This rich and nuanced portrait of eighteenth-century China follows a Chinese girl' s path to enlightenment. At the midpoint of the Manchus' long sway over the largest empire in China's history, a young girl stands reluctantly on the brink of womanhood. Lotus, the Empress Dowager's servant, decides to follow a spiritual path through... Read more

Tess and the Highlander - Abridged

By: May McGoldrick & Jan Coffey

Narrated by: Anya VirtualVoice

Length: 5 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A Macpherson Clan Novel  Tess Lindsay has spent most of her life on the remote Isle of May, uncertain of her identity. Raised by the two sole inhabitants of the island, she is left to fend for herself after their deaths, until a stranger washes ashore in a storm. Tess pulls him from the surf, not knowing that in saving the Highlander she is... Read more

Hornet Flight - Abridged

By: Ken Follett

Narrated by: Byron Jennings

Length: 6 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Ken Follet-the master of suspense-follows his bestsellers Jackdaws and Code to Zero with an extraordinary novel of the early days of World War II.

Abridged, 5 CDs, 6 hours 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

The Crazyladies of Pearl Street - Abridged

By: Trevanian

Narrated by: Tom Bosely

Length: 5 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Legendary writer Trevanian brings readers his most personal novel yet: a funny, deeply felt, often touching coming-of-age novel set in 1930s America.

Six-year-old Jean-Luc LaPointe, his little sister, and his spirited but vulnerable young mother have been abandoned—again—by his father, a charming con artist. With no money and nowhere else... 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

January 1941: - Abridged

By: Nick Seider

Narrated by: Nick Seider, Hannah Marks & Garrett Fritz

Length: 15 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Hello, my name is Nick Seider, and I am the creator of Green Valley Radio, an emulated radio experience that takes you back and time and tunes you in to the news, music, and culture of the past. In this audio book series, we share our original news, fashion, & Homefront pieces that give you a taste of what the world was like in January 1941... Read more

Keiner von euch - Abridged

By: Felix Mitterer

Narrated by: Felix Holm

Length: 10 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: Yes

FELIX MITTERERS ERSTER ROMAN: ÜBER DAS LEBEN EINES AFRIKANERS AM WIENER HOF DES 18. JAHRHUNDERTS. ANGELO SOLIMAN: EIN LEBEN ZWISCHEN EMANZIPATION UND ASSIMILATION MITTE DES 18. JAHRHUNDERTS wird ein Junge von Afrika nach Europa verschleppt und fortan "Angelo Soliman" genannt. Im SIZILIANISCHEN MESSINA tauft man ihn katholisch und erzieht ihn... Read more

The Piano Tuner - Abridged

By: Daniel Mason

Narrated by: Graeme Malcolm

Length: 5 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: Yes

An extraordinary first novel that tells the story of a British piano tuner sent deep into Burma in the nineteenth century.

In October 1886, Edgar Drake receives a strange request from the British War Office: he must leave his wife and his quiet life in London to travel to the jungles of Burma, where a rare Erard grand piano is in need of repair.... Read more

Hard Revolution - Abridged

By: George Pelecanos

Narrated by: Lance Reddick

Length: 5 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In this epic showdown from "one of the best crime novelists alive" (Dennis Lehane), police officer Derek Strange hunts his brother's killer through a city erupting with rage. Read more

Anthropoid - Abridged

By: Camilla Allegrucci

Narrated by: Riccardo Burbi

Length: 1 hour 48 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Era il 27 maggio 1942, il Terzo Reich esibiva con orgoglio la bandiera nazista su dieci capitali d'Europa, simbolo della propria dominazione. La Cecoslovacchia, una volta fiorente e ora smembrata, era governata con pugno di ferro da Reinhard Heydrich, uomo spietato e senza scrupoli. Da Praga, capoluogo del protettorato di Boemia e Moravia,... Read more

Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha - Abridged

By: Roddy Doyle

Narrated by: Aidan Gillen

Length: 2 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Winner of the Booker Prize – Roddy Doyle’s witty, exuberant novel about a young boy trying to make sense of his changing world

It is 1968. Patrick Clarke is ten. He loves Geronimo, the Three Stooges, and the smell of his hot water bottle. He can't stand his little brother Sinbad. His best friend is Kevin, and their names are all over Barrytown,... Read more

The Hobbit - Abridged

By: J. R. R. Tolkien

Narrated by: Martin Shaw

Length: 5 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Bilbo Baggins is a hobbit who enjoys a comfortable and quiet life. His contentment is disturbed one day when the wizard, Gandalf, and the dwarves arrive to take him away on an adventure. Smaug certainly looked fast asleep, when Bilbo peeped once more from the entrance. He was just about to step out on to the floor when he... Read more

The Memoirs of Casanova (Adapted & Abridged Edition) - Abridged

By: Giacomo Casanova & Luca Moretti

Narrated by: Luca Moretti

Length: 6 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Let Casanova Sweep You Off Your Feet—an Unforgettable Romance & Opera Audiobook Experience!Passion. Intrigue. Timeless romance. History’s most legendary lover, Giacomo Casanova, comes vividly to life in this deeply immersive audiobook adventure. Enhanced by 24 exquisite opera arias, each emotionally charged chapter will sweep you away to... Read more

Les Miserables - Abridged

By: Victor Hugo

Narrated by: Mark McKerracher

Length: 5 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The classic novel--and hit Broadway show--about escaped convict Jean Valjean has been adapted with easy-to-read text, large type, and short chapters.  This engaging adaptation of the timeless tale is ideal for reluctant readers and kids not yet ready to tackle the original. Read more

Gap Creek - Abridged

By: Robert Morgan

Narrated by: Jill Hill

Length: 4 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: Yes

An Oprah's Book Club Selection

An unflinching tale of turn-of-the-century Appalachian life, Gap Creek chronicles the challenging first year in the marriage of Julie Harmon and Hank Richards. After losing both her father and brother before turning 17, Julie faces fire, flood, grifters, sickness, and starvation with grim determination and... 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

Jade Star - Abridged

By: Catherine Coulter

Narrated by: Chloe Campbell

Length: 5 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Fourth in the Star Quartet from #1 New York Times bestselling author Catherine Coulter.Vowing to save a young girl from her painful past, Saint Morris marries her out of duty. He thinks of himself as her protector and brother. But she has other ideas.... Read more

Kiss - Abridged

By: Ed McBain

Narrated by: Len Cariou

Length: 2 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: Yes

An 87th Precinct novel -- Certain that someone is trying to kill her, Emma Bowles turns to another killer for protection, and only a dedicated cop trapped in a defective legal system can save her. Read more