Historical Fiction audiobooks

A Thread of Grace - Abridged

By: Mary Doria Russell

Narrated by: Jay Gregory

Length: 6 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: Yes

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “A powerfully imagined novel . . . [a] profoundly moving book that engages the heights and depths of human experience.”—Los Angeles Times

It is September 8, 1943, and fourteen-year-old Claudette Blum and her father are among the thousands of Jewish refugees scrambling over the Alps toward Italy, where they hope to find... 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

Jane Eyre - Abridged

By: Rachel Joyce & Charlotte Brontë

Narrated by: Amanda Hale, Full Cast & Tom Burke

Length: 2 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Amanda Hale and Tom Burke star in a brand new BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation of Charlotte Brontë's most beloved novel, adapted by Rachel Joyce.

Orphan Jane learns at an early age that self-control is the surest means of retaining self-respect in adversity. It is a lesson that serves her well in the years ahead as she endures the misery of... Read more

Samuel Pepys - After the Fire - Abridged

By: Samuel Pepys & Hattie Naylor

Narrated by: Full Cast, Katherine Jakeways & Kris Marshall

Length: 1 hour 7 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Kris Marshall (My Family) stars in this BBC Radio 4 dramatisation of the famous diarist's account of the aftermath of the Great Fire of London.

Following on from the acclaimed radio dramatisation of Pepys' complete diaries, this further instalment of his chronicles focuses on events following the cataclysmic inferno that destroyed much of the... Read more

Song of Redemption - Abridged

By: Malika J. Stevely

Narrated by: K. Javai & Clif St. Laurent

Length: 11 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Celebrated by book clubs and inspired by true events, Song of Redemption unveils a devastating mystery. In 1932, a media frenzy erupted when the body of Danielle, a gifted and enslaved songstress, was discovered hidden within the walls of an abandoned mansion on the Soileau Plantation. Through her sister, who returns to the English and... Read more

Götterflüstern. Verlorene Liebe - Abridged

By: Jenny Völker

Narrated by: Désirée Singson

Length: 7 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Werden sie sich wiedersehen? Elli ist zurück in der Gegenwart. Eigentlich wollte sie die Auszeit in Athen nutzen, um sich zu erholen, doch sie kann die Erlebnisse nicht vergessen. Akribisch recherchiert sie, um herauszufinden, was hinter all dem steckt. Plötzlich geschehen merkwürdige Dinge. Als sie dann auch noch jemanden sieht, mit dem sie... Read more

C.S.A. - Abridged

By: Howard Means

Narrated by: Richard Gilliland

Length: 6 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: Yes

For President Spencer Jefferson Lee— the great-great-grandson of both Jefferson Davis and Robert E. Lee— it's politics as usual. On one side, the lily-white Senate wants quid pro quo; on the other, the all-Black House has an agenda of its own. The powers-that-be agree on one thing: Utter separation between the races is... Read more

Continue Laughing - Abridged

By: Carl Reiner

Narrated by: Carl Reiner

Length: 2 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: Yes

This is the story of Bronx-born David Kokolovitz and his hilarious experiences with sex, Shakespeare, and the South Pacific. In search of an acting career, New Yorker David ends up living in the Deep South where he lands his first job at a southern Shakespeare repertory company. Just as the hazards of too-tight tights and too-long soliloquies... Read more

Las hermanas Mitford - Abridged

By: Marie Benedict

Narrated by: Lina Franco

Length: 11 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Usaron su influencia y poder para ayudar a los nazis, ahora tendrán que pagar el precio Mientras Europa se prepara para la inminente guerra contra los alemanes, en Inglaterra las fascinantes hermanas Mitford dominan la escena política, literaria y social. Aunque en el pasado han enfrentado escándalos por su comportamiento libertino, todo se sale... Read more

Late For the Wedding - Abridged

By: Amanda Quick

Narrated by: Jennifer Van Dyck

Length: 4 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: Yes

New York Times bestselling author Amanda Quick returns with a thrilling new venture into romance and mystery, featuring the most unusual, highly compatible--undeniably combustible--pairing of Tobias March and his mesmerizing partner, Lavinia Lake.

An invitation to a country house party at Beaumont Castle provides a perfect solution to Tobias and... Read more

Английский дом - Abridged

By: Люси Уорсли

Narrated by: Чигинская Галина

Length: 11 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Почему в Средние века люди спали сидя? Почему два столетия называются "немытыми"? По какой причине дамы викторианской эпохи часто падали в обморок? Как люди обходились без туалетной бумаги? Почему боялись есть фрукты? Люси Уорсли отвечает на эти и многие другие вопросы в своем ярком рассказе об английском жилище, полном множества живописных,... Read more

Schindler's List - Abridged

By: Thomas Keneally

Narrated by: Ben Kingsley

Length: 4 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In remembrance of the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz and the Nazi concentration camps, this award-winning, bestselling work of Holocaust fiction, inspiration for the classic film and “masterful account of the growth of the human soul” (Los Angeles Times Book Review), returns with an all-new introduction by the author.

An... Read more

The Thistle and The Rose - Abridged

By: May McGoldrick & Jan Coffey

Narrated by: Virtual Narration

Length: 10 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Passion and Peril in the Scottish Highlands: A Love Forged in War!A heroine's quest for survival and a powerful warrior's unexpected love…Celia Muir's life is at stake as she escapes a burning castle, hunted by English soldiers through the wild and rugged Scottish Highlands. With trusted allies at her side and the infant Kit in her care, she... Read more

The Golden One - Abridged

By: Elizabeth Peters

Narrated by: Barbara Rosenblat

Length: 6 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A new year, 1917, is dawning, and the Great War that ravages the world shows no sign of abating. Answering the siren call of Egypt once more, Amelia Peabody and her husband and son, Ramses, arrive at their home in Luxor to learn of a new royal tomb ransacked by thieves. Soon, a more disturbing outrage concerns the archaeologists: the freshly and... Read more

What Price Love? - Abridged

By: Stephanie Laurens

Narrated by: Elizabeth Sastre

Length: 6 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In Stephanie Laurens's newest novel, a passionate man and
a daring woman confront the ultimate questionWhat Price Love? Dillon Caxton, protégé of Demon Cynster, is now a man of sterling reputation, but it wasn't always so. Now impeccably honest, he is the Keeper of the Register of all racing horses in England. His standing and aloofness makes... Read more

Romeo and Juliet - Abridged

By: Tom Wheelwright, E.A. Copen, Pierre Arthur Laur...

Narrated by: Joseph Fiennes, Maria Miles & a full cast

Length: 3 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In the world’s most celebrated and lyrical love story, the sublime devotion of two young lovers transcends their earthly fate.The noble Veronese houses of Montague and Capulet are locked in a bitter feud. When Romeo (a Montague) and Juliet (a Capulet) fall in love, they are swept up in a series of violent events and cruel twists of fortune.... Read more

The Lady in Blue - Abridged

By: Javier Sierra

Narrated by: Boyd Gaines

Length: 7 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: Yes

An elaborately woven novel of intrigue about one of America's most curious and enduring legends -- the enigma of the Lady in Blue

In Los Angeles, Jennifer Narody has been having a series of disturbing dreams involving eerie images of a lady dressed in blue. What she doesn't know is that this same spirit appeared to leaders of the Jumano Native... Read more

Popol Vuh - Abridged

By: Anonymous

Narrated by: Yadira Sanchez

Length: 3 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Popol Vuh es una recopilación de narraciones mítico-históricos del reino del Posclásico K'iche 'del altiplano occidental de Guatemala. El título se traduce como "Libro de la Comunidad", "Libro del Consejo", o más literalmente como "Libro del Pueblo". Características prominentes Popol Vuh son su mito de la creación, su sugerencia diluviano, sus... Read more

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen - Abridged

By: Pocket Classic

Narrated by: Eleanor Willow

Length: 10 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Dive into Jane Austen's Classic Romance with the Enchanting Voice of Eleanor Willow! Step into the timeless world of Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice," brought to life by the captivating narration of Eleanor Willow. Rediscover the charm, wit, and romance of Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy's world in this beautifully narrated audiobook. Eleanor... Read more

Oliver Twist - Abridged

By: Charles Dickens

Narrated by: John Wells

Length: 3 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Through the immortal characters of Oliver, Nancy, Bill Sikes, Fagin, the Artful Dodger and Mr Bumble, Dickens mercilessly sends up the hypocrisy of nineteenth-century life - the high-minded reformism of the intellectuals and the snobbery of those in power.

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Gods and Generals - Abridged

By: Jeff Shaara

Narrated by: Stephen Lang

Length: 3 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The New York Times bestselling prequel to the Pulitzer Prize–winning classic The Killer Angels
 
In this brilliantly written epic novel, Jeff Shaara traces the lives, passions, and careers of the great military leaders from the first gathering clouds of the Civil War. Here is Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson, a hopelessly by-the-book military... Read more

Clara Callan - Abridged

By: Richard B. Wright

Length: 8 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Clara Callan is a deeply moving portrait of two women and of an age heralding seismic changes—the Depression era—that will alter the fabric of their inner lives and the world as they once knew it. Read more

Forever - Abridged

By: Pete Hamill

Narrated by: Stevie Ray Dallimore

Length: 6 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: Yes

From the bestselling author of Snow in August and A Drinking Life comes this magical, epic tale of an extraordinary man who arrives in New York City in 1740 and remains...forever.

From the shores of Ireland, Cormac O'Connor sets out on a fateful journey to avenge the deaths of his parents and honor the code of his ancestors. His quest brings him... Read more

Turn of the Screw - Abridged

By: Henry James

Narrated by: Virginia McKenna

Length: 1 hour 30 minutes

Abridged: Yes

William Collins Books and Decca Records are proud to present ARGO Classics, a historic catalogue of classic fiction read by some of the world’s most renowned voices. Originally released as vinyl records, these expertly abridged and remastered stories are now available to download for the first time. ... Read more