Historical Fiction audiobooks

Lord Peter Views the Body. The Piscatorial Farce of the Stolen Stomach

By: Dorothy L. Sayers

Narrated by: Peter Coates

Length: 43 minutes

Abridged: No

"The Piscatorial Farce of the Stolen Stomach" is a short story from Dorothy Sayers' book, Lord Peter Views the Body. Thomas MacPherson, a final year medical student in Scotland, shows Wimsey the very strange legacy his Great-Uncle Joseph Ferguson left him. Great-Uncle Joseph, who died at the age of 95 by throwing himself out of a sixth-floor... Read more

Jane und die Geheimnisse von Branwell Hall (ungekürtz)

By: Mechthild Gläser

Narrated by: Lydia Herms

Length: 9 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

Sie sucht ein neues Zuhause ... und findet Geheimnisse. Es ist schon fast Nacht, als Jane in Thornfield ankommt. Es nieselt, aber die Wolken reißen auf und der Mond erhellt für einen Moment das alte Schloss. Das hier ist also ihr neues Zuhause: Jane soll sich als Au-Pair um Audrey, die kleine Tochter der Branwells, kümmern. Leider scheint... Read more

Oscar Wilde & Irene Adler, Folge 4: Was ihr nicht wollt

By: Silke Walter

Narrated by: Gabrielle Pietermann, Tetje Mierendorf, Daniel ...

Length: 54 minutes

Abridged: No

Nur mit Mühe gelingt es Irene Adler und Oscar Wilde, ihren Verfolgern in Stratford upon Avon zu entkommen. Doch können sie nicht ahnen, dass Teile des Zirkels bereits eine tödliche Falle für sie vorbereitet haben. Nach einigen Fehlschlägen ist es Aleister Crowley gelungen, einen schon in kleinen Mengen hochwirksamen Sprengstoff herzustellen. Die... Read more

We Three

By: Kerry Ames

Narrated by: John York

Length: 12 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

There is a star, a remarkable and unusual star, captivating men from the East who believe there is order in the heavens that can be studied for messages and meaning. The star's unprecedented appearance demands investigation, so they plan a journey, confident their efforts will be rewarded. King Xaratuk presumes the star is evidence of an... Read more

Pirates of Sausalito

By: John Byrne Barry

Narrated by: John Byrne Barry & Becky Parker

Length: 8 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

Imagine Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test meets Murder, She Wrote.One part hippies grooving on the waterfront and fighting the man, one part murder mystery.It’s the 1970s, and the “houseboat wars” erupt in Sausalito on the site of Marinship, the abandoned World War II shipyard. Hippies and squatters are living free and easy on houseboats in a... Read more

Stürmische Zeiten in Sicht

By: Marion Kummerow

Narrated by: Funda Vanroy

Length: 7 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

Inspiriert von einer wahren Geschichte, zeigt dieser herzzerreißende Roman aus dem Zweiten Weltkrieg, dass Liebe Berge versetzen kann und Mut ansteckend ist, selbst in den finstersten Zeiten.

Ediths schlimmste Befürchtungen werden wahr, als ihr jüdischer Ehemann Julius in einer letzten großangelegten Aktion in Berlin verhaftet wird. Doch sie kann... Read more

Killing Gilda

By: Yahya Gharagozlou

Narrated by: Norman Thibeault

Length: 8 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

A beautiful nineteen-year-old named Gilda becomes the mistress of Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi, the last Shah of Iran. She dreams of becoming his wife. The narrator, in love with Gilda, follows clues about her death two years after the affair.During an assassination attempt on the Shah, he gets shot on the steps of the Marble Palace. As he puts... Read more

Banished

By: C.J. Archer

Narrated by: Bridget Thomas

Length: 7 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

An infestation of evil ghosts is too much for spirit medium Cara to handle alone. She summons Quin, and together they attempt to discover where the ghosts came from, and why they refuse to leave this realm. To protect the residents, Cara and Quin must work closely together, leading to old feelings resurfacing between them. But as Cara learns... Read more

銭形平次捕物控　お雪の恋人

By: 野村胡堂

Narrated by: 七味春五郎

Length: 37 minutes

Abridged: No

■お雪の恋人は、オール読物　昭和３０年１１月号掲載。シリーズとしては、３５２作目に当たります。
八五郎の大親友、八歳になかわいいお露がさらわれた。風呂上がりのねむったさきに、邸からいなくなったというのだが。

■登場人物平次……銭形の平次。岡っ引き。銭占いと投げ銭打ちが得意技。三一歳。八五郎……ガラッ八。平次の子分。三〇歳の独身お静……平次の恋女房。二三歳湯島の友三郎……八五郎を恩人と慕うお徳……友三郎の女房茂左衛門……金井屋の支配人
お露……瓦町、八つになる娘。八五郎の友達。行方知れずに。お雪……お露の遠縁の娘。徳兵衛……佐原屋の主人お豊……徳兵衛の女房宅右衛門……大番頭鉄蔵……甥、遊び人助八……遠縁でお店者としてはシッカリしている森吉……小僧お為……下女。四十安宅の三次……やくざ者

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Blood Sacrifice

By: Douglas Jackson

Narrated by: Mark Meadows

Length: 10 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

January 1943. Warsaw. City of the dead. In the ghetto, the last 50,000 Jews await their fate, but, unlike those who preceded them to the death camps, these Jews are prepared to fight. Jan Kalisz, Kripo investigator and Resistance double-agent, has promised to supply them with weapons. But how will he fulfil his vow? The murder of a German... Read more

Revenge of Rome (Eagles of the Empire 23)

By: Simon Scarrow

Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble

Length: 12 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

NOW A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER!

THE EPIC NEW EAGLES OF THE EMPIRE NOVEL FROM BESTSELLING AUTHOR SIMON SCARROW - THE PERFECT BOOK FOR THE SEASON OF ROME!

ROME AND BOUDICA. A DUEL TO THE DEATH.

AD 61. Britannia is divided.

The rebel horde has been defeated. But the leader, Boudica, and her remaining warriors are still at large. With them is the eagle... Read more

A Murder Before Christmas

By: Isabella Bassett

Narrated by: Sandra Churchill

Length: 5 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

Snowstorms, pilfered recipes, and long-forgotten secrets. It’s the Christmas season, the way only Lady Caroline and Uncle Albert can do it.Join the unlikely duo in a delightful holiday escapade filled with good cheer and murder.Christmastide, 1925With only days left until Christmas, uncle Albert is in a tizzy. The annual... Read more

Der Mauerblümchen-Gewinn

By: Valerie Bowman

Narrated by: Elena Puszta

Length: 6 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

Sie ist ein Mauerblümchen auf der Suche nach einem Gewinn.
Die bücherliebende Lady Elizabeth Whitmoreland hat kein Interesse daran, eine Debütantin zu sein. Sie sitzt lieber in Ruhe in einer Bibliothek, als mit einem Einfaltspinsel in einem Ballsaal zu tanzen. Doch als sie mitbekommt, wie eine Wette bei einer Schachpartie abgeschlossen wird,... Read more

Wege des Schicksals

By: Elisa Rimpach

Narrated by: Lana Ghafoor

Length: 8 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

Zwei Schwestern stellen sich den Herausforderungen in der Ferne Afrikas.
Die historische Familiensaga zu Beginn des 20. Jahrhunderts geht bewegend weiter! Tanga, 1906: Nachdem Elsa nun schon mehrere Jahre in der Kolonie Deutsch-Ostafrika lebt, folgt ihr schließlich ihre Schwester Isolde nach. Deren Mission ist es, die bahnbrechenden Forschungen... Read more

Sarah's Secret

By: Beverly Scott

Narrated by: Beverly Scott

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

Follow the paths of Sarah and Will (or Sam) as they tell their stories of trust, secrets, and betrayal on the frontier in the old West. Their pioneer spirit helped to fuel the expansion into the Western territories of the United States. The two are historically on their separate journeys, yet they remain intimately connected. Through the... Read more

Les Sept maisons d'Anna Freud

By: Isabelle Pandazopoulos

Narrated by: Leovanie Raud

Length: 8 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

Une nuit d'hiver 1946 à Londres, une infirmière sonne à la porte de la maison des Freud. Anna, la fille du célèbre psychanalyste, est entre la vie et la mort. Épuisée et fiévreuse, elle confie des bouts de son existence à cette inconnue : son adolescence difficile, toute de désirs contrariés et de fantasmes honteux, les années d'analyse avec son... Read more

Le Familier

By: Leigh Bardugo

Narrated by: Flora Kaprielian

Length: 13 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

Le destin peut être changé. Les malédictions peuvent être brisées.Au XVIe siècle, à Madrid, Luzia Cotado utilise sa magie pour venir à bout de ses corvées de fille de cuisine. Quand la maîtresse demaison découvre ses pouvoirs, elle y voit un moyen de redorer son image à la cour.Mais les tours qu'elle exécute au plus grand plaisir des nobles... Read more

Wind der Zeiten - Zeitreise-Roman, Band 2 (ungekürzt)

By: Jeanine Krock

Narrated by: Sabrina Scherer

Length: 15 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

Liebe durch alle Zeiten Um ihren Liebeskummer zu überwinden, besucht die Journalistin Johanna kurzerhand ihre Freundin Caitlynn in Schottland. Tatsächlich wirkt die betörend schöne Landschaft der schottischen Highlands wahre Wunder - auch der attraktive Alan ist sicher nicht unschuldig daran. Noch ahnt Johanna nicht, dass der harmlose Flirt... Read more

The Hyborian Age

By: Robert E. Howard

Narrated by: Josh Greenwood

Length: 1 hour 2 minutes

Abridged: No

“The Hyborian Age” is an essay by Robert E. Howard that forms the literary foundation of Conan the Barbarian’s world. Howard crafts a detailed "prehistory" of civilizations that rose, clashed, and fell in the Hyborian Age – an era rich with magic, ruthless rulers, and bloody conquests. From mystical kingdoms and mysterious continents to untamed... Read more

Legend of Oracle - Abridged

By: Ani K. Weise

Narrated by: Irena Neumaier & Andy Feind

Length: 14 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Mitreißende Göttergeschichte um eine Schicksalhafte Liebe! Wenn leben sich wie der Tod anfühlt und alles verloren scheint, wenn die Finsternis alles ist, was dir bleibt … würdest du den einen Funken zum Brennen bringen? Jeglicher Hoffnung beraubt und zutiefst vom Verlust ihres Seelenpartners Ares getroffen, erträgt Cassandra das Martyrium... Read more

Hope Like Wildflowers

By: Pepper Basham

Narrated by: Kate Forbes

Length: 12 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

An Appalachian Outcast Seeks a Place to BelongKizzie McAdams spent her childhood longing to see beyond her secluded Blue Ridge Mountain home, but when her job as a servant in a landowner’s house results in an unplanned pregnancy, the excitement of her new life dissolves into alienation and heartbreak. Her father disowns her, the father of her... Read more

Family Crimes

By: Beth Farrar

Narrated by: Erin Moon

Length: 6 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

Is "Better Late Than Never" a thing—or a huge mistake?



When genealogist Ellie McLellan's Aunt Norma confessed to a long-held secret family crime, the senior genealogist group declare a road trip to the scene of the crime—a remote lakeside resort named Virginia's Cabins. Time to right that long-ago wrong.



Since Norma was last at Virginia's Cabins,... Read more

All's Fair in Love and Treachery

By: Celeste Connally

Narrated by: Eilidh Beaton

Length: 12 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

Bridgerton meets Agatha Christie in this dazzling next installment in a captivating Regency-era mystery series with a feminist spin.

"Eilidh Beaton's performance is stellar."—AudioFile on Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Lord (Earphones Award Winner)

21 June, 1815. London may be cheering the news of Napoleon’s surrender at Waterloo, but Lady Petra... Read more

Seven Dials

By: Anne Perry

Narrated by: Amy Scanlon

Length: 13 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

Thomas Pitt, mainstay of Her Majesty’s Special Branch, is summoned to Connaught Square mansion, where the body of a junior diplomat lies huddled in a wheelbarrow. Nearby stands the tenant of the house, the beautiful, notorious Egyptian woman Ayesha Zakhari, who falls under the shadow of suspicion. Pitt’s orders are to protect—at all costs—the... Read more