Listen to Best Full Audiobooks in Fiction, Historical

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Title: [Russian] - Врата Афин

Author: конн иггульден

Narrator: станислав федорчук

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 15 hours 19 minutes

Release date: April 24, 2023

Genres: Historical

Publisher's Summary:

Дарий Великий, царь царей, вел на Грецию огромную армию. На пути у персов, многократно уступая им численно, встало войско свободных афинян. В неравном сражении победа осталась за греками. Но люди быстро забывают, что за свободу заплачено кровью. Спустя десять лет афинское общество расколото, правители погрязли в интригах. И уже новая персидская армия, мощнее первой, пересекает Геллеспонт, чтобы стереть ослабевшие Афины с лица земли. Перед лицом смертельной опасности афиняне обращаются за помощью к своим союзникам-спартанцам… Впервые на русском!

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Title: The Bronze Crown

Author: Stefano Vignaroli

Narrator: Luis Cruz

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 10 hours 34 minutes

Release date: April 24, 2023

Genres: Historical

Publisher's Summary:

Year 2018: from the icon of the Palace of the Lordship of Jesi the bronze crown to symbolize the royalty of the city, always above the rampant lion, disappears . A new enigma to be solved for the scholar Lucia Balleani who, having finally met the love in the young archaeologist Andrea Franciolini, she has to rediscover with him some unknown aspects of the life of her ancestor Lucia Baldeschi. So let#039;s return, together with our two heroes, back in time to half a millennium, to discover how people lived among the alleys, squares and palaces of a beautiful city in the Marche region, famous in the world, then as now, for being the birthplace of Emperor Frederick the II. ”But neither one of them, looking up over the portal and dwelling on the rampant lion#039;s shrine, could escape a detail, which brought an exclamation to their mouths, almost in unison, as if they were one person: ”The crown!”.Bernardino, the printer, is lying in desperate conditions in a room at Santa Lucia hospital. Cardinal Baldeschi died suddenly and left the city government vacant. Will young Lucia Baldeschi finally take the reins of government and prevent Jesi from falling into the hands of enemies who have always been pressing at his doors? Certainly, one cannot leave the government in the hands of four corrupt nobles or, worse, entrust it to the papal legate sent by the Pope. But Lucia is a woman, and it#039;s not easy to take on roles of power, traditionally handed down to men. And Andrea, her love, what happened to her, after escaping the scaffold and disappearing in the wake of the Mancino? Will he return to the scene to help his beloved? Or will controversial events lead him to other shores? And we also remember the parallel story, that of the scholar Lucia Balleani, our contemporary, who perhaps has finally met the love of hes life, the one who will take her by hand to discover with the reader new arcane secrets. Love and death, esotericism and logic, good and evil. These are just some of the ingredients that give rhythm to this new investigation, focused on the mysterious disappearance of the bronze crown, once placed above the rampant lion of the main palace of Jesi, that of the Signoria. Once again, the past is intertwined with the present, through the parallel vicissitudes of the protagonists of the present day and their namesake ancestors. A comely lady and haughty regent of the Aesina Republic, Lucia Baldeschi is divided between the obligations of the reason of state and love for the fugitive knight, the brave leader Andrea Franciolini. Between history and legend, the action ranges from the severe buildings and dark secret passages of an underground Jesi, to the open countryside of its Contado, populated by shepherds and monks during the day and animated by magical rites during moonlight. Then there are the intrigues of the palace, the feuds between the lords and the battles; those between the armies and against the pirates, from Urbino to Senigallia, up to some of the most suggestive gorges of the Apennines. The sixteenth century, characterized by light and shadow, is divided between the cult of reason and the practice of esotericism, of which the characters of the novel are the faithful mirror. In their demeanour, as well as in their merits and defects. In their footsteps, among sensational discoveries and brilliant intuitions, the quarrelsome lovers, Lucia and Andrea, from the Jesi of the twenty-first century will come to the truth in the sign of a timeless love. PUBLISHER: TEKTIME

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Title: Pemulwuy

Author: Eric Willmot

Narrator: Tamala Shelton

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 12 hours 36 minutes

Release date: April 23, 2023

Genres: Historical

Publisher's Summary:

This is the story of one of Australia#039;s first true heroes Pemulwuy. A proud and feared Aboriginal warrior Pemulwuy leads an uncompromising twelve-year war against British colonial oppression and makes the supreme sacrifice in order to guide his people to safety. Most histories of Australia start with the First Fleet and the hard times the colonists had with the climate and unruly convicts. Very few mention what really happened or the blood that was spilled in the wars never spoken of. Pemulwuy a Bidjigal man unites the neighbouring peoples runaway convicts bushrangers and an escaped African known as Black Caesar in a guerilla war that pushes the invading English to the brink. This novel was conceived out of Pemulwuy#039;s legend and the historical events between 1788 and 1802. It is a story that all Australians should know. #039;This is more than a novel, more than a story, it is the Big Bang: where the idea of Australia starts.#039; Stan Grant

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Title: When Irish Eyes Are Lying: The Kilteegan Bridge Story - Book 4

Series: #4 of The Kilteegan Bridge Story

Author: Jean Grainger

Narrator: Siobhan Waring

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 7 hours 18 minutes

Release date: April 21, 2023

Genres: Historical

Publisher's Summary:

Kilteegan Bridge, Ireland. 1975 Despite the best efforts to the older generation to maintain standards, short skirts, long hair and loud music are all the rage in Kilteegan Bridge. Emmet Kogan has set his sights on an education at the prestigious Stanford University in California, while his cousin Nellie also longs to get away, but for very different reasons. If she’s to escape too, it will mean wrapping herself in a web of lies, but it’s a price she’s willing to pay. Lena and Eli are terrified they will lose their boy to the bright lights of America forever, while Emily and Blackie make a decision to keep a dangerous secret, despite knowing the damage such duplicity can do. On the exciting streets of 1970s San Francisco, two young Irish people have to learn to navigate this new world of wonderful opportunities and dangerous vices, and learn that no matter how open and accepting a society is, there are always rules. Rules that if broken, carry a heavy penalty.

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Title: The Waldensian Martyrs

Author: Pam Vause

Narrator: Jackie Dennis

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 7 hours 7 minutes

Release date: April 21, 2023

Genres: Historical

Publisher's Summary:

Italy 1486-1488 The Waldensian people were condemned as troublemakers of the state. Wherever they travelled they scattered their seeds of reformation. They were the enemy of the Inquisition, and Pope Innocent V111 issued his bull for their extermination. Travel on a historical adventure with Pietro. Join him when he visits Florence. Meet Lorenzo Medici, Leonardi di Vinci, and Benevento the goldsmith. Experience the Black Plague that savaged the country. Meet the Flagellant people wearing red crosses on their white gowns, killing all that disobey the Popes#039; laws. Go with Pietro to Siena and meet the Ottoman Calvary. Visit Rome at a time when the papacy and the Popes had complete rule over the Kings. Be part of Pietro#039;s terrifying experience when he is caught and taken to the martyr pyre. Don#039;t miss what happens. War follows, with papal soldiers attacking the villages and the Waldensian people fleeing into the mountains. Witness a miracle, sent by God, recorded in history. Read about what happens to these faithful people.

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Title: Legacy: A Justice Belstrang Mystery: Justice Belstrang Mysteries Book 1

Series: #1 of Justice Belstrang Mysteries

Author: John Pilkington

Narrator: Christopher Saul

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 8 hours 11 minutes

Release date: April 20, 2023

Genres: Historical

Publisher's Summary:

England 1616 Robert Belstrang, ex-magistrate bored with country life, comes to London to investigate the strange disappearance of Thomas Jessop, son of a poor Catholic neighbour. He locates the youth in Bedlam asylum, silent and starving himself. When he tries to free Jessop, he is warned off the case by a politic lawyer, Anstis. Soon after, Belstrang finds himself drugged, robbed and falsely imprisoned. Once released Belstrang persists in his investigation, but he is thwarted at every turn: unseen forces are at work who seemingly want Thomas Jessop to die. When Belstrang confronts Anstis, even he turns up dead. The trail grows murkier by the hour, drawing Belstrang into the fear-ridden Catholic underworld - until he uncovers a plan with its roots in the Gunpowder Plot of more than a decade ago. Young Thomas, an embittered papist, was being used in a desperate scheme to mark the anniversary of the Plot. The scheme failed – and now the conspirators seem eager to cover up the whole business. But Belstrang's a stubborn man. With the help of ex-soldier Daniel Oldrigg, he sticks doggedly to his purpose - and stumbles on the real causes of the Anniversary Plot, which stem from the very heart of a corrupt government. Belstrang must uncover the truth, or die trying. ‘A page-turning crime novel from a master of the genre and period.' Richard Foreman

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Title: [Spanish] - Las huellas del mal

Author: Federico Andahazi

Narrator: Javier Carbone

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 6 hours 9 minutes

Release date: April 20, 2023

Genres: Historical

Publisher's Summary:

1892. Dos misteriosos agentes de la policía federal llegan al pueblo de Quequén, en la costa atlántica argentina, para resolver un crimen macabro. Uno de ellos es Juan Vucetich, padre de la dactiloscopia. En esta novela, Federico Andahazi retrata con afinada precisión el clima turbulento, expectante e innovador que se vivía a las puertas del siglo XX en nuestro país. Un policial oscuro, erudito y atrapante. Corre el año 1892. Argentina es una nación joven, pero se encuentra entre las más pujantes y desarrolladas del mundo. Dos misteriosos agentes de la policía federal llegan al pueblo de Quequén, en la costa atlántica, para ayudar a resolver un crimen. Dos niños han sido degollados y su madre, viva, aunque en estado catatónico, es la única testigo del hecho. Uno de los agentes es Juan Vucetich, un inmigrante de origen croata que trae un método innovador: la dactiloscopia, una disciplina que permite identificar inequívocamente a una persona por el relieve único de las crestas capilares de los dedos de la mano. Si lograran resolver un crimen tan horroroso gracias a este procedimiento, Argentina tomaría la delantera geopolítica con un logro revolucionario para la administración de los países. Con gran capacidad narrativa y una afinada precisión para describir el clima turbulento, expectante e innovador que se vivía a las puertas del siglo XX, Federico Andahazi creó una historia oscura y atrapante que indaga en personajes tan frágiles y complejos como valientes. Persecuciones, corrupción, intrigas internacionales y bandidos revolucionarios recorren las páginas de esta novela en la que se amalgaman de forma erudita y delicada, el disfrute y la reflexión.

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Title: [Spanish] - La Isla de la Pasión

Author: Laura Restrepo

Narrator: Mónica Pardo

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 9 hours 7 minutes

Release date: April 20, 2023

Genres: Historical

Publisher's Summary:

Una historia estremecedora y verídica sobre el exilio y la violencia por la autora de Delirio, la novela ganadora del Premio Alfaguara de Novela 2004. Ésta es la historia estremecedora y verídica de un grupo de náufragos sometidos durante nueve años a las más duras pruebas de supervivencia, entre ellas una extraña guerra a muerte en la cual nunca llegan a ver la cara de sus enemigos. Ramón Arnaud, joven oficial del Ejército mexicano, acepta una misión en una isla desierta, no por casualidad llamada de la Pasión, y parte hacia allá junto a su esposa Alicia y once soldados con sus familias. Entre tanto, su país entra en el vértigo de una guerra civil, cae el Gobierno que los ha enviado y nadie vuelve a acordarse de ellos ni de la isla, donde quedan librados a su suerte. Setenta años después de ocurridos estos hechos reales pero olvidados, Laura Restrepo rastreó su pista, entrevistando a los familiares de los supervivientes e investigando en los archivos de la Armada mexicana y de la estadounidense, en viejas cartas de amor, y en los decires y recuerdos de los vecinos de varios pueblos de México. El resultado es esta aventura fantasmagórica, surrealista y conmovedoramente heroica. Escrita durante los años de exilio político de la autora en México, La Isla de la Pasión es una historia de lejanías y aislamiento pero también de la dulce posibilidad del regreso, y una metáfora de todas las formas posibles de exilio.

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Title: [Spanish] - Un punto azul en el Mediterráneo

Author: Eva Espinet

Narrator: Paola Navalón

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 9 hours 10 minutes

Release date: April 20, 2023

Genres: Historical

Publisher's Summary:

«Aquella vida que traté de ocultar hoy resuena como un murmullo en mi interior». Un relato que combina un secreto oculto, un amor imposible y un periplo trágico entre guerras. En el Palamós (Girona) de 1995, Marina se reencuentra sesenta años después con un amor de adolescencia, Hans, un nazi que luchó en la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Una devastadora revelación pone a prueba el valor de los protagonistas en el momento más decisivo de sus vidas. Esta es una historia que desafía el poder de la memoria y la fuerza de los sentimientos. Una historia de transformación, de aprendizaje, de amores imposibles, de traiciones, de búsqueda del perdón, de héroes y heroínas que perdieron sus propias guerras, pero que lograron sobrevivir para volver a amar. Dos generaciones transitan por un tiempo entre guerras para exorcizar los fantasmas del pasado y cerrar viejas heridas. Un viaje transformador en busca de una verdad ineludible: nadie puede esconderse de sí mismo para siempre. Una relación generacional entre abuela y nieta que crece y se fortalece a medida que juntas van curando las heridas. Eva Espinet ha creado un relato inolvidable. Ha construido una historia de amor emocionante que invita a reflexionar sobre la importancia de ser uno mismo; sobre la angustia de dejarse arrastrar por los acontecimientos y el valor intrínseco de mirar de frente al dolor, comprenderlo y perdonar. Paloma Insa Rico, escritora, filósofa y periodista Una reflexión sobre la tentación que todos tenemos de juzgar con precipitación y severidad desde el desconocimiento y sobre la dificultad de ser justo al hacerlo; sobre la dicotomía entre la cobardía y la valentía en la que todos los seres oscilamos; sobre la responsabilidad individual y la libertad de elección en los momentos cruciales de la vida. Arantza Larrauri, escritora

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Title: [Spanish] - El náufrago de la Gran Armada

Author: Fernando Martínez Laínez

Narrator: Diego Rousselon

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 17 hours 6 minutes

Release date: April 20, 2023

Genres: Historical

Publisher's Summary:

La épica historia de un náufrago de la Armada Invencible: el capitán Francisco de Cuéllar. A finales del siglo XVI España emprende una ambiciosa campaña naval contra Inglaterra. Es un momento crítico: el poderío imperial hispano empieza a declinar, los problemas en Flandes se multiplican y piratas ingleses como Francis Drake atacan las ciudades españolas en el Caribe y son recibidos en Londres con todos los honores. Entre espías, jefes milatres, monarcas, consejeros y rebeldes irlandeses, en un desfile histórico en el que aparecerán todos los personajes y las intrigas de la alta política del momento, comprenderemos la razón de ser de la Gran Armada, una empresa que acabó siendo la más desastrosa del reinado de Felipe II. Y así llegamos hasta el capitán Francisco de Cuéllar y su extraordinaria aventura. Tras el naufragio de su barco, destrozado contra la costa irlandesa en el otoño de 1588, Cuéllar emprendió una marcha en solitario por el interior de Irlanda. Fue un intento desesperado de escapar de la muerte segura que le esperaba si era capturado, como ocurrió con otros muchos náufragos españoles de la expedición, asesinados y desvalijados en cuanto pisaron tierra firme. Fernando Martínez Laínez, uno de los mayores divulgadores de nuestra historia y especialista en la época, se embarca junto a sus protagonistas en una novela épica, con la que viviremos la impresionante historia de un superviviente de la mal llamada Armada Invencible en territorio enemigo.