Discover the Top 100 Audiobooks in Historical Fiction

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/1337/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Wars of the Roses: Bloodline Author: Conn Iggulden Narrator: John Curless Format: Unabridged Length: 14 hrs and 49 mins Language: English Release date: 07-19-16 Publisher: Recorded Books Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 106 votes Genres: Fiction, Historical Publisher's Summary: The brilliant retelling of the Wars of the Roses continues with Bloodline, the gripping third novel in the new series from historical fiction master Conn Iggulden. Winter 1461: Richard, Duke of York, is dead - his ambitions in ruins, his head spiked on the wall of the city. King Henry VI is still held prisoner. His Lancastrian queen, Margaret of Anjou, rides south with an army of victorious Northerners, accompanied by painted warriors from the Scottish Highlands. With the death of York, Margaret and her army seem unstoppable. Yet in killing the father, Margaret has unleashed the sons. Edward of March, now Duke of York, proclaims himself England's rightful king. Factions form and tear apart as snow falls. Through blood and treason, through broken men and vengeful women, brother shall confront brother, king shall face king. Two men can always claim a crown - but only one can keep it. Following Margaret of Anjou, Bloodline is the third epic installment in master storyteller Conn Iggulden's new Wars of the Roses series. Fans of Game of Thrones and The Tudors will be gripped from the word go.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/1337/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: What Is Visible Author: Kimberly Elkins Narrator: Jo Howarth Format: Unabridged Length: 11 hrs and 17 mins Language: English Release date: 06-03-14 Publisher: Hachette Audio Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 27 votes Genres: Fiction, Historical Publisher's Summary: A vividly original literary novel based on the astounding true-life story of Laura Bridgman, the first deaf and blind person who learned language and blazed a trail for Helen Keller. At age two, Laura Bridgman lost four of her five senses to scarlet fever. At age seven, she was taken to Perkins Institute in Boston to determine if a child so terribly afflicted could be taught. At age 12, Charles Dickens declared her his prime interest for visiting America. And by age 20, she was considered the 19th century's second most famous woman, having mastered language and charmed the world with her brilliance. Not since The Diving Bell and the Butterfly has a book proven so profoundly moving in illuminating the challenges of living in a completely unique inner world. With Laura - by turns mischievous, temperamental, and witty - as the book's primary narrator, the fascinating kaleidoscope of characters includes the founder of Perkins Institute, Samuel Gridley Howe, with whom she was in love; his wife, the glamorous Julia Ward Howe, a renowned writer, abolitionist, and suffragist; Laura's beloved teacher, who married a missionary and died insane from syphilis; an Irish orphan with whom Laura had a tumultuous affair; Annie Sullivan; and even the young Helen Keller. Deeply enthralling and rich with lyricism, What Is Visible chronicles the breathtaking experiment that Laura Bridgman embodied and its links to the great social, philosophical, theological, and educational changes rocking Victorian America. Given Laura's worldwide fame in the 19th century, it is astonishing that she has been virtually erased from history. What Is Visible will set the record straight. Critic Reviews: "What Is Visible is remarkable at many levels. It is written in an intelligent, intricate style, populated with many true historical figures, and teeming with convincing period details. Above all, the novel has a unique narrative structure, which illustrates the art of fiction at its best in presenting the interior. A splendid debut indeed." (Ha Jin, National Book Award Winner for Waiting)

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/1337/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Stettin Station Author: David Downing Narrator: Simon Prebble Format: Unabridged Length: 9 hrs and 47 mins Language: English Release date: 09-07-10 Publisher: Audible Studios Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 150 votes Genres: Fiction, Historical Publisher's Summary: In the fall of 1941, Anglo-American journalist John Russell is still living in Berlin, tied to the increasingly alien city by his love for two Berliners: his fourteen-year-old son Paul and his longtime girlfriend Effi. Forced to work for both German and American intelligence, he's searching for a way out of Germany. Can he escape and take Effi with him? Critic Reviews: With strong, vivid prose, the author maintains a high level of suspense throughout, and makes the reader care about his leads. (Publishers Weekly) This is a tense spy thriller that is particularly good at evoking the stark terror of living under the Nazis, and reminding us there was a German opposition to Hitler. (Euro Crime )

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/1337/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Paradise Ghetto Author: Fergus O'Connell Narrator: Joshua Adam-Harris Format: Unabridged Length: 11 hrs and 35 mins Language: English Release date: 12-19-17 Publisher: New Publications Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 1 votes Genres: Fiction, Historical Publisher's Summary: A powerful story of hope, love, and imagination, set against the horrific backdrop of the Holocaust. Two Jewish girls, Julia and Suzanne, are captured in Nazi-occupied Netherlands and transported to a ghetto. Although their world views are wildly different -- Julia is jaded and bitter, Suzanne naive and optimistic -- they become each other's closest confidants as they experience the horrors of the journey to "The Paradise Ghetto." The young women use a precious smuggled notebook to write a story. As the book unfolds, it becomes the way they communicate their growing feelings for each other. But there comes a point when reality can no longer be held at bay. If the girls' names end up on the lists of deportees to Auschwitz there will be no return. Is there a chance of escaping fate?

Escuche este audio libro completo gratis en https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/1337/ Título: Historia de dos ciudades [A Tale of Two Cities] Autor: Charles Dickens Narrador: Salvador Bosch Formato: Unabridged Duración: 7 hrs and 25 mins Idioma: Español Fecha de publicación: 12-14-17 Editor: Sonolibro Calificaciones: 5 de 5 de 1 votos Categorías: Fiction, Historical Resumen del editor: "Fue el mejor de los tiempos, fue el peor de los tiempos". Así es como comienza Charles Dickens "Historia de dos ciudades", en la que va a retratar magistralmente la vida en Inglaterra y Francia de la época. En el año 1775 Jarvis Lorry, empleado del banco Tellson, viaja de Londres a París en una misión secreta acompañado por la joven Lucy Manette, a la que acaban de dar la mayor alegría de su vida, al comunicarle que su padre el doctor Manette está vivo, habiendo estado preso en secreto en la Bastilla en París durante dieciocho años. Después de recogerle en muy mal estado, le llevan de vuelta a Inglaterra, donde con el tiempo y el amor de su hija se va recuperando de su injusto encarcelamiento.Cinco años después el señor Jarvis Lorry es llamado para ser testigo en un juicio contra un tal Charles Darnay, acusado de ser un espía de Francia y de los Estados Unidos. En ese juicio están también el doctor Manette y Lucy que son testigos de la acusación y el desarrollo de los acontecimientos a partir de ese momento es totalmente imprevisible. Please note: This audiobook is in Spanish.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/1337/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Forest Laird Subtitle: A Tale of William Wallace - The Guardians, Book 1 Author: Jack Whyte Narrator: David Monteath Format: Unabridged Length: 19 hrs and 31 mins Language: English Release date: 11-22-17 Publisher: Audible Studios Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes Genres: Fiction, Historical Publisher's Summary: In the pre-dawn hours of August 24th, 1305, in London's Smithfield Prison, the outlaw William Wallace - hero of all the Scots and deadly enemy of King Edward of England - sits awaiting the dawn, when he is to be hanged and then drawn and quartered. This brutal sundering of his body is the revenge of the English. Wallace is visited by a Scottish priest who has come to hear his last confession, a priest who knows Wallace like a brother. Wallace's confession - the tale that follows - is all the more remarkable because it comes from real life. We follow Wallace through his many lives - as outlaw and fugitive, hero and patriot, rebel and kingmaker. His exploits and escapades, desperate struggles and victorious campaigns are all here, as are the high ideals and fierce patriotism that drove him to abandon the people he loved to save his country. William Wallace is the first heroic figure from the Scottish Wars of Independence, a man whose fame has reached far beyond his homeland. Wallace served as a subject for the Academy Award - winning film Braveheart. In The Forest Laird, Jack Whyte's masterful storytelling breathes life into Wallace's tale, giving listeners an amazing character study of the man who helped shape Scotland's future.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/1337/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: A Catalog of Birds Author: Laura Harrington Narrator: Josh Bloomberg Format: Unabridged Length: 8 hrs and 20 mins Language: English Release date: 11-21-17 Publisher: Blackstone Audio Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 2 votes Genres: Fiction, Historical Publisher's Summary: Billy Flynn always wanted to fly. An attractive young man, a patriot, he is also an artist with pencil and paint and has an abiding affinity for nature. It's 1970 and he cannot resist the call to serve in Vietnam. A year later he is the only survivor when his helicopter is shot down. A wounded Billy returns home to his family in upstate New York, especially to Nell, his adoring younger sister. In his absence, the woman he loves has mysteriously disappeared. His wounds have crippled his ability to even hold a pencil and his hearing loss has cut him off from the natural world. Nell, a brilliant student headed for a career in science, will do all that's possible to save him. A Catalog of Birds is the story of a family and a community confronted with a loss of innocence and wounds that may never heal. The legacy of war and its destruction of nature is seared onto the memories of a small American town. Laura Harrington has written a tale of forgiveness, of ourselves, and those we love. Illuminated by heartbreak and promise, the novel is alive with spirit, wonder, and hope for the future.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/1337/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: 3 - 3 [The Last Mandarin 3: The Glimmer at the End of the Qing Dynasty] Author: - - Zhao Li, - - Zhang Yuxin Narrator: - - Zhou Jianlong Format: Unabridged Length: 22 hrs and 43 mins Language: English Release date: 11-07-17 Publisher: BOVCM Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes Genres: Fiction, Historical Publisher's Summary: Please note: This audiobook is in Mandarin. : / : /

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/1337/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: 2 - 2 [Yongzheng Emperor 2: The Internecine Struggle Beneath] Author: - - Eryue He Narrator: - - Zhou Jianlong Format: Unabridged Length: 34 hrs and 9 mins Language: English Release date: 11-07-17 Publisher: BOVCM Genres: Fiction, Historical Publisher's Summary: Please note: This audiobook is in Mandarin. : / : /

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/1337/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Queen's Prophet Author: Dawn Patitucci Narrator: Justine Eyre Format: Unabridged Length: 11 hrs and 33 mins Language: English Release date: 11-01-17 Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc. Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 5 votes Genres: Fiction, Historical Publisher's Summary: Inspired by Velázquez's baroque masterpiece, Las Meninas, The Queen's Prophet is an imagined account of the dwarfess Maribarbola of Spain (featured prominently in Velázquez's painting) and her struggle for survival and self-determination at a time when dwarfs were kept by aristocracy as pets, prophets, and good-luck charms. When the Countess of Walther dies at her German estate, her loyal dwarfess Maria-Barbara is forced to work as a prophet for a traveling magician, who betrays her by selling her to the queen of Spain. At the royal court in Madrid, Mari finds herself in a bizarre, enchanted world, a society culturally splendid but intellectually isolated. There she becomes Maribarbola, prophet to the queen, and, her survival at stake, endeavors to outsmart the Spaniards. Mari's wits and loyalties are tested as she becomes embroiled in palace intrigue alongside the politically embattled queen. When Mari's carefully schemed prophecies dazzle all of Spain, she and the queen climb to dizzying heights of power, a place as intoxicating as it is dangerous. But even as Mari survives and thrives at the Spanish court, the loss of identity she suffers from living a lie makes her question whether she is really surviving at all.

Écoutez ce livre audio dans son intégralité gratuitement sur https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/1337/ Titre: Montségur, 1201 (Les aventures de Guilhem d'Ussel 7) Auteur: Jean d'Aillon Narrateur: Nicolas Djermag Format: Unabridged Durée: 13 hrs and 47 mins Langue: Français Date de publication: 10-26-17 Éditeur: Audible Studios Genres: Fiction, Historical Résumé de l'éditeur: Le château de Saverdun fait l'objet d'une querelle entre le comte de Toulouse et le comte de Foix, Pour initier un accord, ce dernier envoie sa sœur, Esclarmonde, négocier avec Toulouse. La rencontre a lieu lors des fêtes de Pâques de l'an de grâce 1201. Durant les festivités, des événements tragiques se succèdent, entraînant Guilhem d'Ussel dans une incroyable conspiration, où des destins que tout oppose vont s'affronter. Que cherche l'inquiétant comte Dracul, ambassadeur de Transylvanie ? Que convoitent les moines de Cîteaux dans leur chasse contre les hérétiques cathares ? Guilhem parviendra-t-il à sauver la femme qu'il aime dans cette quête éperdue du Graal ? >> Ce livre audio en version intégrale vous est proposé en exclusivité par Audible et est uniquement disponible en téléchargement. ©2012 Les éditions J'ai lu (P)2017 Audible Studios

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/1337/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: 1 - 1 [Yongzheng Emperor 1: Nine Kings and the Fight for the Throne] Author: - - Eryue He Narrator: - - Zhou Jianlong Format: Unabridged Length: 32 hrs and 30 mins Language: English Release date: 10-23-17 Publisher: BOVCM Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes Genres: Fiction, Historical Publisher's Summary: Please note: This audiobook is in Mandarin. : / : /

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/1337/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Winemaker Author: Noah Gordon Narrator: Jamie Renell Format: Unabridged Length: 9 hrs and 19 mins Language: English Release date: 09-06-17 Publisher: Audible Studios Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 4 votes Genres: Fiction, Historical Publisher's Summary: From the author of The Physician and Shaman comes this story of a young man - the grapes he grows, the wine he fashions, the women he loves, and his struggle against an evil that seeks to destroy him. Already an international best seller. Josep Alvarez is a young man in the tiny grape-growing village of Santa Eulália, in Northern Spain, where his father grows black grapes that are turned into cheap vinegar. Joseph loves the agricultural life, but he is the second son, and his father's vineyard will be inherited by his brother Donat, the firstborn. Josep needs to keep his hands in the soil. He yearns for a job growing grapes and for an opportunity to marry Teresa Gallego. In Madrid, an assassination plot conceived against the political leader of Spain by men of wealth and power creates a storm of intrigue that sucks into its vortex a group of innocent young farm workers in Santa Eulália. How Josep's life is changed drastically by these events and how, ironically, they gradually turn him into an inspired vintner with an evolving vision of life is the fascinating story of The Winemaker.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/1337/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Hidden Light of Northern Fires Subtitle: A Novel Author: Daren Wang Narrator: Robin Miles Format: Unabridged Length: 11 hrs and 29 mins Language: English Release date: 08-29-17 Publisher: Macmillan Audio Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 10 votes Genres: Fiction, Historical Publisher's Summary: "In a poignant and authentic tone, narrator Robin Miles brings her love of the theater to the fore in the telling of a little-known true chapter of the Civil War...Miles gives a compelling and very human voice to a time of strife and redemption." AudioFile Magazine Rooted in the history of the only secessionist town north of the Mason Dixon Line, Daren Wang's The Hidden Light of Northern Fires tells a story of redemption amid a war that tore families and the country apart. Mary Willis has always been an outcast, an abolitionist in a town of bounty hunters and anti-Union farmers. After college she dreams of exploring the country but is obligated to take over the household duties and management of her family's farm while her brother, Leander, avoids his own responsibilities. Helping runaways is the only thing that makes her life in Town Line bearable. When escaped slave Joe Bell collapses in her father's barn, Mary is determined to help him cross to freedom in nearby Canada. But the wounded fugitive is haunted by his vengeful owner, who relentlessly hunts him up and down the country, and his sister, still trapped as a slave in the South. As the countryside is riled by the drumbeat of civil war, rebels and soldiers from both sides bring intrigue and violence of the brutal war to the town and the farm and threaten to destroy all that Mary loves. Critic Reviews: "Splendid - a distinctive clear-eyed perspective on a fresh corner of the Civil War." (Charles Frazier, New York Times best-selling author of Cold Mountain) "A wise and timely book." (Ron Rash, New York Times best-selling author of Serena)

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/1337/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Enchanted Isle Author: Melanie Dobson Narrator: Stina Nielsen Format: Unabridged Length: 9 hrs and 20 mins Language: English Release date: 08-29-17 Publisher: Brilliance Audio Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 21 votes Genres: Fiction, Historical Publisher's Summary: In the spring of 1958, Jenny Winter embarks on a two-month adventure to one of the most enchanting places on earth, a quaint village in England's magical Lake District. With a new camera and an eye for capturing the beauty others miss, she can't wait to explore the heathery fells and mystical waters. Adrian Kemp, a handsome and enigmatic local, makes the sightseeing even more beguiling - and he's about to invite Jenny into one of the area's most enduring legends. When Adrian shows Jenny his late father's abandoned dream, a deserted island amusement park, she glimpses a kindred spirit in this reckless, haunted young man. Yet as she opens her heart to Adrian, the two stumble into a labyrinth of mystery leading back a generation to an unforgettable romance and an unsolved murder that still casts a shadow over the lakes. As long-held secrets come to light, it's left to Jenny and Adrian to put the past to rest and restore a lost dream.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/1337/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Freedom Bird Subtitle: A Novel of the Summer of Love Author: Allan Cole, Chris Bunch Narrator: Ben McLean Format: Unabridged Length: 13 hrs and 15 mins Language: English Release date: 08-10-17 Publisher: Books in Motion Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 3 votes Genres: Fiction, Historical Publisher's Summary: During the Vietnam War, GIs who managed to survive their tour of duty in one piece - more or less - were flown home in chartered airliners. They called those planes "Freedom Birds". This is the story of three young men - from wildly different backgrounds - who meet on such a plane and make a pact to spend three days together in San Francisco. Their goal: to spend every cent of their mustering out money in a party of a lifetime. And they'll get more than they bargained for, because when they land, it is July 1967 - in a time that would come to be known as "the summer of love". A place and time where each young man will have to confront the ghosts who followed them home from the jungles of Vietnam and contemplate a future none of them had imagined.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/1337/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Secret Sisters Subtitle: A Novel Author: Joy Callaway Narrator: Alana Kerr Collins Format: Unabridged Length: 10 hrs and 18 mins Language: English Release date: 07-11-17 Publisher: Harper Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 2 votes Genres: Fiction, Historical Publisher's Summary: From the author of The Fifth Avenue Artists Society comes this unforgettable historical novel based on the founding of the country's first sororities. Illinois, 1881: Whitsitt College sophomore Beth Carrington has two goals to fulfill by the time she graduates: obtain a medical degree and establish a women's fraternity, Beta Xi Beta, that will help young women like herself to connect with and support one another while attending the male-dominated Whitsitt. Neither is an easy task. The sole female student in the physicians' program, Beth is constantly called out by her professors and peers for having the audacity not to concentrate on a more "fitting" subject like secretarial studies. Meanwhile, secret organizations are off-limits, and simply by crowding together in a dank basement room and creating a sense of camaraderie, she and her small group of fraternity sisters risk expulsion. In order to have the fraternity recognized, she knows she needs help. She turns to the most powerful student on campus: senior Grant Richardson, Iota Gamma fraternity president and the scion of a Whitsitt family - a man she's only acquainted with because of her longstanding friendship with his fraternity brother Will Buchannan. Staunchly traditional, Grant doesn't see the purpose of this women's organization, but captivated by Beth, he agrees to give her a helping hand. What she doesn't know is how many will stop at nothing to keep her burgeoning organization out of the record books - and who she can actually trust along the way. As Beth fights for her beloved Beta Xi Beta to be recognized, she will uncover deep secrets about the college and those who surround her and will have to put both love and friendship on the line so that history can be made.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/1337/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Cold Comfort Subtitle: Mountain Women Series, Book 2 Author: Carol Ervin Narrator: Corey M. Snow Format: Unabridged Length: 6 hrs and 35 mins Language: English Release date: 07-11-17 Publisher: Tantor Audio Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 2 votes Genres: Fiction, Historical Publisher's Summary: When feisty Wanda Wyatt is left widowed, penniless, and disturbed by recent fits of rage, she turns to the one person she hates - her grandmother, ex-moonshiner Lucie Bosell. Lured by a vague invitation, she travels back to her mountain roots with two goals in mind: money and revenge. But at what cost? Prohibition has come to West Virginia, and with moonshine worth more than ever, Lucie wants in on the action. Playing along, Wanda finds that being as mean and deceptive as Granny hurts her chances with a compelling man from her past. Worse, the old woman's high-stakes business attracts ruthless people and big trouble. Wanda learns the hard way - revenge is cold comfort.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/1337/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: High as the Heavens Author: Kate Breslin Narrator: Renee Ertl Format: Unabridged Length: 12 hrs and 41 mins Language: English Release date: 06-06-17 Publisher: Oasis Audio Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 6 votes Genres: Fiction, Historical Publisher's Summary: A British nurse in WWI German-occupied Brussels, Evelyn Marche spends her days at the hospital and her nights working at a café...or so it seems. Eve's most carefully guarded secret is that she also spends her nights carrying out dangerous missions as a spy for a Belgian resistance group. When a plane crashes as she's en route to a rendezvous, Eve is the first to reach the downed plane and is shocked to recognize the badly injured pilot as British RFC Captain Simon Forrester. She risks her life to conceal him from the Germans, but as the secrets between them grow and the danger mounts, can they still hope to make it out of Belgium alive?

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/1337/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Evermore Subtitle: Plantation Series, Book 3 Author: Gretchen Craig Narrator: Allyson Johnson Format: Unabridged Length: 10 hrs and 47 mins Language: English Release date: 05-30-17 Publisher: Tantor Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 16 votes Genres: Fiction, Historical Publisher's Summary: Nicolette Chamard, a woman of color in the most color-conscious city in the world, rejoices when the Union Army marches into New Orleans. At last her people will be free, and even knowing her collaboration with the Union will put her in danger, she means to help make it happen. Marcel Chamard, Nicolette's privileged white half-brother, surveys the same parade and sees conquerors, not liberators. If the Union wins the war, it will mean the end of the slave-holding culture, the end of wealth and ease. Marcel wants nothing to change, not the family's rich cane plantation, not the life he plans with his lovely white bride, and not the life he lives with his beloved colored mistress and their two sons. Finnian McKee, a Union Army officer, comes from a family of abolitionists. He is determined to do his small part to make the ideal of freedom a reality for all. When he meets the fascinating Nicolette Chamard, he is too new to New Orleans to recognize that though she is light-skinned, she is by Louisiana standards a Negress. Torn apart by the war and by a culture that forbids their union, his heart's desire is to find love with this woman that will transcend the bonds of race.