Historical Fiction audiobooks

The Deception

By: M. C. Beaton

Narrated by: Charlotte Anne Dore

Length: 6 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

It was an unfair decision—to be forced to choose between her home and her heart …When one of her sisters is attacked by Harry Devers, the lecherous son of Mannerling's present owner, Abigail Beverley puts her obsession with reclaiming the mansion on hold. It is then that Abigail meets the dashing and extremely eligible Lord Burfield, fresh back... Read more

The Folly

By: M. C. Beaton

Narrated by: Charlotte Anne Dore

Length: 5 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

In the fourth installment of the Daughters of Mannerling series, beautiful Rachel must choose which she wants more—true love or Mannerling mansion.The haughty Beverley family is obsessed with regaining Mannerling, the exquisite seventeenth-century mansion gambled away by their now-deceased father, Sir Beverley. Three of the six Beverley... Read more

The Major and the Pickpocket

By: Lucy Ashford

Narrated by: Julie Teal

Length: 9 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

"Trying to escape, were you?" Tassie bit her lip. Why hadn't he turned her over to the constables? She certainly wasn't going to try to run past him, even if he did have a limp. She was tall, but this man towered over her-- six feet of hardened muscle, shoulders forbiddingly broad beneath his riding coat, strong booted legs set firmly apart.... Read more

Final Affair (Venice Vampyr #2)

By: Tina Folsom

Narrated by: Eric G. Dove

Length: 2 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

Venice, Italy - early 1800sViola has been given three months to live but she refuses to die a virgin. She travels to Venice where she wants to experience physical pleasure with a man without causing a scandal for her family. Afterward, she plans to take her own life to ensure she exits the world painlessly and with dignity. Unfortunately, the... Read more

The Sum of All Kisses

By: Julia Quinn

Narrated by: Rosalyn Landor

Length: 9 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

From Julia Quinn, the New York Times bestselling author of steamy historical romances, comes the third seductive installment of the Smythe-Smith Quartet, The Sum of All Kisses.Sarah Pleinsworth can’t forgive Hugh Prentice for the duel he fought three years ago that nearly destroyed her family, sent her cousin fleeing, and left Hugh himself with... Read more

Sense & Sensibility

By: Joanna Trollope

Narrated by: Kate Reading

Length: 10 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

Two sisters could hardly be more different . . .Elinor Dashwood, an architecture student, values patience and reliability. Her impulsive sister, Marianne, takes after their mother, Belle, and is fiery and creative, filling the house with her dramas and guitar playing while dreaming of going to art school.But when their father, Henry Dashwood,... Read more

The Wicked Wallflower

By: Maya Rodale

Narrated by: Carolyn Morris

Length: 8 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

Maya Rodale's captivating new series introduces London's Least Likely—three wallflowers who are about to become the toast of the ton . . .Lady Emma Avery has accidentally announced her engagement—to the most eligible man in England. As soon as it's discovered that Emma has never actually met the infamously attractive Duke of Ashbrooke, she'll no... Read more

Katabasis

By: Joseph Brassey, Cooper Moo, Mark Teppo & Angus ...

Narrated by: Luke Daniels

Length: 13 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

The death of the fearsome Ögedei Khan has brought the Mongol invasion of the West to an abrupt halt. Exhausted, plagued by uncertainty and self-doubt, and reeling from betrayal by one of their own, the surviving Shield-Brethren struggle across a frozen, shattered wasteland to return home after their desperate battle in Mongolia.Their mission is... Read more

The King's Hounds

By: Martin Jensen

Narrated by: Napoleon Ryan

Length: 10 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

The first in the bestselling Danish series of historical mysteries.The newly crowned King Cnut of Denmark has conquered England and rules his new empire from Oxford. The year is 1018 and the war is finally over, but the unified kingdom is far from peaceful.Halfdan’s mixed lineage—half Danish, half Saxon—has made him a pauper in the new kingdom.... Read more

The House of Mirth

By: Edith Wharton

Narrated by: Susie Berneis

Length: 13 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

Lily Bart enjoys an equitable standing within the New York City elite. Although she desires a comfortable life and has received generous proposals from wealthy suitors, Lily remains single with hope for an honest and loving marriage. However, her life takes an unexpected twist when a nasty bit of gossip instigates her long descent down the... Read more

The Age of Innocence

By: Edith Wharton

Narrated by: Susie Berneis

Length: 10 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

Set in the 1870s, Edith Wharton examines the American elite culture on the East Coast. Newland Archer is a lawyer and heir to one of New York City's most prominent families. He is arraigned to be married to May Welland. Newland is pleased with the prospect, under he meets Countess Ellen Olenska, May's older cousin. Suddenly, Newland begins to... Read more

Sins of a Wicked Princess

By: Anna Randol

Narrated by: Veronica Paulton

Length: 9 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

In the scorching finale of Anna Randol's wickedly tempting Trio series, the Wraith takes on a mission— and a princess— he'll never forget . . .Ian Maddox, aka the Wraith, is happy to leave his life as a spy— as soon as he discovers who's been trying to kill his friends. All clues lead him to the bedroom of an exiled princess. Yet Princess... Read more

The Marrying Season

By: Candace Camp

Narrated by: Jill Tanner

Length: 11 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

Her brother Alec, Earl of Rawdon, has joyously wed his true love, but Genevieve Stafford anticipates no such unabashed emotion on her wedding day. The icily beautiful aristocrat is to marry Lord Dursbury, and love is not part of the bargain. But when someone frames Genevieve in a cruel scheme, the scandal shatters her engagement and her... Read more

What Once Was Lost

By: Kim Vogel Sawyer

Narrated by: Pilar Witherspoon

Length: 13 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

A woman meant to serve, a child in the dark, a man standing apart-- can these three souls embrace a God with new plans for them? On a small Kansas farm, Christina Willems lovingly shepherds a group of poor and displaced individuals who count on her leadership and have come to see the Brambleville Asylum for the Poor as their home. But when a... Read more

Fired Up

By: Mary Connealy

Narrated by: Barbara McCulloh

Length: 9 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

Rollicking Wild West Adventure and Romance from Bestselling Author Mary Connealy Dare Riker is a doctor who saves lives, but someone seems determined to end his. It may have something to do with the traitors he dealt with during the Civil War, or it might be related to the recent incident with Flint Greer and the ranch. Whoever the culprit is,... Read more

The Blood Crows

By: Simon Scarrow

Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble

Length: 13 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

IF YOU DON'T KNOW SIMON SCARROW, YOU DON'T KNOW ROME!

THE BLOOD CROWS is the unputdownable twelfth novel in Simon Scarrow's bestselling Eagles of the Empire series. A must read for fans of Bernard Cornwell. Praise for Simon Scarrow's gripping novels: 'Ferocious and compelling' Daily Express

Britannia, AD 51. For nearly a decade, the Roman Empire... Read more

Sinful Treasure (Venice Vampyr #3)

By: Tina Folsom

Narrated by: Eric G. Dove

Length: 3 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

Venice, Italy - early 1800sWhen vampire rake Lorenzo Conti finds a beautiful woman sleeping in the bedchamber of his newly acquired home, he believes her to be a housewarming gift bestowed upon him by his thoughtful friends. There's only one thing to do with such a delicious present: ravish her!The mysterious Bianca rushes to Venice upon her... Read more

Im Auge der Sonne (Gekürzte Fassung) - Abridged

By: Barbara Wood

Narrated by: Tanja Geke

Length: TBA

Abridged: Yes

Die Heilerin Leah hasst Jotham, den Mann, für den ihr Vater sie bestimmt hat. Und sie liebt David, den jungen Kämpfer und Schriftgelehrten. Leahs Weigerung, Jotham zu heiraten, stürzt ihre Familie ins Unglück. Wie soll sie diese Schuld tilgen? Von David lernt sie das Geheimnis einer neuen Schrift. Vor dem Thron der großen Pharaonenkönigin... Read more

It Happened in Wisconsin

By: Ken Moraff

Narrated by: Dick Hill

Length: 10 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

Amazon Breakthrough Novel General Fiction Award WinnerIn an America ravaged by the Great Depression, a talented but ragtag baseball team sets out to change the world. Barnstorming the back roads and dusty ballparks of the Midwest, the Racine Robins rally fans to the populist cause, raising money for soup kitchens and strike funds even as they... Read more

Fallen Women

By: Sandra Dallas

Narrated by: Barbara Caruso

Length: 11 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

From the ballrooms and mansions of Denver' s newly wealthy, to the seamy life of desperate women, Fallen Women illuminates the darkest places of the human heart. It is the spring of 1885 and wealthy New York socialite Beret Osmundsen has been estranged from her younger sister, Lillie, for a year when she gets word from her aunt and uncle that... Read more

Ask Not

By: Max Allan Collins

Narrated by: Dan John Miller

Length: 9 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

Chicago, September 1964. Beatlemania sweeps the nation, the Vietnam War looms, and the Warren Commission prepares to blame a " lone-nut" assassin for the killing of President John F. Kennedy. But as the post-Camelot era begins, a suspicious outbreak of suicides, accidental deaths, and outright murders decimates assassination witnesses. When... Read more

A Man Above Reproach

By: Evelyn Pryce

Narrated by: James Clamp

Length: 6 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

Amazon Breakthrough Romance Novel Award WinnerIn 1830s London, scandalous whispers surround the pub known as the Sleeping Dove, a hidden bordello catering to nobles eager to shed the trappings of their stations. Josephine Grant knows the rumors are true—she plays piano at the Dove and is known only as the "Bawdy Bluestocking" to the pub's... Read more

The Abominable

By: Dan Simmons

Narrated by: Kevin T. Collins

Length: 29 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

A thrilling tale of high-altitude death and survival set on the snowy summits of Mount Everest, from the bestselling author of The Terror.

It's 1924 and the race to summit the world's highest mountain has been brought to a terrified pause by the shocking disappearance of George Mallory and Sandy Irvine high on the shoulder of Mt. Everest. By the... Read more

Maiden and the Monster

By: Michelle M. Pillow

Narrated by: Mason Lloyd

Length: 10 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

WINNER of the 2006 RT Bookclub Magazine Reviewer's Choice Award! Vladamir of Kessen, Duke of Lakeshire Castle, is feared as a demon in the land of Wessex. The kings have granted him a title of nobility in exchange for his part as a political prisoner. Discontent, he bides his time in his new home until war will once again rip through the land.... Read more