Historical Fiction audiobooks

Der Buchladen von Primrose Hill (Gekürzt) - Abridged

By: Madeline Martin

Narrated by: Elke Appelt

Length: 7 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: Yes

London, 1939. Die junge Grace kommt in die vom Krieg gebeutelte Metropole, ihr größter Wunsch ist es, endlich ihre Vergangenheit hinter sich zu lassen und ein neues Leben zu beginnen. In einem kleinen, versteckt gelegenen Buchladen mitten in Primrose Hill findet sie eine Anstellung. Sie hat alle Hände voll damit zu tun, Ordnung in den Laden zu... Read more

Peony in Love - Abridged

By: Lisa See

Narrated by: Jodi Long

Length: 6 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: Yes

“I finally understand what the poets have written. In spring, moved to passion; in autumn only regret.”

For young Peony, betrothed to a suitor she has never met, these lyrics from The Peony Pavilion mirror her own longings. In the garden of the Chen Family Villa, amid the scent of ginger, green tea, and jasmine, a small theatrical troupe is... Read more

The Lost Diary of Don Juan - Abridged

By: Douglas Carlton Abrams

Narrated by: Jonathan Davis

Length: 5 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Douglas Abrams’s magical debut novel captures the heart of the Spanish Golden Age and the secret life of the world’s greatest lover–Don Juan.

It was a time of discovery and decadence, when life became a gamble and the gold that poured endlessly into the port of Sevilla devalued money, marriage, and love itself. In the midst of these treacherous... Read more

The Bone Garden - Abridged

By: Tess Gerritsen

Narrated by: Carolyn McCormick

Length: 5 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Present day: Julia Hamill has made a horrifying discovery on the grounds of her new home in rural Massachusetts: a skull buried in the rocky soil–human, female, and, according to the trained eye of Boston medical examiner Maura Isles, scarred with the unmistakable marks of murder.

Boston, 1830: In order to pay for his education, medical student... Read more

Recordarán tu nombre - Abridged

By: Lorenzo Silva

Narrated by: Juan Magraner

Length: 15 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: Yes

En esta novela, Lorenzo Silva narra en primera persona cómo descubrió uno de los momentos más heroicos y trágicos de la historia española, sorprendentemente olvidado por casi todos. Un suceso clave marcado por el antagonismo entre dos hombres. La historia de la sublevación militar en Barcelona el 19 de julio de 1936, del desafío del general... 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

The Bull from the Sea - Abridged

By: Mary Renault

Narrated by: Michael York

Length: 2 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Set in classical Greece, this is the riveting sequel to Mary Renault' s The King Must Die.Slaying the minotaur was only the beginning. Theseus's legendary exploits continue in this magnificent tale of mythological adventure in classical Greece. Picking up where The King Must Die left off, this stirring sequel recounts Theseus's... Read more

People of the Fire (2 of 2) [Dramatized Adaptation] - Abridged

By: Kathleen O'Neal Gear & W. Michael Gear

Narrated by: A Full Cast, Nanette Savard, Joseph Thornhill, ...

Length: 6 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Seven thousand years ago, major climatic change was ushering in a 3,500 year drought. For a small band of pioneers in what is now Wyoming and the Montana Mountains, it was a time of fire. As they struggled valiantly to keep their ancestors' dreams alive in an unforgiving, drought-stricken land, a heroic young dreamer and a fearless woman warrior... Read more

That Perfect Someone - Abridged

By: Johanna Lindsey

Narrated by: Laural Merlington

Length: 5 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: Yes

#1 New York Times bestselling author Johanna Lindsey sweeps readers away on a seductive adventure with the "wickedly witty, lusciously sensual" (Booklist) Malory family when a detested marriage contract turns childhood enemies into passionate lovers.Nine years ago, Richard Allen fled England and his controlling father. Determined to live his own... Read more

The Constant Princess - Abridged

By: Philippa Gregory

Narrated by: Kate Burton

Length: 5 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: Yes

From #1 New York Times bestselling author and “queen of royal fiction” (USA TODAY) Philippa Gregory comes the remarkable story of Katherine of Aragon, Princess of Spain, daughter of two great monarchs, and eventual Queen of England when she marries the infamous King Henry VIII.

Daughter of Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand of Spain, Katherine has... Read more

Hemingway und ich (Gekürzt) - Abridged

By: Paula McLain

Narrated by: Vera Teltz

Length: 11 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: Yes

"Eine Liebe vor der Kulisse des Zweiten Weltkrieges. Meisterhaft inszeniert Paula McLain die stürmische Beziehung zwischen Ernest Hemingway und seiner dritten Frau Martha Gellhorn. Als Martha sich haltlos in den zehn Jahre älteren Ernest verliebt, ist sie gerade achtundzwanzig Jahre alt, hat aber schon die halbe Welt bereist. Später wird sie... Read more

Ghostwalk - Abridged

By: Rebecca Stott

Narrated by: Susan Duerden

Length: 6 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A Cambridge historian, Elizabeth Vogelsang, is found drowned, clutching a glass prism in her hand. The book she was writing about Isaac Newton’s involvement with alchemy–the culmination of her lifelong obsession with the seventeenth century–remains unfinished. When her son, Cameron, asks his former lover, Lydia Brooke, to ghostwrite the missing... Read more

El loco de los pájaros - Abridged

By: Care Santos

Narrated by: Yasmina Álvarez, Joan Mora & Sandra Fergadi

Length: 8 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Eugene Schieffelin es rico, singular y aficionado a los pájaros. Su hermana y su mujer, devotas amantes de Shakespeare. Sus amigos, miembros de una Sociedad más desfasada que científica que sueña con llenar los cielos neoyorquinos de pájaros europeos. Nueva York, una ciudad que aún no se parece a ella misma, el escenario ideal para cualquier... Read more

Alles, was wir sind (Gekürzt) - Abridged

By: Lara Prescott

Narrated by: Vera Teltz

Length: 9 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Es geht um Liebe. Es geht um uns. Der Kalte Krieg zieht auf, und Worte werden zu Waffen. Olga Iwinskaja, Geliebte des großen Boris Pasternak, wird verhaftet. In Moskau will man verhindern, dass Pasternaks Roman Doktor Shiwago erscheint, doch Olga hält an ihrer Liebe zu Boris fest. Zugleich will die CIA mit einer einzigartigen Waffe den... Read more

Springwater Wedding - Abridged

By: Linda Lael Miller

Narrated by: Jenna Stern

Length: 4 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Once a frontier stagecoach stop, tiny Springwater has grown and changed and entered the twenty-first century. Cattle rustlers may still be stirring up trouble, but now they're high-tech operators in a modern world. Where stagecoaches once rolled along muddy roads, the Internet is now the newest highway in town. But heartbreak is still... Read more

The October Horse - Abridged

By: Colleen McCullough

Narrated by: Graeme Malcolm

Length: 6 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: Yes

With her renowned storytelling gifts in full force, Colleen McCullough delivers a breathtaking novel that proves once again that she is the top historical novelist of our time.

Grand in scope and vivid in detail, McCullough’s gripping narrative thrusts readers headlong into the complex and fascinating world of Rome in the tumultuous last days of... Read more

Morgan's Run - Abridged

By: Colleen McCullough

Narrated by: Tim Curry

Length: 6 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Colleen McCullough captivated millions with her beloved worldwide bestseller The Thorn Birds. Now she takes readers to the birth of modern Australia with a breathtaking saga brimming with drama, history, and passion.

Following the disappearance of his only son and the death of his beloved wife, Richard Morgan is falsely imprisoned and exiled to... Read more

Inés y la alegría - Abridged

By: Almudena Grandes

Narrated by: Aida Baida Gil

Length: 28 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Una historia de amor, y la historia de unos días que pudieron cambiar para siempre el destino de España. Toulouse, verano de 1939. Carmen de Pedro, responsable en Francia de los diezmados comunistas españoles, se cruza con Jesús Monzón, un cargo menor del partido que, sin ella intuirlo, alberga un ambicioso plan. Unos años después, en 1944,... Read more

Der Junge auf dem Berg - Abridged

By: John Boyne

Narrated by: Boris Aljinovic

Length: 6 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Als Pierrot seine Eltern verliert, muss er Paris verlassen und ein neues Leben bei seiner Tante beginnen, die in einem wohlhabenden deutschen Haushalt dient. Aber dies ist keine gewöhnliche Zeit: Der zweite Weltkrieg steht vor der Tür. Und es ist kein gewöhnliches Haus: Es ist der Berghof – Adolf Hitlers Sommerresidenz. Fassungslos muss der... Read more

Deutsche Geschichte von 1871 bis zur Gegenwart - Abridged

By: Peter Zolling

Narrated by: Peter Zolling, Sabine Kastius & Friedhelm Ptok

Length: 11 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Deutsche Geschichte seit 1871 – das ist die Geschichte der Wege und Irrwege, die ein schwieriges Vaterland zurücklegte, bis es doch noch zu Einheit und Freiheit in einem demokratischen Staatswesen fand. Peter Zolling erzählt diese Geschichte fesselnd, konzentriert aufs Wesentliche und mit Gespür für das erhellende Detail. Dieses Hörbuch ist ein... Read more

Ahab's Wife - Abridged

By: Sena Jeter Naslund

Narrated by: Maryann Plunkett

Length: 6 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: Yes

This is destined to be remembered as one of the most-recognized first sentences in literature -- along with "Call me Ishmael." And Una Spenser, the transcendent hero at the center of Ahab's Wife may well become every bit as memorable as Ahab.

Inspired by a brief passage, in Moby, Dick, Sena Jeter Naslund has created an entirely new universe -- an... Read more

HILL TOWNS - Abridged

By: Anne Rivers Siddons

Narrated by: Marcia Gay Harden

Length: 2 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Hill Towns is a classic novel of remarkable emotional power, insight, and sensitivity from Anne Rivers Siddons, whose books live on the New York Times bestseller list and in the hearts of millions of her adoring fans. One of the acknowledged masters of contemporary Southern fiction—the author of such phenomenally popular works as Nora, Nora;... 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

El lado oculto y oscuro de WhatsApp - Abridged

By: Victor Montas & Asomoo.Net

Narrated by: Victor Montas & Asomoo.Net

Length: 7 minutes

Abridged: Yes

WhatsApp estrenó el tema oscuro en 2020 y tras una larga espera, tanto en WhatsApp para Android como para iPhone. Como su nombre indica, este modo cambia la apariencia de la aplicación por tonos apagados, con el fondo negro -o gris oscuro- y textos y botones con menos contraste.WhatsApp, la aplicación que todos conocemos y utilizamos. Pero pocos... Read more