Historical Fiction audiobooks

Catherine Called Birdy - Abridged

By: Karen Cushman

Narrated by: Kate Maberly

Length: 3 hours 1 minute

Abridged: Yes

An abridged audiobook of the historical fiction classic, a Newbery Honor Book.
 
Catherine feels trapped. Her father is determined to marry her off to a rich man—any rich man, no matter how awful.

But by wit, trickery, and luck, Catherine manages to send several would-be husbands packing. Then a shaggy-bearded suitor from the north comes to... Read more

Pandora - Auf den Trümmern von Berlin. Kriminalroman (Gekürzte Lesung) - Abridged

By: Liv Amber & Alexander Berg

Narrated by: Götz Otto

Length: 12 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Berlin 1948: Die Stadt liegt in Trümmern und das Verbrechen blüht Der brutale Mord an einem bekannten Schieberkönig wird zum ersten Fall für Kommissar Hans-Joachim Stein: Als Sohn eines Emigranten hatte er 1933 Berlin verlassen, nun ist ihm alles in der von Spaltung und Blockade gebeutelten Stadt fremd, und in der neu gegründeten Mordinspektion... Read more

Episodios Nacionales - Trafalgar - Abridged

By: Benito Pérez Galdós

Narrated by: Luis Canales (voz digital)

Length: 5 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: Yes

"Trafalgar" es el primer episodio de la famosa serie de novelas "Episodios Nacionales" escrita por Benito Pérez Galdós. La historia se sitúa en el año 1805, en plena guerra entre España y Francia contra Inglaterra. El protagonista es Gabriel Araceli, un joven de 17 años que se une a la Armada Española como grumete en el navío Santísima... Read more

The Ideal Bride - Abridged

By: Stephanie Laurens

Narrated by: Clare Higgins

Length: 4 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Michael Anstruther-Wetherby is a man destined for power. Except that Michael, for all his political skill and intelligence, lacks the most important element of success: a wife. So he goes searching for his ideal bride, a gently bred, well-managed young lady. Michael discovers such a paragon, but finds a formidable obstacle in his path, the young... Read more

Und die Welt war jung - Drei-Städte-Saga, Band 1 (Gekürzte Lesefassung) - Abridged

By: Carmen Korn

Narrated by: Carmen Korn

Length: 14 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Drei Familien, drei Städte in den Aufbruchsjahren 1. Januar 1950: In Hamburg, Köln und San Remo begrüßt man das neue Jahrzehnt. Gerda und Heinrich Aldenhovens Haus in Köln platzt aus allen Nähten. Heinrichs Kunstgalerie wirft längst nicht genug ab, um all die hungrigen Mäuler zu stopfen. In Hamburg bei Gerdas Freundin Elisabeth und ihrem Mann... Read more

Fräulein Gold - Schatten und Licht, Band 1 (Gekürzte Lesung) - Abridged

By: Anne Stern

Narrated by: Anna Thalbach

Length: 8 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Hulda Gold - nah am Leben, nah am Tod 1922. Hulda Gold ist Hebamme, clever, unerschrocken und im Viertel äußerst beliebt. Das Schicksal der Frauen liegt ihr besonders am Herzen. Zumal sie bei ihrer Arbeit nicht nur neuem Leben begegnet, sondern auch dem Tod. Im berüchtigten Bülowbogen, einem der vielen Elendsviertel der Stadt, kümmert sich Hulda... Read more

Fräulein Gold. Scheunenkinder - Die Hebamme von Berlin, Band 2 (Gekürzte Lesefassung) - Abridged

By: Anne Stern

Narrated by: Anna Thalbach

Length: 6 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Berlin, 1923. Hebamme Hulda Gold wird zu einer Geburt ins Scheunenviertel gerufen. Die ju?dische Familie lebt nach ihren ganz eigenen, strengen Regeln, aber Hulda gewinnt das Vertrauen der jungen Mutter. Und als das Neugeborene nach wenigen Tagen verschwindet, wird sie unvermittelt in die rätselhafte Suche verstrickt. Denn wie kann ein Kind in... Read more

The Fire - Abridged

By: Katherine Neville

Narrated by: Susan Denaker

Length: 6 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Katherine Neville’s groundbreaking novel, The Eight, dazzled audiences more than twenty years ago and set the literary stage for the epic thriller. A quest for a mystical chess service that once belonged to Charlemagne, it spans two centuries and three continents, and intertwines historic and modern plots, archaeological treasure hunts, esoteric... Read more

The Interpretation of Murder - Abridged

By: Jed Rubenfeld

Narrated by: Ron Rifkin

Length: 6 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The Interpretation of Murder opens on a hot summer night in 1909 as Sigmund Freud arrives in New York. Among those waiting to greet him is Dr. Stratham Younger, a gifted physician who is one of Freud’s most ardent American supporters. And so begins the visit that will be the great genius’s first–and only–journey to America.
The morning... 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

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

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

Und dahinter das Meer (Autorisierte Lesefassung) - Abridged

By: Laura Spence-Ash

Narrated by: Sandrine Mittelstädt

Length: 9 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: Yes

London 1940: Um ihre elfjährige Tochter vor Luftangriffen zu schützen, beschließen die Thompsons schweren Herzens, Beatrix für ungewisse Zeit zu einer Gastfamilie in die USA zu schicken. Nach der langen Schiffspassage trifft Bea wütend und verängstigt in Boston ein, aber schon bald fühlt sie sich bei den Gregorys zu Hause, während ihre... Read more

Magic Mushrooms? From Eve´s Garden to my Granny´s Microdosing - Abridged

By: Angélica Sánchez (Agüita)

Narrated by: Vanessa Weller

Length: 1 hour 12 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The story of magic mushrooms told through the voices of women who, with threads of different colors, bordered a tapestry that tells a story of magic mushrooms that has never been told before. Read more

Schwert und Krone - Preis der Macht - Das Barbarossa-Epos, Band 5 (Gekürzte Lesefassung) - Abridged

By: Sabine Ebert

Narrated by: Gabriele Blum

Length: 10 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Der krönende Abschluss von Sabine Eberts großem Mittelalter-Epos Friedrich Barbarossas Italien-Feldzug hat verheerend geendet. Nur mit Mühe entkommt er den Angriffen der Lombarden und der Seuche, die unter seinen Männern wütet. Währenddessen sind die Kämpfe zwischen Heinrich dem Löwen und seinen Feinden mit großer Heftigkeit von Neuem entflammt.... 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

Heresy - Abridged

By: S.J. Parris

Narrated by: John Lee

Length: 5 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Masterfully blending true events with fiction, this blockbuster historical thriller delivers a page-turning murder mystery set on the sixteenth-century Oxford University campus.Giordano Bruno was a monk, poet, scientist, and magician on the run from the Roman Inquisition on charges of heresy for his belief that the Earth orbits the sun and that... 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

Through a Glass Darkly - Abridged

By: Karleen Koen

Narrated by: Rosalyn Landor

Length: 9 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Sparkles with all of the passion, extravagance and scandal of a grand and glorious era…
As opulent and passionate as the 18th century it celebrates, Through a Glass Darkly will sweep you away to the splendors of a lost era. From aristocrats to scoundrels, its rich, vivid characters create their own immortality. Here is the story of a great family... Read more

Fräulein Gold: Der Himmel über der Stadt - Die Hebamme von Berlin, Band 3 (Gekürzt) - Abridged

By: Anne Stern

Narrated by: Anna Thalbach

Length: 7 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Berlin, 1924. Hulda Gold arbeitet in der neuen Frauenklinik in Berlin-Mitte und versorgt dort die Frauen und ihre Neugeborenen. Die Geburtshilfe ist modern, Berlin am medizinischen Puls der Zeit. Doch es kommt zu einem tragischen Todesfall: Eine junge Schwangere stirbt bei einer Operation, die ausgerechnet der ehrgeizige Chef-Gynäkologe Egon... Read more

The Eight - Abridged

By: Katherine Neville

Narrated by: Susan Denaker

Length: 7 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: Yes

New York City, 1972—A dabbler in mathematics and chess, Catherine Velis is also a computer expert for a Big Eight accounting firm. Before heading off to a new assignment in Algeria, Cat has her palm read by a fortune-teller. The woman warns Cat of danger. Then an antiques dealer approaches Cat with a mysterious offer: He has an anonymous client... Read more

Empire of Ivory - Abridged

By: Naomi Novik

Narrated by: David Thorn

Length: 6 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: Yes

From the New York Times bestselling author of A Deadly Education comes the fourth volume of the Temeraire series, as the Napoleonic Wars bring Will Laurence and Temeraire to Africa in search of aid.

“Temeraire is a dragon for the ages.”—Terry Brooks

Tragedy has struck His Majesty's Aerial Corps, whose magnificent fleet of fighting dragons and... Read more