History audiobooks

Relatos de los Madriles - Abridged

By: José Antonio Martínez Díez

Narrated by: Martín Quirós

Length: 8 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Madrid, ciudad misteriosa, delirante, hechizante y hechizada. Se cree que al ser constituida capital del reino por Felipe II en 1561 levantó tales envidias y reconcomios que cayó sobre ella la maldición, el hechizo de ser una ciudad loca y que contagia esa locura a todos los que en ella habitan y visitan. La biografía de Madrid ha dado lugar a... Read more

Silencing the Past

By: Michel-Rolph Trouillot

Narrated by: Shaun Scott

Length: 5 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

Placing the West's failure to acknowledge the most successful slave revolt in history alongside denials of the Holocaust and the debate over the Alamo, Michel-Rolph Trouillot offers a stunning meditation on how power operates in the making and recording of history. Read more

The Art of Persuasion

By: Davis Truman

Narrated by: John Sullivan

Length: 2 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

Delve into the immersive world of World War II through the lens of popular culture with this compelling book. It offers a fresh perspective by meticulously analyzing the overarching themes in various mediums. From the silver screen to the airwaves, and from the pages of comic books to the whimsical world of cartoons, witness how these diverse... Read more

Opening The Gates of Hell

By: Mark Hodkinson

Narrated by: Jason Done

Length: 10 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

The incredible true story of the first Allied soldier to open the gates of Belsen.

Herbert Kenny, an army dispatch rider, was the first Allied soldier to push open the gates at Belsen Concentration Camp, in April 1945. He kept his story from the world until an encounter with a trainee journalist brought it to light. Now, forty years on, that... Read more

Jack the Ripper: The Gruesome True Crime Story of the Mysterious Serial Killer

By: Dawson West

Narrated by: Thomas Rode

Length: 3 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

Step back in time and explore the grisly real-life mystery behind Victorian England’s most terrifying killer.Infamous as one of London’s most puzzling and fascinating criminal mysteries, the story of the shadowy serial killer known as Jack the Ripper has captured the imaginations of detectives, writers, artists, and pop culture to this very day.... Read more

Life in the UK Test 2025

By: GreatBrit Education

Narrated by: Mark Jeary-Fairbairn

Length: 5 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

Are you looking for the perfect way to study for your upcoming Life in the UK Test in 2024 or 2025? Do you wish you could pass first time, and become a British Citizen? Maybe you just want to settle in the United Kingdom with "indefinite leave to remain"?Whatever your motivation is to stay in the UK - whether for love, work, or family - we get... Read more

Vivienne Westwood: Kurzbiografie kompakt

By: 5 Minuten, 5 Minuten Biografien & Lea Pfeiffer

Narrated by: Lea Pfeiffer

Length: 5 minutes

Abridged: No

Vivienne Westwood, einflussreichste Modeschöpferin Englands: Leben und Werk in einer Kurzbiografie! Alles, was man wissen muss, kurz und knapp. Infotainment, Bildung und Unterhaltung vom Feinsten! Read more

Wars of Ambition

By: Afshon Ostovar

Narrated by: Fajer Al-Kaisi

Length: 13 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

The September 11 attacks upended America’s relatively strong influence in the Middle East and prompted President George W. Bush’s plan to remake the region through a war in Iraq. By bringing liberal democracy to Iraq, Bush hoped that the country would be a springboard for the spread of democracy to neighboring authoritarian states. Yet the war’s... Read more

A Rare Recording of Film Icon Norma Shearer

By: Norma Shearer

Narrated by: Norma Shearer

Length: 9 minutes

Abridged: No

Edith Norma Shearer (August 11, 1902 – June 12, 1983) was a Canadian-American actress who was active on film from 1919 through 1942. Shearer often played spunky, sexually liberated women. She became the first five-time Academy Award acting nominee, winning Best Actress for The Divorcee in 1930. Shearer had made a total of 13 silent films for MGM... Read more

Auschwitz A Mother's Story

By: Rosa de Winter-Levy

Narrated by: Mandy Weston

Length: 2 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

Suddenly there is a blow to my face, I am hurled to one side. 'My child, I have to go with her!' I scream. But Dr Mengel is standing before me, whip raised. 'Maul halten, shut up!' His eyes gleam. Filled with fear I cower down.

In 1943, as the Nazi power swept across central Europe, Rosa, her husband Emanuel and their daughter, Judy, were forced... Read more

100 mitos de la historia de México

By: Francisco Martín Moreno

Narrated by: Adrian Ogazón

Length: 10 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

La historia de México no es como te la contaron... Con la pluma filosa y espléndidamente documentada que lo caracteriza, Francisco Martín Moreno indaga en la deslumbrante historia de México y sus zonas más tenebrosas: revela los verdaderos intereses de líderes y caudillos, las conjuras más atroces que marcaron nuestra Independencia, la... Read more

The Price for Their Pound of Flesh

By: Daina Ramey Berry

Narrated by: Pippa Vos

Length: 9 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

Groundbreaking look at slaves as commodities through every phase of life, from birth to death and beyond, in early America

In life and in death, slaves were commodities, their monetary value assigned based on their age, gender, health, and the demands of the market. The Price for Their Pound of Flesh is the first book to explore the economic... Read more

A Southern Underground Railroad

By: Paul M. Pressly

Narrated by: Bill Andrew Quinn

Length: 9 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

Despite its apparent isolation, the Southeast provided a vital connecting link between the Black self-emancipation that occurred during the American Revolution and the growth of the Underground Railroad. From the beginning of the revolutionary war to the eve of the First Seminole War in 1817, several thousand Africans and African Americans in... Read more

Lochs and Legends

By: Andy the Highlander

Narrated by: Andy the Highlander

Length: 7 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

**THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER** A Scotsman’s guide to the extraordinary tapestry of the land, history, folklore and stories of his homeland. From the majestic beauty of the wild Scottish landscape to the hidden traces of its history waiting to be uncovered in every... Read more

Krithia

By: Mat McLachlan

Narrated by: Michael Carman

Length: 10 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

The Second Battle of Krithia has existed largely in the shadows of the bigger Gallipoli story. It is, however, one of the most poignant and tragic tales of World War I. The fascinating story has been brought to light at last by bestselling military historian Mat McLachlan, author of The Cowra Breakout.

In May 1915 during World War I, British... Read more

Serviceman J

By: Jamie Pennell

Narrated by: Michael Whalley

Length: 5 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

A gripping memoir by a former NZSAS commander on serving in Afghanistan over four deployments and operating at the edge of his limits
In 2011, following the Taliban siege on Kabul's Intercontinental Hotel, an SAS soldier identified only as Serviceman J was awarded New Zealand's second highest military honour by showing outstanding gallantry in... Read more

George Smiley: Kurzbiografie kompakt

By: 5 Minuten, 5 Minuten Biografien & Jürgen Fritsche

Narrated by: Jürgen Fritsche

Length: 5 minutes

Abridged: No

George Smiley, der legendäre englische Geheimdienstmann aus der Feder John le Carrés: Leben und Werk in einer Kurzbiografie! Alles, was man wissen muss, kurz und knapp. Infotainment, Bildung und Unterhaltung vom Feinsten! Read more

La Historia De J. P. Morgan El Millonario Que Controlaba El Mundo

By: Onofre Quezada

Narrated by: Anonimo & Onofre Quezada

Length: 33 minutes

Abridged: No

En "La Historia de J. P. Morgan: El Millonario Que Controlaba El Mundo", el lector se embarcará en un fascinante viaje a través de la vida y el legado de uno de los magnates más influyentes de la historia. John Pierpont Morgan, conocido mundialmente como J. P. Morgan, no solo amasó una de las mayores fortunas de su tiempo, sino que también... Read more

Los Mejores Consejos De Un Millonario

By: Onofre Quezada

Narrated by: Anonimo & Onofre Quezada

Length: 30 minutes

Abridged: No

Los Mejores Consejos de un Millonario es una guía esencial para todos aquellos que desean alcanzar el éxito financiero y vivir una vida de abundancia. Este libro recoge la sabiduría y las estrategias de un millonario que, a través de su experiencia personal, ha logrado superar obstáculos y construir una vida próspera.En sus páginas, descubrirás... Read more

Echoes From the Deep

By: Davis Truman

Narrated by: John Sullivan

Length: 2 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

On May 1, 1915, the majestic RMS Lusitania departed from New York, bound for Liverpool, navigating through the escalating tensions of a war-torn Europe. Just six days later, the Cunard liner met a tragic fate, sinking into the depths of the Atlantic after being struck by a German torpedo. The catastrophe claimed the lives of over a thousand... Read more

Речи

By: Марк Туллий Цицерон

Narrated by: Руслан Драпалюк

Length: 5 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

В книгу вошли речи Цицерона, которые являются вершиной древнеримской художественной прозы. Цицерон опубликовал более сотни речей, политических и судебных, из которых полностью или в значительных фрагментах сохранились 58. Древнеримский оратор и философ Марк Туллий Цицерон был выходцем из простой семьи, но смог стать знаменитым политическим... Read more

Not A Real Enemy

By: Robert Wolf & Janice Harper

Narrated by: Gregory Dwyer

Length: 16 hours

Abridged: No

Hungary, 1944. Almost half a million Jewish Hungarians are deported to Auschwitz. Among the few surviving Hungarian Jews from this era were young men who, like Ervin Wolf, were forced into the brutal Labor Service where they were cut off from the outside world and forced to endure inhumane brutalities and servitude. Once freed, a new oppression... Read more

I'm in the Army Now - Abridged

By: Martin Dale Whitacre

Narrated by: William Savage

Length: 7 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: Yes

These letters were discovered in an Army Air Force footlocker after being locked away for almost 80 years. Follow the story of one World War 2 Army Air Force soldier, Glenn Max Whitacre, from Bowling Green Ohio through basic training, schooling, combat prep, and into battle. He wrote home almost every day to keep in touch with his family, his... Read more

A Place of Our Own

By: June Thomas

Narrated by: June Thomas

Length: 6 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

A deeply researched and highly readable cultural history of queer women’s lives in the second half of the twentieth century, told through six iconic spaces. For as long as queer women have existed, they’ve created gathering grounds where they can be themselves. From the intimate darkness of the lesbian bar to the sweaty camaraderie of the... Read more