Historical Fiction audiobooks

The Pagan Lord

By: Bernard Cornwell

Narrated by: Matt Bates

Length: 11 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

The seventh installment of Bernard Cornwell’s bestselling series chronicling the epic saga of the making of England, “like Game of Thrones, but real” (The Observer, London)—the basis for The Last Kingdom, the hit BBC America television series.At the onset of the tenth century, England is in turmoil. Alfred the Great is dead and his son Edward... Read more

The Descent

By: Alma Katsu

Narrated by: Laurel Lefkow

Length: 9 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

The author of The Hunger delivers a “daring, soaring, and ultimately gut-wrenching” (The New York Times) conclusion to her critically acclaimed Taker Trilogy, bringing Lanore McIlvrae to a final encounter with Adair, her powerful nemesis.

Dismayed by Adair’s otherworldly powers and afraid of his passionate temper, Lanore has run from him across... Read more

The Lion and the Rose

By: Kate Quinn

Narrated by: Leila Birch, Maria Elena Infantino & Ronan Vibert

Length: 18 hours

Abridged: No

From the national bestselling author of The Serpent and the Pearl comes the continuing saga of the ruthless family that holds all of Rome in its grasp, and the three outsiders thrust into their twisted web of blood and deceit . . .

As the cherished concubine of the Borgia Pope Alexander VI, Giulia Farnese has Rome at her feet. But after narrowly... Read more

Robert B. Parker's Bull River

By: Robert Knott

Narrated by: Rex Linn

Length: 7 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

Itinerant lawmen Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch are back in the saddle with guns blazing in this gritty, intense addition to the New York Times–bestselling series.


After hunting down murderer and bandito Captain Alejandro Vasquez, Territorial Marshal Virgil Cole and Deputy Everett Hitch return him to Citadel to stand trial. No sooner do they... Read more

The Moor

By: Laurie R. King

Narrated by: Jenny Sterlin

Length: 10 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

In the eerie wasteland of Dartmoor, Sherlock Holmes summons his devoted wife and partner, Mary Russell, from her studies at Oxford to aid the investigation of a death and some disturbing phenomena of a decidedly supernatural origin. Through the mists of the moor there have been sightings of a spectral coach made of bones carrying a woman... Read more

A Monstrous Regiment of Women

By: Laurie R. King

Narrated by: Jenny Sterlin

Length: 11 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

Winner of the Nero Wolfe Award

It is 1921 and Mary Russell--Sherlock Holmes's brilliant apprentice, now an Oxford graduate with a degree in theology--is on the verge of acquiring a sizable inheritance. Independent at last, with a passion for divinity and detective work, her most baffling mystery may now involve Holmes and the burgeoning of a... Read more

A Letter of Mary

By: Laurie R. King

Narrated by: Jenny Sterlin

Length: 10 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

The third book in the Mary Russell-Sherlock Holmes series.

It is 1923. Mary Russell Holmes and her husband, the retired Sherlock Holmes, are enjoying the summer together on their Sussex estate when they are visited by an old friend, Miss Dorothy Ruskin, an archeologist just returned from Palestine. She leaves in their protection an ancient... Read more

How to Master Your Marquis

By: Juliana Gray

Narrated by: Carmen Rose

Length: 10 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

Three intrepid princesses find themselves targets in a deadly plot against the crown—until their uncle devises a brilliant plan to keep them safe...

Of all her sisters, Princess Stefanie is by far the least amenable to law and order, which is why she’s appalled to find herself masquerading as an unbearably drab clerk for the most honorable... Read more

Montana Bride

By: Joan Johnston

Narrated by: Julia Gibson

Length: 11 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

A DESPERATE DECEPTION THE PROMISE OF FOREVER When Karl Norwood' s mail-order bride meets an untimely demise on the way to the Montana Territory, Hetty Wentworth steps in to take her place. Hetty has no idea how she' s going to pretend to be all the things she isn' t-- including the mother of two kids. She only knows her deception is necessary if... Read more

The Trouble With Harry

By: Katie MacAlister

Narrated by: Alison Larkin

Length: 9 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

Just what is the trouble with Harry?



1. He is Plum's new husband. Not normally a problem, but when you consider that Harry advertised for a wife, and Plum was set to marry his secretary, there was cause for a bit of confusion.



2. He has a title. Plum has spent the last twenty years hiding from the ton, and now Harry wants her to shine in society?... Read more

The Tudor Bride

By: Joanna Hickson

Narrated by: Maggie Mash

Length: 23 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

The thrilling story of the French princess who became an English queen, from the best-selling author of The Agincourt Bride. Perfect for fans of The White Queen. Even the greatest of queens have rules – to break them would cost her dearly… King Henry V’s new French Queen, Catherine, dazzles the crowds in England... Read more

Dancing in the Moonlight

By: Rita Bradshaw

Narrated by: Anne Dover

Length: 12 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

Heartbreak and family loyalty collide in Rita Bradshaw's number one bestselling Dancing in the Moonlight, read by actress Anne Dover.

As her mother lies dying, twelve-year-old Lucy Fallow promises to look after her younger siblings and keep house for her father and two older brothers.

Over the following years the Depression tightens its grip.... Read more

The Amber Road

By: Harry Sidebottom

Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki

Length: 11 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

In the sixth novel in Harry Sidebottom's bestselling Warrior of Rome historical fiction series, Ballista returns to undertake yet another epic mission—while the Roman Empire reels in chaos around him.In AD 264, the Roman Empire has been torn in two. The western provinces—Gaul, Spain, and Britain—have been seized by Postumus, the pretender to the... Read more

The Royal Succession

By: Maurice Druon

Narrated by: Peter Joyce

Length: 9 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

“This is the original Game of Thrones.” George R.R. Martin. 'No woman shall succeed in Salique land' Louis X is dead, poisoned, murdered, by the hand of Mahaut d’Artois. Her plan is simple – to clear the path to the throne for her son-in-law Philippe. However, there is the small matter of Queen Clemence and her... Read more

La vie ardente de Jules César

By: Renée Dunan

Narrated by: Nicolas Planchais

Length: 40 minutes

Abridged: No

La vie ardente de Jules César est à la fois un texte historique et une vision romancée de la vie de Jules César. Certains aspects de la vie très privée de Jules César ont été développés selon une vision romanesque d'un personnage dont la vie est digne du plus grand des romans historiques ou d'aventure ! Renée Dunan (Avignon, 1892-1936) est une... Read more

Mr. Midshipman Easy

By: Frederick Marryat

Narrated by: Michael Healy

Length: 14 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

At fourteen the unworldly, idealistic Jack Easy leaves the luxury of his father's estate in England and sails into a world of action and adventure aboard the sloop of war HMS Harpy. At first Jack finds it hard to stomach the discipline of naval life and, with his mischievous sense of humor, is always getting himself into scrapes. But soon he is... Read more

The Woman Who Wouldn’t Die

By: Colin Cotterill

Narrated by: Clive Chafer

Length: 7 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

The long-awaited follow-up to Slash and Burn and the ninth installment in Colin Cotterill's bestselling mystery series starring the inimitable Lao national coroner, Dr. SiriIn a small Lao village, a very strange thing has happened. A woman was shot and killed in her bed during a burglary; she was given a funeral and everyone in the village saw... Read more

Captain Jack’s Woman

By: Stephanie Laurens

Narrated by: Mary Jane Wells

Length: 13 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

They meet in a clash of swords, drenched in the moonlight of Britain's rugged eastern coast: Captain Jack, his handsome features etched in silver and shadow, his powerful physique compelling "Kit" Cranmer to surrender. He is her dream lover come vividly alive, and his command of the smuggling gang is absolute. His all-knowing gaze penetrates her... Read more

Timebound

By: Rysa Walker

Narrated by: Kate Rudd

Length: 12 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

An Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award winner—Grand Prize and Young Adult Fiction.When Kate Pierce-Keller’s grandmother gives her a strange blue medallion and speaks of time travel, sixteen-year-old Kate assumes the old woman is delusional. But it all becomes horrifyingly real when a murder in the past destroys the foundation of Kate’s present-day... Read more

A Blind Goddess

By: James R. Benn

Narrated by: Peter Berkrot

Length: 10 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

March, 1944. US Army lieutenant Billy Boyle, back in England after a dangerous mission in Italy, is due for a little R&R—and a promotion. But the now-Captain Boyle doesn't get to kick back and enjoy his leisure time because two upsetting cases fall into his lap at once.The first is a personal request from an estranged friend: Sergeant Eugene... Read more

Calamity Town

By: Ellery Queen

Narrated by: Richard Waterhouse

Length: 10 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

Looking for trouble, Ellery Queen descends on a small town.At the tail end of the long summer of 1940, there is nowhere in the country more charming than Wrightsville. The Depression has abated, and for the first time in years the city is booming. There is hope in Wrightsville, but Ellery Queen has come looking for death.The mystery author is... Read more

The Scandal in Kissing an Heir

By: Sophie Barnes

Narrated by: Susan Duerden

Length: 10 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

He is the next Marquess of  Wolvington . . .She is a lady with nothing but beauty and wits . . .Together they share a forbidden kiss .Lady Rebecca is determined to find a husband on her own terms, rather than marry any of the aging suitors her greedy aunt and uncle foist upon her. Her chance comes at the Kingsborough Ball, where she meets... Read more

O Pioneers!

By: Willa Cather

Narrated by: Betsy Bronson

Length: 5 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

Alexandra Bergsons, the daughter of Swedish immigrants, inherits her family's ailing farm in Hanover, Nebraska upon the death of her father. Over the years, she turns the farm into a successful enterprise. However, success has not brought peace, as passion and love intervene. Read more

My Antonia

By: Willa Cather

Narrated by: Nick Mondelli

Length: 8 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

After the death of his parents, Jim was sent to live with his grandparents in Black Hawk Nebraska. There he befriended Antonia, the daughter of Bohemian immigrants. Years later, Jim, now a successful lawyer in New York, returns to his childhood home and Antonia. Jim's love for Antonia has endured, much as she herself has endured tragic... Read more