Historical Fiction audiobooks

杜鹃花开

By: 安子

Narrated by: 辣椒，铜雀

Length: 25 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

内容简介：《杜鹃花开》横亘整个抗日战争时期和解放战争时期，着力表现杜鹃跌宕起伏的人生经历，同时演绎了那个年代发生的一幕幕政治变革和社会变革，以及在抗日战争中，以杜鹃、安洪玉和王东阳为代表的中国共产党人，以及以宋天程为代表的国民党官兵与日军展开的艰苦卓绝的战争故事。《杜鹃花开》展现了杜鹃和她的儿子二五以及他们的战友们极其鲜明的性格和传奇的故事，作为一名女性，杜鹃在祖国惨遭蹂躏，百姓民不聊生之际，义不容辞地担当起抗日救国的重任，为驱除日寇，推翻国民党统治做出了卓越的贡献；作为一名少年，杜鹃的儿子二五为中国中医事业在中原的推广和传播做出了巨大的贡献。作者简介：安子，作家协会会员，原《中国青年》编辑记者、中央电视台记者，曾荣获《读者》最佳文章奖，已出版小说《白夜救赎》《正史背后的中国军阀》《唐... Read more

The Renegade

By: Martin Hicks

Narrated by: John Delino Ziegler & Jr.

Length: 12 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

It is early 1854 and war looms with Tsarist Russia. James Rutherford and his ship Spartan are transferred to Royal Navy service and given a role patrolling Oriental waters in search of a powerful enemy warship which seeks to prey upon allied shipping. Reluctant to be confined to such tedium, Rutherford adopts a more proactive approach but this... Read more

Was uns zueinander führt - Luise und Marian, Band 2 (ungekürzt)

By: Marion Johanning

Narrated by: Esther Barth

Length: 14 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

Die bewegende Fortsetzung des Romans "Was uns durch die Zeiten trägt" über die Suche einer jungen Frau nach einer neuen Heimat. Von Bestsellerautorin Marion Johanning. Westfalen, 1956: Nach der Vertreibung lebt Luise mit ihrer Familie in der Nähe von Kurstadt in Westdeutschland. Der Rückweg in die schlesische Heimat scheint durch den Eisernen... Read more

The Sundering Blade

By: Tao Wong

Narrated by: Brian Nishii

Length: 4 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

A blade cuts both ways   Newly minted an Elder of the Verdant Green Waters sect, sword prodigy Elder Cheng Zhao Wan - the Sundering Blade - is forced to leave the sect to fulfil an old obligation. A benefactor from the past is injured and has demanded Elder Cheng locate his assailant.   Forced to listen to the ramblings of a dying old man,... Read more

Nomade

By: Humeyra Cetinel

Narrated by: Roel Fooij

Length: 8 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

Voor fans van Khaled Hosseini en Orhan Pamuk. Een gemeenschap nomaden zet kamp op nabij het Turkse dorp Kiraz, tot groot enthousiasme van dorpsjongen Ibrahim. Plots belooft zijn lome zomer alsnog spannend te worden. Vanaf dan spendeert hij zijn dagen op een voorzichtige afstand van de mysterieuze nieuwkomers, vanwaar hij ze in het geheim... Read more

My Sister's Betrayal

By: Roberta Kagan

Narrated by: Imogen Church

Length: 10 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

The Nazi oppression whips up a storm of terror, ripping apart the blood sisters Anna, Bernie, Elica, and Dagna. Desperate to be reunited with her husband, Daniel, Elica walks into the dreaded den of the ruthless Gestapo. She's ready to sacrifice anything for their love. Anna and her family find themselves at the mercy of Anna's heart-throb, Ulf.... Read more

Para mi cajita de cristal

By: Deyanira Del Castillo Sanchez

Narrated by: Bern Hoffmann

Length: 2 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

Este es su primer libro y es el resultado de una recopilación de escritos, anécdotas, reflexiones y experiencias que han sido insertados debido al entrañable valor que para ella representan dentro de una cajita de cristal. Read more

Herr Arnes penningar

By: Selma Lagerlöf

Narrated by: Sofie Ekström

Length: 2 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

Herr Arne och hans familj bor på den anrika prästgården Solberga. En natt rånas de av en grupp legosoldater, och under den skoningslösa attacken blir alla vittnen brutalt mördade. I ett försök att radera spåren tänder gärningsmännen eld på huset, och när de flyr platsen märker de inte att de lämnat en överlevande bland lågorna. Arnes... Read more

Löwensköldska ringen

By: Selma Lagerlöf

Narrated by: Saga Hedberg

Length: 3 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

General Bengt Löwensköld ligger inför döden och hans sista önskan är att begravas med den ring han fått som gåva av Karl XII. Efter hans död skändas graven av plundrare, som sliter den dyrbara ringen från sin viloplats. Det dröjer inte länge förrän det blir tydligt att ringen bär på en förbannelse som hemsöker alla de som korsar dess väg. Trots... Read more

Then Came the Night

By: Rachael Huszar

Narrated by: Jenn Lee

Length: 8 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

The smoke may have cleared, but in a town like Three Willows, things never stay peaceful for long.As Jessalyn Joy works to uncover the secrets left behind by the Bordeauxs, a new sheriff arrives, bringing the law and a bad attitude, threatening to disrupt the order Jessalyn has carefully crafted. On top of that, former star student Lilah... Read more

The Ivanov Diamond

By: Charlotte E. English

Narrated by: Wayne June

Length: 3 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

Detective. Judge. Executioner.In an icy, Victorianesque world, a harsh god rules, and He has one law: a life for a life.Konrad Savast is the Malykant: detective, judge and executioner in one. It's kill and be killed in Konrad's world, and his unhappy duty to mete out his Master's implacable justice. When three people turn up dead, their immortal... Read more

Whitehall: A Novel (Part 1)

By: Liz Duffy Adams, Delia Sherman & Barbara Samuel

Narrated by: Fiona Hardingham

Length: 16 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

She who would be queen must win the love of a king—and a country.

Whitehall is a royal tale full of true history and sensual intrigue, from Serial Box Publishing. Set in the 17th century court of King Charles II and his queen, Portuguese princess Catherine of Braganza. Her journey to find her place as the foreign wife in a court riddled with... Read more

The Witch Who Came In From The Cold: Book 2

By: Lindsay Smith, Max Gladstone & Cassandra Rose C...

Narrated by: John Glouchevitch & Christine Helen Lakin

Length: 18 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

Welcome to Prague, 1970: the epicenter in a struggle of spies and sorcerers. The Witch Who Came In From The Cold follows agents on opposing sides of two struggles: the Cold War, and an ancient conflict between two occult secret societies: the Consortium of Ice and the Acolytes of Flame.

A CIA and KGB agent will find their loyalties to country... Read more

Tremontaine: Book 3

By: Ellen Kushner, Racheline Maltese & Joel Derfner

Narrated by: Sarah Mollo-Christensen, Katherine Kellgren & N...

Length: 19 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

Welcome to Tremontaine, where ambition, love affairs, and rivalries dance with deadly results. In this novel Ellen Kushner and a team of writers return readers to the world of scandal and swordplay introduced in her cult-classic novel Swordspoint. Readers familiar with the series will find a welcome homecoming while new fans will learn what... Read more

Bookburners: Book 3

By: Max Gladstone, Margaret Dunlap & Brian Francis ...

Narrated by: Xe Sands

Length: 15 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

Magic is real, and hungry--trapped in ancient texts and artifacts. Only a few who discover it survive to fight back.

Join Detective Sal Brooks, newest recruit to a black-ops magic hunting team backed by the Vatican, as she travels the world to keep the supernatural in check. Just remember: watch your back and don't touch anything.

Fans of... Read more

Tremontaine: Book 1

By: Ellen Kushner, Alaya Dawn Johnson & Malinda Lo

Narrated by: Sarah Mollo-Christensen, Katherine Kellgren & N...

Length: 22 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

Welcome to Tremontaine, the prequel to Ellen Kushner's beloved Riverside series that began with Swordspoint! A Duchess whose beauty is matched only by her cunning; her husband's dangerous affair with a handsome scholar; a foreigner in a playground of swordplay and secrets; and a mathematical genius on the brink of revolution - when long-buried... Read more

Te llamaré Celia

By: María Montesinos

Narrated by: Charo Soria

Length: 13 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

La desconocida vida de Elena Fortún, la escritora que hizo soñar a varias generaciones de niñas con las historias de Celia. Una narración imprescindible para todas aquellas que aprendieron a amar los libros a través de las historias de Celia escrita por María Montesinos, la autora bestseller de Un destino propio. Un homenaje a una escritora... Read more

El niño

By: Fernando Aramburu

Narrated by: Cristina Serra Moles, Carlos Enrique Sianes Cam...

Length: 5 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

Un accidente real en el País Vasco de los años ochenta, la vida devastada de una familia. Una historia emocionante, adictiva y conmovedora, como solo Aramburu sabe contar. Nicasio, ya jubilado, acostumbra a subir los jueves al cementerio de Ortuella a visitar la tumba de su nieto. Es uno de los muchos niños fallecidos tras una explosión de gas... Read more

A Mother’s Sorrow

By: Margaret Dickinson

Narrated by: Colleen Prendergast

Length: 10 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

A Mother's Sorrow is a heart-rending family drama set around WW1 from bestselling author and Queen of the Saga, Margaret Dickinson.

Three young women. Two families united. A bond that can’t be broken . . .

Sheffield, 1892. Patrick Halliday rules his family with a rod of iron. He’s hard on both his wife and his elder daughter, Flora, but he spoils... Read more

Tremontaine: Book 2

By: Ellen Kushner, Tessa Gratton & Mary Anne Mohanraj

Narrated by: Sarah Mollo-Christensen, Katherine Kellgren & N...

Length: 19 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

Welcome to Tremontaine, where ambition, love affairs, and rivalries dance with deadly results. In this novel Ellen Kushner and a team of writers return readers to the world of scandal and swordplay introduced in her cult-classic novel Swordspoint. Readers familiar with the series will find a welcome homecoming while new fans will learn what... Read more

A Safe Haven on Beamer Street

By: Sheila Riley

Narrated by: Julie Maisey

Length: 7 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

The BRAND NEW, next book in the Beamer Street series set around Liverpool's Docks, from bestselling author Sheila Riley.A women and child looking for a safe haven - can Beamer Street keep them safe from evil?Liverpool 1924Trapped in an abusive marriage to Lord Caraway with her beloved daughter Melissa, 24-year-old Lady Elodie Caraway knows she... Read more

The Nurses of Eastby End

By: Anna Jacobs

Narrated by: Peta Cornish

Length: 9 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

Rachel Norris wants to forge a new life and career. And she wants to forget her past.

When Rachel qualifies as nurse, she does so because she wants to help others and make a difference. But she is also running from a past life that must stay hidden forever.

Completing her training, Rachel moves to London but misses home desperately, so when she... Read more

H.E. Bates: A BBC Radio Collection

By: HE Bates

Narrated by: David Jason, Pam Ferris, David Neal, Rory Kinne...

Length: 8 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

Selected Dramatisations and readings of the genre-spanning work of HE Bates

'A great treasure trove to dive into' Entertainment Focus

HE Bates is probably best known for his comic novel The Darling Buds of May, which introduced the lovable Larkins to the world and sparked three hugely popular TV adaptations. In his 68 years, Bates wrote over 20... Read more

Die Lady und der teuflische Normanne

By: Margo Maguire

Narrated by: Milla Mielke

Length: 8 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

Northumberland, Herbst 1068. Tod den Normannen! Mutig legt Lady Aelia den Bogen an und zielt auf den mächtigen Reiter, der seine Kampfestruppe anführt. Doch da lässt eine erregende Vorahnung die Hand der schönen Angelsächsin verhängnisvoll zittern. Weshalb ihr Pfeil den grausamen Baron Mathieu Fitz Autier, der ihre Ländereien erobern will, nur... Read more