Historical Fiction audiobooks

His Majesty's Dragon - Abridged

By: Naomi Novik

Narrated by: David Thorn

Length: 6 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In the first novel of the New York Times bestselling Temeraire series, a rare bond is formed between a young man and a dragon, and together they must battle in the Napoleonic Wars.

“A terrifically entertaining fantasy novel.”—Stephen King

Aerial combat brings a thrilling new dimension to the Napoleonic Wars as valiant warriors rise to Britain’s... 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

Töchter einer neuen Zeit - Jahrhundert-Trilogie, Band 1 (Gekürzte Autorinnenlesung) - Abridged

By: Carmen Korn

Narrated by: Carmen Korn

Length: TBA

Abridged: Yes

Vier Frauen, Zwei Weltkriege, Hundert Jahre Deutschland Einer neuen - einer friedlichen - Generation auf die Welt helfen, das ist Henny Godhusens Plan, als sie im Frühjahr 1919 die Hebammenausbildung an der Hamburger Frauenklinik Finkenau beginnt. Gerade einmal neunzehn Jahre ist sie alt, doch hinter ihr liegt bereits ein Weltkrieg. Jetzt... Read more

Valdez Is Coming - Abridged

By: Elmore Leonard

Narrated by: Keith Carradine

Length: TBA

Abridged: Yes

Touching on the themes of the popular FX series Justified featuring U.S. Marshall Raylan Givens, Valdez Is Coming is New York Times bestselling author Elmore Leonard's classic western tale of corruption, justice, and vengeance.Forced to gun down an innocent man, part-time sheriff Roberto Valdez is nearly killed and run out of town when he seeks... Read more

Søfolkene - Abridged

By: Vivian Stuart

Narrated by: Jesper Bøllehuus

Length: 8 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Den tyvende bog i den spændende og dramatiske beretning om Australiens kolonisering – et land skabt af blod, passion og drømme.  Jon Fisher og Harry Ryan vender tilbage til Australien.  Da de vender tilbage, finder Jon Fisher ud af, at hans familie er på kanten af konflikt med de velhavende besættere og de såkaldte 'vælgere'. Familien står nu... Read more

عصافير النيل - Abridged

By: Ibrahim Aslan

Narrated by: محمد العربي

Length: 4 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: Yes

كيف كانت تعرف، لترسل ضحكتها الفاجرة تهدر هكذا في عز الصمت؟ تختار أوقاتاً يكون فيها الكرب قد سكن واحدة من حجرات البيت أو أكثر، وتطلقها، قارحة، لتزرى بالمصائب، وتشحن الخلق، بالهيجان والبهجة. كيف كانت تعرف؟ هي الوحيدة داخل حجرتها البعيدة العالية، حيث السطوح الخالية، ونجوم الليل، والنيل. تبدأ الرواية مع حوار الجدة القصير مع الحج محمود الفحّام وهي... Read more

Flint and Silver - Abridged

By: John Drake

Narrated by: Tim Gregory

Length: TBA

Abridged: Yes

A swashbuckling triumph of storytelling, Flint and Silver provides a thrilling ride back to the rich and wondrous world of Long John Silver and his fiendish nemesis Joseph Flint in this prequel to the beloved classic Treasure Island. John Silver had never killed a man. Until now, his charisma, sheer size and, when all else failed, powerful fists... Read more

قطعة من أوروبا - Abridged

By: Radwa Ashour

Narrated by: سمعان فرزلي

Length: 8 hours

Abridged: Yes

"يستدرجني الغضب إلى مقال مباشر، ليس هكذا تكتب الحكايات، مهمتي صعبة يا شهرزاد، الأنقاض كثيرة، وعلى جدك أن ينقض كثيراً قبل أن يغزل لك كساء من هذه الحكاية، أو يقيم منها مبنى له منطق ومعمار. جدك ضائع يا بنت، نقض الوزر ظهره وأقعده. ستقول البنت....، لا لن تفصح فهي حيية تراعيني، ستقول لنفسها: جدي يتعثر، يتوهم في نفسه القدرة على جمع خيوط قرنين من الزمان... Read more

Heretic - Abridged

By: Bernard Cornwell

Narrated by: Tim Pigott-Smith

Length: 6 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: Yes

From New York Times bestselling author Bernard Cornwell, the sequel to The Archer’s Tale and Vagabond—the spellbinding tale of a young man, a fearless archer, who sets out wanting to avenge his family’s honor and winds up on a quest for the Holy Grail.Already a seasoned veteran of King Edward's army, young Thomas of Hookton possesses the... Read more

Vagabond - Abridged

By: Bernard Cornwell

Narrated by: Tim Pigott-Smith

Length: 6 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: Yes

From New York Times bestselling author Bernard Cornwell, the sequel to The Archer's Tale—the spellbinding tale of a young man, a fearless archer, who sets out wanting to avenge his family's honor and winds up on a quest for the Holy Grail.In 1347, a year of conflict and unrest, Thomas of Hookton returns to England to pursue the Holy Grail. Among... 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

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

Mischief - Abridged

By: Ed McBain

Narrated by: Len Cariou

Length: 3 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In this 87th Precinct thriller, Detective Steve Carella must track down a killer who's systematically rubbing out all the city's graffiti artists, leaving each victim mischievously splashed with paint and blood.Foul play takes another form when an old nemesis, the Dead Man, taunts Carella and the eight-seven with riddling clues for solving a... 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

The Imperial Alchemist - Abridged

By: A. H. Wang

Narrated by: Luke Welland

Length: 10 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A legend buried for 2000 years. A woman compelled to uncover the truth.210 BCE, CHINA. The most powerful emperor China has ever known is on the brink of death. In desperation, he sends his most gifted alchemist and sorcerer on a quest for the mythical elixir of life.His fleet never returned….NOW, world-renowned archaeologist Georgia Lee is... Read more

Deep in the Heart of Trouble - Abridged

By: Deeanna Gist

Narrated by: Brooke Sanford Heldman

Length: 6 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A Texas-Sized Tale of Unexpected Love. Essie Spreckelmeyer is the last woman anyone in Corsicana, Texas, expected to see with a man on her arm. Independent and outspoken, she's known more for riding bicycles in outrageous bloomers than for catching a man's eye. And the last man who seems willing to give her a second glance is Tony Morgan, newly... Read more

The League of Set [Dramatized Adaptation] - Abridged

By: Tom Doyle

Narrated by: Richard Rohan, Lynette Rathnam, Andy Brownstein...

Length: 6 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: Yes

"Part supernatural spy adventure, part historical romp, The League of Set is the beginning of a new fast-paced GraphicAudio Original series in the ancient world.
Samuel ben Yohanan is a secret agent for the Judean Court in Exile in Babylon. A master of magical relics and ancient gadgetry, he’ll do anything to get his people home (and perhaps to... Read more

The Red Queen - Abridged

By: Philippa Gregory

Narrated by: Bianca Amato

Length: 6 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The inspiration for the critically acclaimed Starz miniseries The White Queen, #1 New York Times bestselling author Philippa Gregory brings to life Margaret Beaufort, heiress to the red rose of Lancaster, who charts her way through treacherous alliances to take control of the English throne.

Margaret Beaufort never surrenders her belief that her... Read more

Son of a Wanted Man - Abridged

By: Louis L'Amour

Narrated by: Dramatization

Length: 3 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: Yes

AN AUDIO DRAMATIZATION

An outlaw's legacy...

In a remote corner of Utah lies the secret outlaw kingdom of Ben Curry. For fifteen years Curry has ruled supreme, as his men have pulled jobs from Canada to Mexico. But the king is getting old... he wants to turn his legacy over to someone younger, tougher. Mike Bastian is Ben's adopted son, a... Read more

A Butcher's Wilderness - Abridged

By: Celia Fraser & Lucas Gnomite

Narrated by: Gerry McLaughlin

Length: 2 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Rome’s most decorated Centurion is given a secret mission to fulfil the Emperor's legacy but a renegade General and the enemy's chief spy stand in his way. A Butcher’s Wilderness glimpses into the dark, cut-throat corruption of the Roman Empire at the height of its power. Its violence and deep superstition are seen through the eyes of Vederius... 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

The Chrysalis - Abridged

By: Heather Terrell

Narrated by: Timothi Jane Graham

Length: 6 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Haarlem, Holland, seventeenth century: The city’s chief magistrate commissions a family portrait from Dutch master painter Johannes Miereveld. But when the artist sees the magistrate’s daughter, Amalia, an illicit love affair begins, and Miereveld creates a captivating masterpiece, The Chrysalis.

New York, present day: Mara Coyne is one... Read more

Dieses goldene Land (Gekürzte Lesung) - Abridged

By: Barbara Wood

Narrated by: Tanja Geke

Length: 10 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Aus der Enge des viktorianischen England flieht die Arzttochter Hannah in die Weiten Australiens. Schon auf der Überfahrt begegnet sie dem Naturforscher Neal, der eine Expedition in die unerforschten Regionen des fünften Kontinents führen will. Dort taucht er ein in die mystische Welt der Aborigines. Während Hannah noch um seine Rückkehr bangt,... Read more