Historical Fiction audiobooks

The Merlin Prophecy Book One

By: M.K. Hume

Narrated by: Steven Crossley

Length: 17 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

BOY, HEALER, PROPHET-- THE EPIC TALE OF MERLIN BEGINS In the town of Segontium a wild storm washes a fugitive ashore. He brutally rapes the granddaughter of the ruler of the Deceangli tribe, leaving her to bear his son, Myrddion Merlinus (Merlin). Spurned as a demon seed, the child is raised by his grandmother and, as soon as he turns nine, he... Read more

The Far Shore

By: Nick Brown

Narrated by: Nigel Peever

Length: 16 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

When the deputy commander of Rome's Imperial Security Service is assassinated on the island of Rhodes, Cassius Corbulo swiftly finds himself embroiled in the investigation. Assisted once more by ex-gladiator bodyguard Indavara and servant Simo, his search for the truth is complicated by the involvement of the dead man's headstrong daughter,... Read more

At the Sign of the Golden Pineapple

By: M. C. Beaton

Narrated by: Lindy Nettleton

Length: 5 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

"I do not think I want to be married at all. I want to be rich. Very rich…"When Henrietta Bascombe opens a confectionary shop in order to turn her pittance of an inheritance into a fortune, her friends are shocked to hear of such a well-bred lady going into trade. The Earl of Carrisdown is both drawn to and repelled by her shopgirl status.... Read more

The Poisoned Pilgrim

By: Oliver Pötzsch

Narrated by: Grover Gardner

Length: 16 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

The Poisoned Pilgrim is the fourth book in Hangman’s Daughter, the million-copy bestselling series.1666: The monastery at Andechs has long been a pilgrimage destination, but when the hangman’s daughter, Magdalena, her doctor husband Simon, and their two small children arrive there, they learn that the monks have far larger concerns than saying... Read more

Lillian and Dash

By: Sam Toperoff

Narrated by: Mark Bramhall, Lorna Raver & Bernadette Dunne

Length: 11 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

This exciting novel about Dashiell Hammett, author of The Maltese Falcon and The Thin Man, and Lillian Hellman, author of The Children's Hour, reintroduces their larger-than-life personalities and the vicissitudes of their affair that spanned three decades.Toperoff reimagines the highs and lows of a fast-living, hard-drinking literary couple and... Read more

Suite Francaise

By: Irene Nemirovsky

Narrated by: Daniel Oreskes & Barbara Rosenblat

Length: 13 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

By the early 1940s, when Ukrainian-born Irène Némirovsky began working on what would become Suite Française—the first two parts of a planned five-part novel—she was already a highly successful writer living in Paris. But she was also a Jew, and in 1942 she was arrested and deported to Auschwitz: a month later she was dead at the age of ... Read more

Love, Dishonor, Marry, Die, Cherish, Perish

By: David Rakoff

Narrated by: David Rakoff

Length: 2 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

From the incomparable David Rakoff, a poignant, beautiful, witty, and wise novel in verse whose scope spans the twentieth century

Through his books and his radio essays for NPR's This American Life, David Rakoff has built a deserved reputation as one of the finest and funniest essayists of our time. Written with humor, sympathy, and tenderness,... Read more

Blood & Beauty

By: Sarah Dunant

Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini

Length: 17 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY KIRKUS REVIEWS

The New York Times bestselling author of the acclaimed Italian Renaissance novels—The Birth of Venus, In the Company of the Courtesan, and Sacred Hearts—has an exceptional talent for breathing life into history. Now Sarah Dunant turns her discerning eye to one of the world’s most... Read more

The Tudor Conspiracy

By: C. W. Gortner

Narrated by: Steve West

Length: 10 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

Hunted by a shadowy foe in Bloody Mary's court, Brendan Prescott plunges into London's treacherous underworld to unravel a dark conspiracy that could make Elizabeth queen—or send her to her death.England, 1553. Harsh winter encroaches upon the realm. Mary Tudor has become queen to popular acclaim, and her enemies are imprisoned in the Tower. But... Read more

The Highlander's Bride

By: Michele Sinclair

Narrated by: Anne Flosnik

Length: 10 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

Highland laird Conor McTiernay had always dreamed of an enduring love. But the reality of women who desired him only for his title and lands made him swear off marriage forever. That is until he first set eyes on the Englishwoman his men found hiding in the forest. Beneath the dirt and grime it was clear Laurel Cordell was beautiful. But would... Read more

Valley of the Gun

By: Ralph Cotton

Narrated by: George Guidall

Length: 6 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

HOLY HELL Arizona Ranger Sam Burrack has encountered many a relentless outlaw in his days as a lawman, but none quite like Fannin " Dad" Orwick. The devout leader of the Redemption Riders, Orwick robs and kills to support his ever-expanding family of young wives and children, all in the name of the Lord. After the Ranger learns that Orwick is... Read more

Murder in Chelsea

By: Victoria Thompson

Narrated by: Suzanne Toren

Length: 9 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

Sarah Brandt is shattered when she learns that a woman has inquired at Hope's Daughters Mission for Catherine, the abandoned child she has taken as her daughter. The woman claims she was Catherine's nursemaid, now acting on behalf of the girl's mother to reunite them. Unwilling to simply hand Catherine over to a complete stranger, Sarah asks... Read more

A Treacherous Paradise

By: Henning Mankell

Narrated by: Rosalyn Landor

Length: 11 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

From the internationally acclaimed author of the Kurt Wallander crime novels, a powerful stand-alone novel set in early-twentieth-century Sweden and Mozambique, whose vividly drawn female protagonist is awoken from her naïveté by her exposure to racism and by her own unexpected inner strengths.

Cold and poverty define Hanna Renström’s childhood... Read more

The Light in the Ruins

By: Chris Bohjalian

Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell & Mark Bramhall

Length: 11 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

From the New York Times bestselling author of Midwives and The Sandcastle Girls comes a spellbinding novel of love, despair, and revenge—set in war-ravaged Tuscany.

1943: Tucked away in the idyllic hills south of Florence, the Rosatis, an Italian family of noble lineage, believe that the walls of their ancient villa will keep them safe from the... Read more

Letters From Skye

By: Jessica Brockmole

Narrated by: Elle Newlands, Katy Townsend, Lincoln Hoppe, Ad...

Length: 8 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

A sweeping story told in letters, spanning two continents and two world wars, Jessica Brockmole’s atmospheric debut novel captures the indelible ways that people fall in love, and celebrates the power of the written word to stir the heart.
 
March 1912: Twenty-four-year-old Elspeth Dunn, a published poet, has never seen the world beyond her home... Read more

The Twelfth Department

By: William Ryan

Narrated by: Gildart Jackson

Length: 11 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

Captain Alexei Korolev has nothing to complain about. But for the first time in a long time, Korolev is about to be truly happy: his son Yuri is coming to visit for an entire week. Shortly after Yuri's arrival, however, Korolev receives an urgent call from his boss - it seems an important man has been murdered, and Korolev is the only detective... Read more

A Dark Seduction

By: Donna Grant

Narrated by: Antony Ferguson

Length: 5 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

Most would give all they had to be raised in the realm of the Fae. Cole had no choice. He was too young to remember anything of his own realm, save for snatches of memories that could be no more than his imagination. But if it hadn't been for the Fae who found him wandering between realms after his was destroyed, he would be dead now. It was the... Read more

Tarzan of the Apes

By: Edgar Rice Burroughs

Narrated by: B. J. Harrison

Length: 8 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

Tarzan: the original Superhero. Discover the origins of Tarzan, see how he obtains his superhuman strength and agility, then returns to civilization. This timeless novel, presented complete and unabridged, is performed by award-winning Classic Tales narrator B.J. Harrison Read more

The Sinner

By: Margaret Mallory

Narrated by: Derek Perkins

Length: 9 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

Alex MacDonald is known for his skill as a warrior, his prowess with women, and his vow to never take a wife. But now his chieftain has asked him to make the ultimate sacrifice: wed Glynis MacNeil, a lass famed throughout the Highlands for her exquisite beauty—and defiant ways.



Familiar with heartbreak, Glynis refuses to fall for another handsome... Read more

Ravishing the Heiress

By: Sherry Thomas

Narrated by: Jenny Sterlin

Length: 8 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

Millicent understands the terms of her arranged marriage all too well. She gets to be a Countess by marrying an impoverished Earl. And in return, the Earl Fitzhugh receives the benefit of her vast wealth, saving his family from bankruptcy. Because of her youth, they have agreed to wait eight years before consummating the marriage--and then, only... Read more

The Puppet Boy of Warsaw

By: Eva Weaver

Narrated by: Tim Bruce

Length: 11 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

I was twelve when the coat was made. Nathan, our tailor and dear friend, cut it for Grandfather in the first week of March 1938. It was the last week of freedom for Warsaw and for us...

Even in the most difficult of lives, there is hope. And sometimes that hope comes in the form of a small boy, armed with a troupe of puppets - a prince, a girl, a... Read more

Rutherford Park

By: Elizabeth Cooke

Narrated by: Elizabeth Sastre

Length: 11 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

Snow had fallen in the night, and now the great house, standing at the head of the valley, seemed like a five-hundred-year old ship sailing in a white ocean…

For the Cavendish family, Rutherford Park is much more than a place to call home. It is a way of life marked by rigid rules and lavish rewards, governed by unspoken desires…
 
Lady of the... Read more

The Man Called Noon

By: Louis L'Amour

Narrated by: Stephen Mendel

Length: 5 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

In one swift moment, a fall wiped away his memory. All he knew for certain was that someone wanted him dead—and that he had better learn why. But everywhere he turned there seemed to be more questions—or people too willing to hide the truth behind a smoke screen of lies. He had only the name he had been told was his own, his mysterious skill... Read more

Long Road to Cheyenne

By: Charles G. West

Narrated by: John Pruden

Length: 8 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

Lured by the promise of the gold rush, Cam Sutton leaves his cow-herding job for the deposit-rich gulches of the Black Hills. But his carefree journey is interrupted when he rescues Mary Bishop and her daughters from a stagecoach holdup. Cam accompanies them on their search for Mr. Bishop, only to discover that he's been murdered in Custer City,... Read more