Historical Fiction audiobooks

Lonigan - Abridged

By: Louis L'Amour

Narrated by: Dramatization

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In this exciting short story, Louis L'Amour, the legendary voice of the American West, celebrates the unique breed of men who worked the great cattle ranches. In this classic story, hard riding Danny Lonigan faces a group of rustlers without fear--or mercy. 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

Everlasting - Abridged

By: Kathleen E. Woodiwiss

Narrated by: Xanthe Elbrick

Length: 6 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Once Abrielle was a proud, exceptional lady coveted for her bearing, her breeding, her wit, and her beauty. But when her stepfather is denied his rightful title and the wealth that accompanies it, Abrielle finds herself suddenly disgraced. Only one would still have her, the oafish and grotesque Desmond de Marlé. Yet no one else can rescue her... 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

Sandstorm - Abridged

By: James Rollins

Narrated by: Dennis Boutsikaris

Length: 6 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: Yes

An inexplicable explosion rocks the antiquities collection of a London museum and the race begins to determine how it happened, why it happened, and what it means.Lady Kara Kensington's family paid a high price in money and blood to found the gallery that now lies in ruins. Her search for answers leads Kara and her friend Safia al-Maaz, the... Read more

Olympian Games [Dramatized Adaptation] - Abridged

By: Tom Doyle

Narrated by: Richard Rohan, Lynette Rathnam, Laura C. Harris...

Length: 7 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: Yes

"Secret agents Samuel and Mehrnaz are back in a new supernatural adventure in the ancient world! Imperial spymaster Croesus is sending his top team to Greece on a personal assignment: find out why the Oracle of Delphi betrayed him and how it engineered the death of his son and heir.
But to reach Delphi, Samuel and Mehrnaz will first have to fight... Read more

The Anatomy of Deception - Abridged

By: Lawrence Goldstone

Narrated by: David Ackroyd

Length: TBA

Abridged: Yes

A mesmerizing forensic thriller that thrusts the reader into the operating rooms, drawing rooms, and back alleys of 1889 Philadelphia, as a young doctor grapples with the principles of scientific process to track a daring killer

In the morgue of a Philadelphia hospital, a group of physicians open a coffin and uncover the corpse of a beautiful... 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

Ivanhoe - Abridged

By: Sir Walter Scott

Narrated by: Brian Cox

Length: 3 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Set in the 12th century, during the reign of Richard the Lionheart, Ivanhoe tells of the love of Wilfred of Ivanhoe for the Lady Rowena, his father Cedric’s ward. Cedric intends Rowena for the oafish Athelstane, and banishes his son. 'The love of battle is the food upon which we live – the dust of the mêlée is the breath of... Read more

Memórias póstumas de Brás Cubas - Abridged

By: Machado de Assis

Narrated by: voz sintetica

Length: 8 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: Yes

"Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas", de Machado de Assis, é um romance narrado pelo defunto Brás Cubas, que, com ironia e sarcasmo, revisita sua vida, amores e fracassos. Criticando a sociedade do século XIX, a obra desafia convenções narrativas e explora a vaidade e a hipocrisia humanas com humor e profundidade. Read more

Cold Sassy Tree - Abridged

By: Olive Ann Burns

Narrated by: Richard Thomas

Length: 2 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: Yes

If the preacher's wife's petticoat showed, the ladies would make the talk last a week. But on July 5, 1906, things took a scandalous turn. That was the day E. Rucker Blakeslee, proprietor of the general store and barely three weeks a widower, eloped with Miss Love Simpson—a woman half his age and, worse yet, a Yankee! On that day,... Read more

The Scarlet Letter - Abridged

By: Nathaniel Hawthorne

Narrated by: Elizabeth McGovern

Length: 3 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: Yes

'Ah, but let her cover the mark as she will, the pang of it will be always in her heart.' A tale of sin, punishment and atonement, The Scarlet Letter exposes the moral rigidity of a 17th-Century Puritan New England community when faced with the illegitimate child of a young mother. Regarded as the first real... Read more

Never Call Retreat - Abridged

By: Newt Gingrich & William R. Forstchen

Narrated by: Boyd Gaines

Length: 6 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: Yes

New York Times bestselling authors Newt Gingrich and William R. Forstchen conclude their inventive trilogy with Never Call Retreat, a remarkable answer to the great "what if" of the American Civil War: Could the South have indeed won?

After his great victories at Gettysburg and Union Mills, General Robert E. Lee's attempt to bring the war to a... Read more

No. 13 and Other Ghost Stories - Abridged

By: M. R. James

Narrated by: Sir Michael Hordern

Length: 2 hours 26 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

Pompeii - Abridged

By: Robert Harris

Narrated by: Michael Cumpsty

Length: 5 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Ancient Rome is the setting for the superb new novel from Robert Harris, author of the number one bestsellers Fatherland, Enigma and Archangel.

Where else to enjoy the last days of summer than on the beautiful Bay of Naples. All along the coast, the Roman Empire’s richest citizens are relaxing in their luxurious villas. The world’s largest navy... Read more

Die Schicksalsgabe (Gekürzte Fassung) - Abridged

By: Barbara Wood

Narrated by: Tanja Geke

Length: 10 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: Yes

"Fluch oder Segen? Ihre geheimnisvolle Gabe führt die junge Ulrika bis an die Grenzen der Welt. Sie weiß, dass sie anders ist als ihre römischen Freundinnen: seit der Kindheit hat Ulrika Visionen, die sie vor allen verheimlicht. Aber dann erscheint ihr das Bild ihres Vaters, den sie nie gekannt hat. Sie bricht auf, um ihn zu warnen. Allein und... Read more

The Rebel - Abridged

By: May McGoldrick & Jan Coffey

Narrated by: Anya Virtual-Voice

Length: TBA

Abridged: Yes

 Winner of Holt Medallion!  WANTED…for crimes against the king.  In retaliation for the brutality of the English troops, the Irish rebel Egan is fighting back, leading a secret group of revolutionaries—and building a legend across the country.   REJECTED…by her own family.  Jane Purefoy is a woman with a past. The daughter of an English... Read more

The Kite Runner - Abridged

By: Khaled Hosseini

Narrated by: Khaled Hosseini

Length: 6 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A Stunning Novel of Hope and Redemption

Taking us from Afghanistan in the final days of the monarchy to the present, The Kite Runner is the unforgettable and beautifully told story of the friendship between two boys growing up in Kabul. Raised in the same household and sharing the same wet nurse, Amir and Hassan grow up in different worlds: Amir... Read more

In den Schluchten des Balkan - Abridged

By: Kurt Vethake & Karl May

Narrated by: Walter Prüssing, Volkmar Olms, Wolfgang Reinsch...

Length: 45 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Kara Ben Nemsi nimmt mit Hadschi Halef Omar, dem Montenegriner Osko und dem jungen Omar Ben Sadek die Verfolgung von Barud el Amasat auf. Unterwegs kommt es zu zahlreichen Begegnungen mit allerlei düsteren Gestalten, die die Schluchten des Balkan bevölkern und entweder Schmuggler sind oder zur Bande des Schut gehören. Aber es gibt auch Männer... Read more

Dracula - Abridged

By: Bram Stoker

Narrated by: Jacob Weigert, Katharina Thalbach, Katja Danows...

Length: 6 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: Yes

"Ich bin Dracula und begrüße Sie, Herr Harker, in meinem Hause. Kommen Sie herein, Sie bedürfen des Essens und der Ruhe, die Nachtluft ist recht kühl. Es ist schon spät und meine Dienerschaft ist nicht mehr verfügbar. Lassen Sie also mich für Ihre Bequemlichkeit sorgen." Jonathan Harker, ein Londoner Anwalt, wird diese unheimliche Einladung... 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

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

The Surgeon's Mate - Abridged

By: Patrick O'Brian

Narrated by: Tim Pigott-Smith

Length: 5 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin are ordered home to bring news of their latest victory. But Maturin is a marked man for the havoc he caused to the French intelligence network in the New World and the British packet carrying them is shadowed by two American privateers.

The chase that follows through the fogs and shallows of the Grand Banks is as... Read more

Das Spiel der Nachtigall (Gekürzte Fassung) - Abridged

By: Tanja Kinkel

Narrated by: Katrin Fröhlich & Uve Teschner

Length: 14 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Ende des 12. Jahrhunderts beginnt ein Junge aus ärmsten Verhältnissen seinen unaufhaltsamen Aufstieg an die Spitze der Minnesänger, um den sich die Fürstenhöfe streiten - und das, obwohl Walther von der Vogelweide mit allen Konventionen bricht und dem Minnesang die Keuschheit nimmt. Was keiner seiner Gönner ahnt, die ihn als "Nachtigall"... Read more