Bestselling History Audiobooks

This audiobook is read by Jason Salkey, who played Harris in the Sharpe films, with sound effects provided by the 95th Rifles Re-enactment Society. A musical score by Adam Wakeman adds to this lavish production....

James Brown is known as the “Godfather of Soul”—and for good reason. All you have to do is listen to that signature James Brown sound, and you understand the impact he made on music. Just one lip curl and Elvis was sent running....

Joan Crawford was a legend. Few could compare to the charm and grace that she brought to the silver screen. Little did anyone know, however, of the charmed yet ultimately tragic life she led away from the camera and the main stage....

Ancient Egypt has mystified and entranced generation after generation. The Egyptians' mastery of architecture, their complex religious ideologies, and their peculiar views on death have given modern-day readers much to ponder....

Louis Philippe (1773-1850) is France's first "constitutional monarch", having being properly elected by the National Assembly...

Conventional wisdom in the West blames the Ukraine crisis on Russian aggression. But this account is wrong....

Can a young country girl lead an army? Joan has no plans on saving France from the English but when the brutes turn up and put her beloved crows to death by fire she knows she has to do something. And if she saves France at the same time, well that is just a wonderful side-effect. Guided by her...

From street kid to mob associate, drug dealer to FBI informant, Henry Hill lived a life straight out of a crime thriller. In this fast-paced guide, we unpack the real story behind the man who inspired Goodfellas, exploring his rise, fall, and the chaos in between.

James Allen's literary essay and book As a Man Thinketh was originally published in 1903. The book is written in terms of responsibility assumption....

Dean Martin was a natural entertainer, known not only for his singing ability but also for his great showmanship on the stage. With Martin, it wasn’t just about the song—it was about the whole package. This is his life—this is his story....

This chapter of France's history is about The Hundred Years' War: the Wars of Edward III, the battles of Creçy and Poitiers, the Jacquerie...

In a clear concise narrative this audiobook transports you back to the early days of this nation when America's future hung in the balance....

The Protocols of the Elders of Zion is one of the world's most famous conspiracy theories....

The Willie Lynch Letter and the Making of a Slave by Willie Lynch....

Few women in history have stood the test of time, but the true story surrounding the ill-fated Mary Queen of Scots has ensured that her story lives on to intrigue and fascinate....

The bright lights and city bustle of East London make it hard to imagine that only a century ago, the inhabitants were gripped by terror - the infamous Whitechapel Murders - or reign of terror of Jack the Ripper....

There are many religions practiced by people today such as Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Judaism, Taoism, and Hinduism, among others....

On Horsemanship, also sometimes titled The Art of Horsemanship, is a treatise written about 350 BCE by the Athenian historian, soldier, and student of Socrates, Xenophon (c. 430-354 BC). The treatise is a "hands-on" manual which deals with the selection....

Audie Murphy was a movie star, writer, and one of the most decorated soldiers who ever lived. He was barely 18 years old when he was shipped off to fight Fascists in Italy during World War II. As he himself would later liken it, he went “to hell and back” and lived to tell the tale....

After being implicated in the shooting of three policemen at Stringybark Creek in October, 1878, Kelly and his gang were declared by the Victorian government to be outlaws, and were the subjects of an extensive manhunt over the next two years....