History audiobooks

12 Years a Slave

By: Solomon Northup

Narrated by: Richard Allen

Length: 8 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

12 Years a Slave is the harrowing account of a black man, born free in New York State, who was drugged, kidnapped, and sold into slavery in 1841. Having no way to contact his family, and fearing for his life if he told the truth, Solomon Northup was sold from plantation to plantation in Louisiana, toiling under cruel masters for twelve years... Read more

A Little History of Science

By: William F. Bynum

Narrated by: Jonathan Cowley

Length: 9 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

Science is fantastic. It tells us about the
infinite reaches of space, the tiniest living organism, the human body,
the history of Earth. People have always been doing science because they
have always wanted to make sense of the world and harness its power.
From ancient Greek philosophers through Einstein and Watson and Crick to
the... Read more

Going Clear

By: Lawrence Wright

Narrated by: Morton Sellers

Length: 17 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

National Book Award Finalist


A clear-sighted revelation, a deep penetration into the world of Scientology by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Looming Tower, the now-classic study of al-Qaeda’s 9/11 attack. Based on more than two hundred personal interviews with current and former Scientologists—both famous and less well known—and years... Read more

The Pillow Book of the Flower Samurai

By: Barbara Lazar

Narrated by: Meg Kuboto

Length: 15 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

Enter a world of prostitutes and Samurais in 12th century Japan.

'This is about what you must do to keep our honour.' My father enclosed his arms around me, put his head against my middle and sobbed with no sounds.

Kozaisho, the Fifth-Daughter of a lowly farmer, feels her world shattering when she is sold by her father in exchange for land.... Read more

The Prince of Beers

By: Alex Berenson

Narrated by: Alex Berenson

Length: 1 hour 3 minutes

Abridged: No

August Busch IV had everything - or seemed to. In 2006, Busch became the chief executive of Anheuser-Busch, the sixth member of his family to control the legendary brewery. At age 42, Busch was handsome, wealthy, married to a beautiful woman, and running one of the biggest companies in America. Two years later, Busch lost control of... Read more

Power Systems

By: Noam Chomsky & David Barsamian

Narrated by: Noam Chomsky & David Barsamian

Length: 7 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

A compelling new set of interviews on our changing and turbulent times with Noam Chomsky, one of the world's foremost thinkers

In this collection of conversations, conducted from 2010 to 2012, Noam Chomsky explores the most immediate and urgent concerns: the future of democracy in the Arab world, the implications of the Fukushima nuclear... Read more

The Fall of the House of Dixie

By: Bruce Levine

Narrated by: Peter Jay Fernandez

Length: 13 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

The J. G. Randall Distinguished Professor of History at the University of Illinois and associate editor of North and South magazine, Bruce Levine presents a gripping chronicle of the cultural and economic upheaval the South experienced during and after the Civil War. Drawing upon a treasure trove of diaries, letters, newspaper articles, and... Read more

Jungleland

By: Christopher S. Stewart

Narrated by: Jeff Brick

Length: 6 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

"I began to daydream about the jungle...."On April 6, 1940, explorer and future World War II spy Theodore Morde (who would one day attempt to assassinate Adolf Hitler), anxious about the perilous journey that lay ahead of him, struggled to fall asleep at the Paris Hotel in La Ceiba, Honduras.Nearly seventy years later, in the same hotel,... Read more

World War Two

By: Norman Stone

Narrated by: Derek Perkins

Length: 6 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

After the unprecedented destruction of the Great War, the world longed for a lasting peace. The victors, however, valued vengeance even more than stability and demanded a massive indemnity from Germany in order to keep it from rearming. The results, as eminent historian Norman Stone describes in this authoritative history, were disastrous.

In... Read more

My Share of the Task

By: General Stanley McChrystal

Narrated by: Kevin Collins

Length: 19 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

“Never shall I fail my comrades. . . . I will shoulder more than my share of the task, whatever it may be, one hundred percent and then some.” —from the Ranger Creed In early March 2010, General Stanley McChrystal, the commanding officer of all U.S. and coalition forces in Afghanistan, walked with President Hamid Karzai through a small rural... Read more

The Insurgents

By: Fred Kaplan

Narrated by: Kevin Foley

Length: 15 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

Based on previously unavailable documents and interviews with more than one hundred key players, including General David Petraeus, The Insurgents unfolds against the backdrop of two wars waged against insurgencies in Iraq and Afghanistan. But the main insurgency is the one led at home by a new generation of officers—including Petraeus, John... Read more

The Reformation: History in an Hour

By: Edward A Gosselin

Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble

Length: 1 hour 18 minutes

Abridged: No

Love history? Know your stuff with History in an Hour. The Reformation was a long struggle of ideas between the established Catholic Church and the questioning of faith brought about by the Renaissance in Western Europe. Started by Martin Luther in 1517, religious dissidence spread across Europe throughout the sixteenth... Read more

American Slavery: History in an Hour

By: Kat Smutz

Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble

Length: 1 hour 15 minutes

Abridged: No

Love history? Know your stuff with History in an Hour. From the first slaves arriving in Jamestown in 1619, the cotton fields in the Southern States and shipbuilding in New England, to the slaves who laid down their lives in war so that Americans could be free, American Slavery in an Hour covers the breadth of the subject... Read more

1066: History in an Hour

By: Kaye Jones

Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble

Length: 45 minutes

Abridged: No

Love history? Know your stuff with History in an Hour. During the year 1066, England had three different kings and fought three huge battles in defence of the realm, including the bloody Battle of Hastings. The result was the Norman Conquest which defined England during the Middle Ages. 1066 in an Hour will guide... Read more

Stalin: History in an Hour

By: Rupert Colley

Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble

Length: 1 hour 26 minutes

Abridged: No

Love history? Know your stuff with History in an Hour. Arguably no person in history had such a direct and negative impact on the lives of so many as Joseph Stalin. Under the Red Tsar terror knew no limits, it did not discriminate; no one was safe, no institution, no single town or village was immune. Yet, following his... Read more

JFK: History in an Hour

By: Sinead Fitzgibbon

Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble

Length: 1 hour 16 minutes

Abridged: No

Love history? Know your stuff with History in an Hour. John Fitzgerald Kennedy, America’s youngest President. But, barely one thousand days into his Presidency, he was assassinated. JFK in an Hour provides a compelling and comprehensive overview of this man credited with introducing an aspirational new approach to American... Read more

Ancient Egypt: History in an Hour

By: Anthony Holmes

Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble

Length: 1 hour 22 minutes

Abridged: No

Love history? Know your stuff with History in an Hour. Learn about the Egyptian gods, mummification and how the Egyptians built the only wonder of the ancient world still standing – the Pyramids of Giza. Exploring the historic rise of Egyptian civilizationand its continued influence on the world today, Ancient... Read more

Henry VIII’s Wives: History in an Hour

By: Julie Wheeler

Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble

Length: 1 hour 20 minutes

Abridged: No

Love history? Know your stuff with History in an Hour. In his ambition to provide a male heir to the throne, Henry VIII married six times. Divorce from his first wife, Catherine of Aragon, caused England’s break from the Catholic church in Rome. He went on to divorce Anne of Cleves and behead Anne Boleyn and Katherine Howard... Read more

Les cinq de Cambridge, Les plus grandes affaires d'espionnage

By: Frédéric Garnier

Narrated by: Patrick Blandin

Length: 53 minutes

Abridged: No

Quoi de plus fascinant que les services secrets ? Avec notre collection Espionnages, levez le voile sur les grandes affaires d'espionnage et découvrez les plus sombres secrets des plus grands espions. Read more

Histoire de France : Les Mérovingiens

By: Jacques Bainville

Narrated by: Philippe Colin

Length: 20 minutes

Abridged: No

Que discerner dans ce tissu de drames sans suite, cette mêlée, ce chaos ? Jacques Bainville voulait savoir " pourquoi les peuples faisaient des guerres et des révolutions, pourquoi les hommes se battaient, se tuaient, se réconciliaient ". Paru en 1924, Histoire de Francetente de répondre à cette question. Immense succès en librairie, ce grand... Read more

Pompéi

By: Jules Lemaire

Narrated by: Colette Allès

Length: 36 minutes

Abridged: No

Naples, avril 1877, extrait d'un carnet de voyage. Suivez le périple de Jules Lemaire, voyageur émérite, cultivé et curieux, des faubourgs de Naples aux ruines de Pompéi. Mieux qu'un guide, ce récit de voyage vous plonge au cœur de l'âme de la campagne napolitaine: au-delà de la description minutieuse de l'architecture et des monuments... Read more

Jonathan Pollard, Les plus grandes affaires d'espionnage

By: Frédéric Garnier

Narrated by: Patrick Blandin

Length: 1 hour 4 minutes

Abridged: No

Quoi de plus fascinant que les services secrets ? Avec notre collection Espionnages, levez le voile sur les grandes affaires d'espionnage et découvrez les plus sombres secrets des plus grands espions. Read more

Histoire de France : Napoléon et l'Empire

By: Jacques Bainville

Narrated by: Philippe Colin

Length: 1 hour 22 minutes

Abridged: No

Que discerner dans ce tissu de drames sans suite, cette mêlée, ce chaos ? Jacques Bainville voulait savoir " pourquoi les peuples faisaient des guerres et des révolutions, pourquoi les hommes se battaient, se tuaient, se réconciliaient ". Paru en 1924, Histoire de Francetente de répondre à cette question. Immense succès en librairie, ce grand... Read more

Histoire de France : La révolution

By: Jacques Bainville

Narrated by: Philippe Colin

Length: 1 hour 53 minutes

Abridged: No

Que discerner dans ce tissu de drames sans suite, cette mêlée, ce chaos ? Jacques Bainville voulait savoir " pourquoi les peuples faisaient des guerres et des révolutions, pourquoi les hommes se battaient, se tuaient, se réconciliaient ". Paru en 1924, Histoire de France tente de répondre à cette question. Immense succès en librairie, ce grand... Read more