Historical Fiction audiobooks
This Rock - Abridged
By: Robert Morgan
Narrated by: Rosemary Alexander & Robert Clotworthy
Length: 5 hours 55 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Set in the North Carolina mountains in the early 1920s, This Rock tells the story of two brothers who are as different as Cain and Abel. Read more
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Quicksilver - Abridged
By: Neal Stephenson
Narrated by: Simon Preble & Stina Nielsen
Length: 22 hours
Abridged: Yes
Quicksilver is the story of Daniel Waterhouse, fearless thinker and conflicted Puritan, pursuing knowledge in the company of the greatest minds of Baroque-era Europe, in a chaotic world where reason wars with the bloody ambitions of the mighty, and where catastrophe, natural or otherwise, can alter the political landscape overnight.It is a... Read more
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The Scarlet Letter - Abridged
By: Nathaniel Hawthorne
Narrated by: Bob Sessions
Length: 2 hours 47 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Penguin Classics presents Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter, adapted for audio and available as a digital download as part of the Penguin English Library series. Read by the actor Bob Sessions.
'Shame, Despair, Solitude! These had been her teachers, - stern and wild ones, - and they had made her strong, but taught her much amiss'
Fiercely... Read more
Letters from an Age of Reason - Abridged
By: Nora Hague
Narrated by: Kathleen McInerney & Jeff Woodman
Length: 13 hours 33 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Cultural and familial fireworks flare when the headstrong teenage daughter of a wealthy New Yorker falls passionately in love with a young man from New Orleans, and from a very different background indeed. Read more
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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 changesthe Depression erathat will alter the fabric of their inner lives and the world as they once knew it. Read more
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Gap Creek - Abridged
By: Robert Morgan
Narrated by: Jill Hill
Length: 4 hours 41 minutes
Abridged: Yes
An Oprah's Book Club Selection
An unflinching tale of turn-of-the-century Appalachian life, Gap Creek chronicles the challenging first year in the marriage of Julie Harmon and Hank Richards. After losing both her father and brother before turning 17, Julie faces fire, flood, grifters, sickness, and starvation with grim determination and... Read more
Die Farben der Frauen (Gekürzt) - Abridged
By: Natasha Lester
Narrated by: Elke Appelt
Length: 9 hours 56 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Seit die Frauen Farbe tragen. England, 1918: Obwohl das Tragen roten Lippenstifts noch als skandalös gilt, stellt die junge Leonora in der Apotheke ihres Vaters heimlich Kosmetika her. Als ihr Vater an der Spanischen Grippe stirbt, sucht sie ihr Glück in Amerika und lernt den charmanten Everett kennen - und lieben. Doch um diese Liebe muss sie... Read more
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Die Frauen von New York - Glanz der Freiheit - Töchter Amerikas, Band 1 (Gekürzt) - Abridged
By: Ella Carey
Narrated by: Sabina Godec
Length: 8 hours 56 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Die Stunde der Frauen. New York, 1942: Immer mehr Männer werden an die Front gerufen, auch die Köche im Valentino's, wo die junge Lily Rose arbeitet. Mit viel Ehrgeiz und großer Leidenschaft setzt Lily nun alles daran, die erste Küchenchefin der Geschichte zu werden. Bei ihrer Suche nach neuen Rezepten in Zeiten der Rationierung verliebt sie... Read more
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The Crazyladies of Pearl Street - Abridged
By: Trevanian
Narrated by: Tom Bosely
Length: 5 hours 40 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Legendary writer Trevanian brings readers his most personal novel yet: a funny, deeply felt, often touching coming-of-age novel set in 1930s America.
Six-year-old Jean-Luc LaPointe, his little sister, and his spirited but vulnerable young mother have been abandoned—again—by his father, a charming con artist. With no money and nowhere else... Read more
Propaganda (Gekürzte Lesung) - Abridged
By: Steffen Kopetzky
Narrated by: Johann von Bülow
Length: 12 hours 4 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Ein Mann im Inneren des Krieges. 1944: John Glueck ist im Krieg. Vor kurzem noch war er Student in New York, voller Liebe zur deutschen Kultur seiner Vorfahren. Dann, als Offizier der Propaganda-Abteilung der U. S. Army, traf er in Frankreich sein Idol Ernest Hemingway. Für ihn zieht Glueck in den scheinbar unbedeutenden, doch von der... Read more
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La Soñadora - Abridged
By: May McGoldrick & Jan Coffey
Narrated by: Virtual Voice Narrator
Length: 10 hours 27 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Trilogía del Tesoro de las Highlands- Libro 1 Comenzando con El soñador, la trilogía Tesoro de las Highlands, May McGoldrick captura las vidas y los amores de tres hermanas escocesas. Cada una de las hermanas Percy tiene una pista sobre el tesoro de su familia y la llave del corazón de tres guerreros de las Highlands... Cuando su... Read more
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Tod in der Glaskugel - Abridged
By: Jessica Müller
Narrated by: Lara Hoffmann
Length: 7 hours 55 minutes
Abridged: Yes
London, 1865. Madame Blanche, das bekannteste Medium Londons, wird erdrosselt auf dem Friedhof Highgate gefunden. Somit bleibt für Inspector Basil Stockworth und seine Frau Charlotte keine Zeit für Flitterwochen, die Ermittlungen drängen, da der Fall in der Gesellschaft Wellen schlägt. Doch wie sich herausstellt, hatte nicht nur das Medium... Read more
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People of the River (2 of 3) [Dramatized Adaptation] - Abridged
By: Kathleen O'Neal Gear & W. Michael Gear
Narrated by: A Full Cast, Nanette Savard, Christopher Graybi...
Length: 5 hours 47 minutes
Abridged: Yes
A gripping new saga of pre-historic America that takes us to the Mississippi Valley and the tribe known as the Mound builders. It is a time of troubles. In Cahokia, the corn crop is failing again and a warchief--and the warrior woman he may never possess--are disgusted by their Chief's lust for tribute. Now even the gods have turned their faces,... Read more
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Tod im East End - Abridged
By: Jessica Müller
Narrated by: Lara Hoffmann
Length: 8 hours 22 minutes
Abridged: Yes
London, 1865. Jack Calder, Lehrer an der Greenland's Ragged School im East End, wird erschlagen aufgefunden. Schnell entdecken Inspektor Stockworth und Sergeant Bennett bei den Ermittlungen, dass Calder Verbindungen in die Londoner Unterwelt hatte. Hatte er sich mit den falschen Leuten angelegt? Zeugen sind schwer zu finden. Doch die... Read more
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White Doves at Morning - Abridged
By: James Lee Burke
Narrated by: Will Patton
Length: 6 hours 52 minutes
Abridged: Yes
A riveting evocation of the Civil War, drawn from the true family history of "America's best novelist" (The Denver Post), JAMES LEE BURKE
1861. Two young Southerners, friends despite their differing political views and backgrounds, enlist in the 18th Louisiana regiment of the Confederate Army: Robert Perry, wealthy and privileged, and... Read more
Red Poppies - Abridged
By: Alai
Narrated by: Ping Wu
Length: 9 hours 33 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Tibet, a tiny nation cloaked in mystery and clouded by myth, is the setting for this riveting family saga. Read more
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Eine Familie in Deutschland - Am Ende die Hoffnung (Gekürzte Lesung) - Abridged
By: Peter Prange
Narrated by: Frank Arnold
Length: 8 hours 20 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Die große Familiengeschichte in Zeiten der Bewährung Groß war die Hoffnung im Wolfsburger Land, als auf Hitlers Befehl das Volkswagen-Werk aus dem Boden gestampft wurde. Aber nun bricht der Krieg aus, und die Welt der Familie Ising verwandelt sich von Grund auf. So unterschiedlich die Geschwister Ising sind - Parteibonze Horst, Filmproduzentin... Read more
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More Ghost Stories - Abridged
By: M. R. James
Narrated by: Sir Michael Hordern
Length: 2 hours 46 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
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Grimm’s Fairy Tales - Abridged
By: Brothers Grimm
Narrated by: Sir Ben Kingsley & Sir Michael Hordern
Length: 2 hours 4 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
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