Historical Fiction Audiobooks

Colonel Chabert, a soldier who disappeared during the Napoleonic Wars and then returned from the dead, remarried, and went into the world, much to his wife's distress. Balzac's novella exposes the mercenary of the French Restoration. It has been filmed several times, most recently in a 1994 version...

Philosophical Studies in La Comedie Humaine (La Comedie Humaine) is a series of works that aim in part to reflect on history through the use of fiction. "Catherine de' Medici" is one such "study" that contains fictional "story" elements as well as detailed historical...

This roman clef tells the musical adventures of Consuelo, a talented singer under the direction of composer Nicola Porpora. After a betrayal in her native Venice, she moves to live with an aristocratic family in a remote Bohemian castle, teaching singing to the baroness who lives there. There, she...

Guy de Maupassant was, and still is, one of the world's most famous short story writers. He has been known to grapple with issues such as the Franco-Prussian War and his disillusionment with life and relationships. His collection includes famous stories like Ball of Suet and The Diamond Necklace,...

It's a story about the English Civil War, witches conquering hearts, and branding....

Set in the 15th century, The Cloister and the Hearth tells the story of a young scribe and illustrator, Gerald Eliassoen, as he travels through seven different countries. Fearing being hunted by the mayor, Gerald flees Rome for the Netherlands in search of a place to raise his family. His parents...

Clarissa, or The Story of a Young Lady, is an epistolary novel by Samuel Richardson, published in 1748. It tells the harrowing story of a heroine's quest for virtue, her family constantly thwarting it, and is the longest true novel in English. (from Wikipedia)...

Cecilia's plot revolves around heroine Cecilia Beverly, whose inheritance from her uncle is conditional on finding a husband named after her. This proved impossible, and she gave up her fortune to marry for love. Jane Austen mentioned Cecilia and other novels in her novel Northanger Abbey:...

The novel is set in early 1780s Ireland and is narrated by Honest Thady, a loyal steward to generations of the Rackrent family. These are The generous Sir Patrick, the tight-fisted Sir Murtagh (married into the Skinflint family), the cruel Sir Kit, who locked his wealthy wife up in her room for...

During a trip to Spain in 1830, our narrator recounts his encounters with two strange characters: a thief named Don Jose Navarro and a beautiful Roman woman named Carmen... Little did they know that these two would soon be involved in a tumultuous love affair and an extramarital affair, tragic for...