Listen to Popular Titles Audiobooks in Fiction, Historical

Listen to this audiobook free with a 30-day trial. Go to http://hotaudiobook.com/free

Title: The Lion of St. Mark

Author: G.A. Henty

Narrator: Ralph Cosham

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 22 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-09-04

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 82 votes

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

Of The Lion of St. Mark, G.A. Henty wrote: "I have laid my story in the time not of the triumphs of Venice but of her hardest struggle for existence, when she defended herself successfully against the coalition of Hungary, Padua, and Genoa, for never at any time were the virtues of Venice, her steadfastness, her patriotism, and her willingness to make all sacrifice for her independence more brilliantly shown. The historical portion of the story is drawn from Hazlitt's History of the Republic of Venice, and with it I have woven the adventures of an English boy endowed with a full share of that energy and pluck which, more than any other qualities, have made the British Empire the greatest the world ever saw."

(P)2002 Blackstone Audiobooks

Contact me for any questions: [email protected]

Listen to this audiobook free with a 30-day trial. Go to http://hotaudiobook.com/free

Title: True History of the Kelly Gang

Author: Peter Carey

Narrator: Gianfranco Negroponte

Format: Unabridged

Length: 13 hrs and 57 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-11-04

Publisher: Recorded Books

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 338 votes

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

Man Booker Prize, Fiction, 2001

Ned Kelly's name resonates in Australia the same way the name Jesse James does in America. Was he a crusading folk hero or murderous horse thief and bank robber? Who was the real Ned Kelly? As the impoverished son of an Irish convict, Kelly was cheated, lied to, and abused by the English. Committed to fighting back against oppression, Kelly and his gang of outlaws eluded police for nearly two years. Brilliantly novelized by Peter Carey, the story of the Kelly Gang unfolds from a series of 13 compassionate letters written, while on the run, by Kelly to his infant daughter. Building from this historical legend and testing our sympathies, Carey crafts a deeply humanistic piece of historical fiction, a tale of injustice and violence.

Critic Reviews:

"No reader will be left unmoved by this dramatic tale....A novel that teems with energy, suspense and the true story of a memorable protagonist." (

Publishers Weekly) "Historical fiction doesn't get much better than this." (

School Library Journal) "Packed with incident, alive with comedy and pathos...contains pretty much everything you could ask of a novel." (

The New York Times Book Review)

Contact me for any questions: [email protected]

Listen to this audiobook free with a 30-day trial. Go to http://hotaudiobook.com/free

Title: The Fifth of March

Subtitle: A Story of the Boston Massacre

Author: Ann Rinaldi

Narrator: Melissa Hughes

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 30 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-28-04

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 43 votes

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

But the idea of liberty and self-government has taken hold, and once considered, can not now be set aside. At the same time, Rachel begins to take stock of her own life and future, and learns that to live life to its fullest and with integrity, one must seek the truth for oneself and take a stand.

Ann Rinaldi, a master at making history come alive, creates a tense and front row seat for the listener as she uses the voice of young Rachel Marsh to underscore that American liberty was not easily won, but at great cost to those who would not let their dreams die.

Critic Reviews:

"Rinaldi provides a vivid picture of colonial life and the pre-Revolutionary War period, including the disagreements among various American factions and the frightening actions of mobs and British retaliation." (Booklist)

Contact me for any questions: [email protected]

Listen to this audiobook free with a 30-day trial. Go to http://hotaudiobook.com/free

Title: Sharpe's Battle

Subtitle: Book XII of the Sharpe Series

Author: Bernard Cornwell

Narrator: Frederick Davidson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 57 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-04-03

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 415 votes

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

In the spring of 1811, one of the most bitter battles of the Peninsular War is about to commence. The hopes and hearts of all of Britain are turned toward Spain, where victory will be won or lost.

A skilled leader and proven hero, Richard Sharpe takes charge of an Irish battalion from the king of Spain's household guard. But poorly equipped and untrained, they are easily ambushed by an elite French unit commanded by Sharpe's deadly enemy, Brigadier General Guy Loup. Sharpe and Loup have tangled before, and now the fighting wolf means to exact his revenge. But something goes terribly wrong in their bloody skirmish, and Sharpe is faced with the ruin of his career and reputation. Stripped of everything he holds dear, all he has left is his honor, spirit, and courage. To redeem himself in the eyes of his men and his country, his task is clear: to lead his men to glory on the bloody streets of Spain, or die trying.

Critic Reviews:

"Cornwell writes more gripping battle scenes than any other contemporary author." (Kirkus Reviews)

Contact me for any questions: [email protected]

Listen to this audiobook free with a 30-day trial. Go to http://hotaudiobook.com/free

Title: Sharpe's Regiment

Subtitle: Book XVII of the Sharpe Series

Author: Bernard Cornwell

Narrator: Frederick Davidson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 59 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-18-03

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 374 votes

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

Sharpe returns to England and discovers an illegal recruiting ring that sells soldiers like cattle to other divisions. The ringleaders know Sharpe is on their trail, and they try to kill him at every turn. But Sharpe is fighting for his command, and as he moves from the dark slums of London to the highest courts of political power, Sharpe will risk charges of treason and death for a final chance at revenge.

Critic Reviews:

"Consistently exciting....These are wonderful novels!" (Stephen King)

Contact me for any questions: [email protected]

Listen to this audiobook free with a 30-day trial. Go to http://hotaudiobook.com/free

Title: Sharpe's Honor

Subtitle: Book XVI of the Sharpe Series

Author: Bernard Cornwell

Narrator: Frederick Davidson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 21 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-21-03

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 421 votes

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

Alas, a perfect plot for Napoleon: Stop Wellington's forces in Spain and destroy Major Richard Sharpe. An unfinished duel, a midnight murder, and the treachery of a beautiful prostitute lead to Sharpe's imprisonment. Condemned to die as an assassin, he is the pawn in a plot conceived by his archenemy, Pierre Ducos. Caught in a web of political intrigue for which his military experience has left him fatally unprepared, Sharpe becomes a fugitive - a man hunted by both ally and enemy alike.

Don't forget to check out the rest of Bernard Cornwell's

series.

©1985 Rifleman Productions; (P)1995 Blackstone Audiobooks

Critic Reviews:

"Consistently exciting....These are wonderful novels!" (Stephen King)

Contact me for any questions: [email protected]

Listen to this audiobook free with a 30-day trial. Go to http://hotaudiobook.com/free

Title: The Wild Hunt

Author: Elizabeth Chadwick

Narrator: Charlotte Strevens

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12 hrs and 1 min

Language: English

Release date: 06-01-16

Publisher: Soundings

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 44 votes

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

In the wild, windswept Welsh Marches, a noble young lord rides homewards, embittered, angry and in danger.

He is Guyon, Lord of Ledworth, heir to threatened lands, husband-to-be of Judith of Ravenstow. Their union will save his lands - but they have yet to meet...for this is Wales at the turn of the 12th century. Dynasties forge and fight, and behind the precarious throne of William Rufus, political intrigue is raging.

Caught amidst the violence are Judith and Guyon, bound together yet poles apart. But when a dark secret from the past is revealed and the full horror of war crashes over Guyon and Judith, they are forced to face insurmountable odds. Together...

Contact me for any questions: [email protected]

Listen to this audiobook free with a 30-day trial. Go to http://hotaudiobook.com/free

Title: The King's Grace

Author: Anne Easter Smith

Narrator: Rosalyn Landor

Format: Unabridged

Length: 24 hrs and 38 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-03-09

Publisher: Random House Audio

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 139 votes

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

But in the 1490s, a young man appears at the courts of Europe claiming to be Richard, duke of York, the younger of the boys, and seeking to claim his rightful throne from England's first Tudor king, Henry VII. But is this man who he says he is? Or is he Perkin Warbeck, a puppet of Margaret of York, duchess of Burgundy, who is determined to regain the crown for her York family? Grace Plantagenet finds herself in the midst of one of English history's greatest mysteries. If she can discover the fate of the princes and the true identity of Perkin Warbeck, perhaps she will find her own place in her family.

Contact me for any questions: [email protected]

Listen to this audiobook free with a 30-day trial. Go to http://hotaudiobook.com/free

Title: An Untamed Land

Subtitle: Red River of the North Series #1

Author: Lauraine Snelling

Narrator: Callie Beaulieu

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12 hrs and 12 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-29-15

Publisher: Tantor Audio

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 233 votes

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

After three long years of scrimping and saving to buy tickets for their passage to America, Roald and Ingeborg Bjorklund, along with their son, Thorliff, finally arrive at the docks of New York City. It was the promise of free land that fed their dream and lured them from their beloved home high above the fjords of Norway in 1880. As they join the throngs of countless immigrants passing through Castle Garden, the Bjorklunds soon discover that nothing is as they had envisioned it. Appalled by the horrid stories of fellow immigrants forced to live in squalid living conditions, they continue their long journey by train as far as Grand Forks. From there a covered wagon takes them into Dakota Territory, where they settle on the banks of the Red River. But there was no way for them to foresee the price they will have to pay to wrest a living from the indomitable land. The virgin prairie refuses to yield its treasure without a struggle. Will they be strong enough to overcome the hardships of that first winter?

Critic Reviews:

"Prairie stories usually abound in cliches, but Snelling avoids every one of them." (Booklist)

Contact me for any questions: [email protected]

Listen to this audiobook free with a 30-day trial. Go to http://hotaudiobook.com/free

Title: Leaving Lucy Pear

Author: Anna Solomon

Narrator: Rebecca Lowman

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11 hrs and 33 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-26-16

Publisher: Penguin Audio

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 49 votes

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

A big, heartrending novel about the entangled lives of two women in 1920s New England, both mothers to the same unforgettable girl.

One night in 1917, Beatrice Haven sneaks out of her uncle's house on Cape Ann, Massachusetts, leaves her newborn baby at the foot of a pear tree, and watches as another woman claims the infant as her own. The unwed daughter of wealthy Jewish industrialists and a gifted pianist bound for Radcliffe, Bea plans to leave her shameful secret behind and make a fresh start.

Ten years later Prohibition is in full swing; post-World War I America is in the grips of rampant xenophobia, and Bea's hopes for her future remain unfulfilled. She returns to her uncle's house, seeking a refuge from her unhappiness. But she discovers far more when the rum-running manager of the local quarry inadvertently reunites her with Emma Murphy, the headstrong Irish Catholic woman who has been raising her abandoned child - now a bright, bold, cross-dressing girl named Lucy Pear, with secrets of her own.

In mesmerizing prose, award-winning author Anna Solomon weaves together an unforgettable group of characters as their lives collide on the New England coast. Set against one of America's most turbulent decades, Leaving Lucy Pear delves into questions of class, freedom, and the meaning of family, establishing Anna Solomon as one of our most captivating storytellers.

Contact me for any questions: [email protected]