Historical Fiction audiobooks

The Lost Prince

By: Selden Edwards

Narrated by: Angela Brazil

Length: 18 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

Recently returned from the experience of a lifetime in fin de siecle Vienna, where she met and tragically lost the first great love of her life, Eleanor Burden has no choice but to settle into her expected place in society, marry the man she is supposed to marry, and wait for life to come to her.As the twentieth century approaches, hers is a... Read more

Avenger of Rome

By: Douglas Jackson

Narrated by: Cornelius Garrett

Length: 11 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

If you like Simon Scarrow and Ben Kane, you'll absolutely love this enthralling and action-packed novel of Roman adventure from bestselling author Douglas Jackson.

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An Artist of the Floating World

By: Kazuo Ishiguro

Narrated by: David Case

Length: 6 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

From the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature and author of the Booker Prize–winning novel The Remains of the Day
 
In the face of the misery in his homeland, the artist Masuji Ono was unwilling to devote his art solely to the celebration of physical beauty. Instead, he put his work in the service of the imperialist movement that led Japan... Read more

The Headmaster's Wager

By: Vincent Lam

Narrated by: Feodor Chin

Length: 15 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

From Giller Prize winner, internationally acclaimed, and bestselling author Vincent Lam comes a superbly crafted, highly suspenseful, and deeply affecting novel set against the turmoil of the Vietnam War.
 
Percival Chen is the headmaster of the most respected English school in Saigon. He is also a bon vivant, a compulsive gambler and an... Read more

Duchess By Night

By: Eloisa James

Narrated by: Susan Duerden

Length: 11 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

A Mischievous Charade . . . Harriet, Duchess of Berrow, is tired of her title and the responsibilities that come along with it. Enough with proper tea parties and elegant balls; what Harriet really wants is to attend an outrageous soiree where she can unleash her wildest whims and desires. But to attend such an event—especially if the event in... Read more

The Kingmaker's Daughter

By: Philippa Gregory

Narrated by: Bianca Amato

Length: 15 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

In this New York Times bestseller that inspired the critically acclaimed Starz miniseries The White Queen, Philippa Gregory tells the tale of Anne Neville, a beautiful young woman who must navigate the treachery of the English court as her father, known as the Kingmaker, uses her and her sister as pawns in his political game.

The Kingmaker’s... Read more

The Mysterious Affair at Styles

By: Agatha Christie

Narrated by: Hugh Fraser

Length: 5 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Hercule Poirot solves his first case in the Agatha Christie novel that started it all, now in a fully restored edition that features a “missing chapter” along with commentary from Christie expert John Curran.Who poisoned the wealthy Emily Inglethorp and how did the murderer penetrate and escape from her locked bedroom? Suspects abound in the... Read more

The Second Empress

By: Michelle Moran

Narrated by: Adam Alexi-Malle, Emma Bering & Tanya Franks

Length: 10 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

Two women vie to change their destinies after Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte orders marriage to a princess he hopes will bear him a royal heir in this compelling novel from the internationally bestselling author of Nefertiti and Maria.
 
“A fascinating tale that won’t soon be forgotten.”—Times Record News

After the bloody French Revolution, Emperor... Read more

Duell vor Sumatra

By: Patrick O'Brian

Narrated by: Johannes Steck

Length: 15 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

Durch einen Wechsel in der Spitze des Marine-Ministeriums erhält Kapitän Jack Aubrey nicht das Prisengeld in der erwarteten Höhe, was seine Heirat mit Sophia verhindert - und Stephen Maturin gerät durch eine Indiskretion in Folterhaft. Doch Jack erhält endlich das Schiff, das er am meisten mag: Die Fregatte HMS Surprise. Er soll einen britischen... Read more

The Ranger

By: Monica McCarty

Narrated by: Robert McNab

Length: 13 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

Chosen to help Robert the Bruce in his quest to free Scotland from English rule and claim his crown, the legendary team of warriors known as the Highland Guard battles on.Embedded deep behind enemy lines, Arthur “Ranger” Campbell is prized for his razor-sharp senses and his ability to blend into the shadows. But when Arthur infiltrates the clan... Read more

Charming the Shrew

By: Laurin Wittig

Narrated by: Ralph Lister

Length: 10 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

Returning home to the Scottish Highlands after battling the English, Tayg Munro receives a hero’s welcome—and a shocking ultimatum. In order to take his place as heir to the chiefdom of Culrain, he must choose a wife within the month or have one chosen for him. Angered by his family’s decree, Tayg delays the inevitable by volunteering for a... Read more

Daring the Highlander

By: Laurin Wittig

Narrated by: Ralph Lister

Length: 8 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

The sweeping Scottish saga that began in Laurin Wittig’s novel Charming the Shrew continues in the romantic sequel.After his eldest brother pays the ultimate price for plotting against the king, Ailig MacLeod returns to Castle Assynt with a heavy heart. On the king’s orders, Ailig’s father must forfeit the title of clan chief in favor of his... Read more

Bride of New France

By: Suzanne Desrochers

Narrated by: Emma Bering

Length: 10 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

“Bride of New France is the best piece of historical fiction I’ve read in a long time.”  –Telegraph-Journal (Saint John, New Brunswick)
 
Laure Beauséjour has grown up in a dormitory in Paris surrounded by prostitutes, the insane, and other forgotten women. Despite numerous hardships, she dreams of using her needlework skills to become a... Read more

City of Women

By: David R. Gillham

Narrated by: Suzanne Bertish

Length: 13 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER AND ONE OF KIRKUS REVIEWS' BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR

It is 1943—the height of the Second World War. With the men away at the front, Berlin has become a city of women.

On the surface, Sigrid Schröder is the model German soldier’s wife: She goes to work every day, does as much with her rations as she can, and dutifully... Read more

The Pigeon Pie Mystery

By: Julia Stuart

Narrated by: Hannah Curtis

Length: 10 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

Julia Stuart returns in her follow-up to the bestselling The Tower, the Zoo and the Tortoise with this clever murder mystery set in Victorian England, brimming with her signature charm and fabulous characters.

When Indian Princess Alexandrina is left penniless by the sudden death of her father, the Maharaja of Brindor, Queen Victoria grants her a... Read more

The Iron Wyrm Affair

By: Lilith Saintcrow

Narrated by: Moira Quirk

Length: 10 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Emma Bannon, forensic sorceress in the service of the Empire, has a mission: to protect Archibald Clare, a failed, unregistered mentath. His skills of deduction are legendary, and her own sorcery is not inconsiderable. It doesn't help much that they barely tolerate each other, or that Bannon's Shield, Mikal, might just be a traitor himself. Or... Read more

The Black Isle

By: Sandi Tan

Narrated by: Sarah Zimmerman

Length: 21 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

This “ambitious, supernatural coming-of-age story” (The LA Times) is a sweeping tale of ghosts in the modern world, and one woman's struggle to create her own destiny.

There are ghosts on the Black Isle. Ghosts that no one can see. No one . . . except Cassandra. Uprooted from Shanghai with her father and twin brother, young Cassandra finds the... Read more

Parade's End

By: Ford Madox Ford

Narrated by: Steven Crossley

Length: 38 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

Ford Madox Ford’s tetralogy set in England during World War I is widely considered one of the best novels of the twentieth century.
     First published as four separate novels (Some Do Not…, No More Parades, A Man Could Stand Up, and The Last Post) between 1924 and 1928, Parade’s End explores the world of the English ruling class as it descends... Read more

Vengeance

By: John Banville & Benjamin Black

Narrated by: John Keating

Length: 9 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

In Vengeance, a bizarre suicide leads to a scandal and then still more blood, as Benjamin Black reveals a world where money and sex trump everything.

It's a fine day for a sail, and Victor Delahaye, one of Ireland's most successful businessmen, takes his boat far out to sea. With him is his partner's son—who becomes the sole witness when Delahaye... Read more

Hitler’s Angel

By: Kris Rusch

Narrated by: Susan O’Malley

Length: 6 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

Hugo-winner Kris Rusch departs from her usual science fiction to write a gripping crime novel set in Germany on the eve of Adolf Hitler's ascension. This much is true: Hitler had an affair with his niece, Geli Raubal. On the night of September 19, 1931, Geli was found shot to death in Hitler's apartment. Her death was ruled a suicide, but the... Read more

A Searing Wind

By: W. Michael Gear & Kathleen O'Neal Gear

Narrated by: Kevin Orton

Length: 18 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

Set against the tragic war sparked by Hernando de Soto' s brutal invasion of the American South, A Searing Wind brings to an electrifying climax all the intense historical action and authenticity of W. Michael and Kathleen O' Neal Gear' s " magnificent" (Douglas Preston) and " powerful" ( Kirkus Reviews ) bestselling series. Once exiled by the... Read more

The Master Quilter

By: Jennifer Chiaverini

Narrated by: Christina Moore

Length: 10 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

The Elm Creek Quilters are as surprised as anyone when their beloved matriarch, Sylvia Bergstrom Compson, marries her sweetheart, Andrew, at a festive holiday gathering at her ancestral home on Christmas Eve. Eager to celebrate the union, her friends decide to create a beautiful wedding quilt to warm the newlyweds' home and hearts. A secret with... Read more

The Quilter's Legacy

By: Jennifer Chiaverini

Narrated by: Christina Moore

Length: 10 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

Best-selling author Jennifer Chiaverini charms her many fans with her engaging Elm Creek Quilts novels. In The Quilter's Legacy, Sylvia Bergstrom Compson resolves to find several heirloom quilts that have vanished. Traveling far and wide, she discovers fascinating truths about her mother, who died when Sylvia was only a child. Read more

Texas Blue

By: Jodi Thomas

Narrated by: Linda Stephens

Length: 10 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

New York Times and USA Today best-selling author Jodi Thomas won the coveted Romance Pioneer Award and a 2011 Reviewers' Choice Award for Texas Blue. Lewton Paterson is a gambling man hoping to put his rough-and-tumble past behind him and marry into a quiet, respectable family. Arriving in Whispering Mountain, Lewt sets his sights on one of the... Read more