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Title: A Memory of Violets

Subtitle: A Novel of London's Flower Sellers

Author: Hazel Gaynor

Narrator: Nicola Barber

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 29 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-03-15

Publisher: HarperAudio

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 450 votes

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

From the author of the USA Today best-seller The Girl Who Came Home comes an unforgettable historical novel that tells the story of two long-lost sisters - orphaned flower sellers - and a young woman who is transformed by their experiences.

"For little sister... I will never stop looking for you."

1876. Among the filth and depravity of Covent Garden's flower markets, orphaned Irish sisters Flora and Rosie Flynn sell posies of violets and watercress to survive. It is a pitiful existence, made bearable only by each other's presence. When they become separated, the decision of a desperate woman sets their lives on very different paths.

1912. Twenty-one-year-old Tilly Harper leaves the peace and beauty of her native Lake District for London to become assistant housemother at one of Mr. Shaw's Training Homes for Watercress and Flower Girls. For years, the homes have cared for London's orphaned and crippled flower girls, getting them off the streets. For Tilly, the appointment is a fresh start, a chance to leave her troubled past behind.

Soon after she arrives at the home, Tilly finds a notebook belonging to Flora Flynn. Hidden between the pages she finds dried flowers and a heartbreaking tale of loss and separation as Flora's entries reveal how she never stopped looking for her lost sister. Tilly sets out to discover what happened to Rosie - but the search will not be easy. Full of twists and surprises, it leads the caring and determined young woman into unexpected places, including the depths of her own heart.

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Title: Twelfth Night

Author: Deanna Raybourn

Narrator: Ellen Archer

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 58 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-23-14

Publisher: Harlequin Enterprises, Ltd.

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 220 votes

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

New York Times best-selling author Deanna Raybourn returns with a brand-new novella, starring her beloved heroine, the intrepid Lady Julia Grey.

To mark the passing of another decade, the esteemed - and eccentric - March family have assembled at Bellmont Abbey to perform the Twelfth Night Revels for their sleepy English village. But before Lady Julia and her handsome, sleuthing husband, Nicolas Brisbane, can take to the stage, a ruckus in the stable yard demands their attention. An abandoned infant is found nestled in the steel helm of St. George. What's more, their only lead is the local legend of a haunted cottage and its ghastly inhabitant - who seems to have returned. Once again, Lady Julia and Nicholas take up the challenge to investigate, and when the source of the mystery is revealed, they'll be faced with an impossible choice - one that will alter the course of their lives... forever. Don't miss a single tale in the Lady Julia Grey series - or Deanna Raybourn's latest novel, City of Jasmine.

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Title: The Empty Throne

Subtitle: The Last Kingdom Series, Book 8

Author: Bernard Cornwell

Narrator: Matt Bates

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11 hrs and 11 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-23-14

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Limited

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 62 votes

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

The new novel in Bernard Cornwell's number-one best-selling series "The Warrior Chronicles", on the making of England and the fate of his great hero, Uhtred of Bebbanburg.

In the battle for power, there can be only one ruler.

England is fractured, torn apart more by internal fighting than the threat of Viking invasion. The ruler of Mercia is dying, leaving no legitimate heir. His wife is a formidable fighter and great leader, but no woman has ever ruled over an English kingdom. And she is without her strongest warrior and champion, Uhtred of Bebbanburg.

So the scene is set for an explosive battle between elders and warriors for an empty throne. The vacant throne leaves a dangerous opportunity for the rival West Saxons to seize Mercia. But Edward of Wessex is distracted by the succession of his own throne, with two heirs claiming the right to be West Saxon king. And while the kingdoms are in disarray, the Vikings, this time coming from the west, will go on the rampage once more.

The very future of England hangs in the balance. A hero is needed, a hero who can destroy the threat to Mercia, a hero who will ultimately decide the fate of a nation

Critic Reviews:

Praise for Bernard Cornwell:

"The best battle scenes of any writer I've ever read, past or present. Cornwell really makes history come alive" (George R.R. Martin)

"Cornwell is always in full command of his material" (Sunday Times)

"Like GAME OF THRONES, but real" (Observer)

"Tense, powerful, compulsive" (The Times)

"He's called a master storyteller. Really he's cleverer than that" (Telegraph)

"Nobody in the world does this better than Cornwell" (Lee Child)

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Title: Desert God

Subtitle: A Novel of Ancient Egypt

Author: Wilbur Smith

Narrator: Mike Grady

Format: Unabridged

Length: 15 hrs and 13 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-21-14

Publisher: HarperAudio

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 303 votes

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

New York Times best-selling author Wilbur Smith - hailed by Stephen King as the "best historical novelist" and one of the worlds biggest-selling authors - returns to Ancient Egypt in this breathtaking epic that conjures the magic, mystery, romance, and bloody intrigue of a fascinating lost world.

Game of Thrones meets Ancient Egypt in this magnificent, action-packed epic. On the gleaming banks of the Nile, the brilliant Taita - slave and advisor to the Pharaoh - finds himself at the center of a vortex of passion, intrigue, and danger. His quest to destroy the Hyksos army and form an alliance with Crete takes him on an epic journey up the Nile, through Arabia and the magical city of Babylon, and across the open seas. With the future of Egypt itself on his shoulders, Taita enters a world where the line between loyalty and betrayal shifts like the desert sands, evil enemies await in the shadows, and death lingers on the edges of darkness.

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Title: Andersonville

Author: MacKinlay Kantor

Narrator: Grover Gardner

Format: Unabridged

Length: 37 hrs and 12 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-30-14

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 345 votes

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

Acclaimed as the greatest novel ever written about the War Between the States, this searing Pulitzer Prize-winning book captures all the glory and shame of America's most tragic conflict in the vivid, crowded world of Andersonville, and the people who lived outside its barricades. Based on the author's extensive research and nearly 25 years in the making, MacKinlay Kantor's best-selling masterwork tells the heartbreaking story of the notorious Georgia prison where 50,000 Northern soldiers suffered - and 14,000 died - and of the people whose lives were changed by the grim camp where the best and the worst of the Civil War came together. Here is the savagery of the camp commandant, the deep compassion of a nearby planter and his gentle daughter, the merging of valor and viciousness within the stockade itself, and the day-to-day fight for survival among the cowards, cutthroats, innocents, and idealists thrown together by the brutal struggle between North and South. A moving portrait of the bravery of people faced with hopeless tragedy, this is the inspiring American classic of an unforgettable period in American history.

Critic Reviews:

"A classic narrator reading a classic work is an unbeatable combination. Grover Gardner is one of a handful of readers who could make the phone directory sound interesting, but when he reads this novel about the infamous Confederate prison camp, the result is a performance that is hard to turn off...." (AudioFile)

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Title: The Plantation

Subtitle: The Plantation Series, Book 1

Author: George McNeill

Narrator: Chet Williamson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 13 hrs and 9 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-02-14

Publisher: Crossroad Press

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 73 votes

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

In the days of pre-Civil War slavery - the unforgettable novel of a shocking portion of our American heritage. The time was not all magnolia blossoms and crinolines. It was more than romance and splendor. It was debauchery and slavery, gambling tables and dens of iniquity. It was murder and forgiveness. It was all the great contradiction of life in a golden era...

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Title: Viking Warrior

Subtitle: Strongbow Saga, Book 1

Author: Judson Roberts

Narrator: Jeff Hays

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 41 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-18-14

Publisher: Northman Books Inc.

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 138 votes

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

In ninth century Denmark, a child born to a slave is also a slave, and the property of his mother's master. Halfdan, the son of an Irish noblewoman and the Danish chieftain who captured and enslaved her, has grown up a slave in his own father's household. But the Norns, the weavers of the fates of all men, have different plans for him - although rarely do they give a gift without exacting a price.

The Strongbow Saga is an epic tale of one man's unstoppable quest for justice and vengeance that carries him across the ninth century world of the Vikings. In Viking Warrior, Book One of the saga, a cruel twist of fate both frees Halfdan and robs him of the mother he loves, setting him upon the path to a new destiny. But a brutal act of treachery and murder upends Halfdan's new life, sending him on the run with ruthless hunters hot on his trail.

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Title: First Among Equals

Author: Jeffrey Archer

Narrator: John Lee

Format: Unabridged

Length: 13 hrs and 26 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-12-14

Publisher: Macmillan Audio

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 100 votes

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

In Jeffrey Archer's First Among Equals, Charles Seymour, second-born son, will never be the earl like his father, but he did inherit his mother's strength - and the will to realize his destiny....

Simon Kerslake's father sacrificed everything to make sure his son's dreams come true. Now it is Simon's chance to rise as high as those dreams allow....

Ray Gould was born to the back streets but raised with pride - a quality matched by a sharp intellect and the desire to attain the impossible....

Andrew Fraser was raised by a soccer hero turned politician. Now it's his turn for heroics, whatever the cost.

From strangers to rivals, four men embark on a journey for the highest stakes of all - the keys to No. 10 Downing Street. Unfolding over three decades, their honor will be tested, their loyalties betrayed, and their love of family and country challenged. But in a game where there is a first among equals, only one can triumph.

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Title: The Boleyn King

Subtitle: Boleyn Trilogy, Book 1

Author: Laura Andersen

Narrator: Simon Vance

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 55 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-15-14

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 275 votes

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

Perfect for fans of Philippa Gregory, Alison Weir, and Showtimes The Tudors, The Boleyn King is the first book in an enthralling trilogy that dares to imagine: What if Anne Boleyn had actually given Henry VIII a son who grew up to be king?

Just seventeen years old, Henry IX, known as William, is a king bound by the restraints of the regency yet anxious to prove himself. With the French threatening battle and the Catholics sowing the seeds of rebellion at home, William trusts only three people: his older sister Elizabeth; his best friend and loyal counselor, Dominic; and Minuette, a young orphan raised as a royal ward by Williams mother, Anne Boleyn.

Against a tide of secrets, betrayal, and murder, William finds himself fighting for the very soul of his kingdom. Then, when he and Dominic both fall in love with Minuette, romantic obsession looms over a new generation of Tudors. One among them will pay the price for a kings desire, as a shocking twist of fate changes Englands fortunes forever.

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Title: The Ice Cream Queen of Orchard Street

Subtitle: A Novel

Author: Susan Jane Gilman

Narrator: Susan Jane Gilman

Format: Unabridged

Length: 16 hrs and 29 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-10-14

Publisher: Hachette Audio

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 199 votes

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

In 1913, little Malka Treynovsky flees Russia with her family. Bedazzled by tales of gold and movie stardom, she tricks them into buying tickets for America. Yet no sooner do they land on the squalid Lower East Side of Manhattan, than Malka is crippled and abandoned in the street.

Taken in by a tough-loving Italian ices peddler, she manages to survive through cunning and inventiveness. As she learns the secrets of his trade, she begins to shape her own destiny. She falls in love with a gorgeous, illiterate radical named Albert, and they set off across America in an ice cream truck. Slowly, she transforms herself into Lillian Dunkle, "The Ice Cream Queen" - doyenne of an empire of ice cream franchises and a celebrated television personality.

Lillian's rise to fame and fortune spans 70 years and is inextricably linked to the course of American history itself, from Prohibition to the disco days of Studio 54. Yet Lillian Dunkle is nothing like the whimsical motherly persona she crafts for herself in the media. Conniving, profane, and irreverent, she is a supremely complex woman who prefers a good stiff drink to an ice cream cone. And when her past begins to catch up with her, everything she has spent her life building is at stake.

Critic Reviews:

"[A] standout travel memoir...Gilman's descriptions of their trials and tribulations crackle with wit." (

Booklist)

"This shrewd and lively novel tells us about those chasms between public success and private truths that make up so much of American life. The energetic narrator, the ice cream queen, is a confidence-woman, and her darkly comic story about life in the big city and in the media spotlight will give readers chills." (

Charles Baxter, author of The Soul Thief)

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