Bestselling History Audiobooks

From the desert sands of forgotten empires to the hidden valleys of vanished kingdoms, Civilizations That Time Forgot takes listeners on a journey through the lost chapters of human history.

From the dust of ancient battlefields to the thunder of modern warfare, Battles That Changed Human History reveals the pivotal clashes that shaped the world we live in today.

What happens when great empires vanish without a clear trace? Echoes of Ancient Forgotten Empires seeks to answer that question by exploring the powerful civilizations that once dominated regions across the Old World—only to be lost to time, conquest, or natural disaster.

Beneath the landscapes of the Old World lie silent witnesses to human history—ancient cities buried by time, temples swallowed by sand, and civilizations that disappeared long before their stories could be told.

From his perspective in Renaissance Italy, Machiavelli's aim in this classic work was to resolve conflict with the ruling prince, Lorenzo de Medici. Machiavelli based his insights on the way people really are rather than an ideal of how they should be. This is the world's most famous master plan...

Colin Maclachlan autobiography starts with his troubled childhood and escape to the military where, as a fifteen year-old boy, he grows up and matures into the SAS soldier we now recognise.

The year was 1915. Equipment and food supplies were totally inadequate. After battling its way for six weeks through thousands of miles of pack ice and located only a day's sail from its destination...

Read by Rory Kinnear (Black Mirror, James Bond, Toxic Town) From political journalist Daniel Trilling, If We Tolerate This is a vital look at Britain's alarming shift towards far-right politics and what can be done to reverse it. The language of the far right is now in the mouths of our...

The prospect of Irish unification is now stronger than at any point since partition in 1921. Voters on both sides of the Irish border may soon have to confront for themselves what the answer to a referendum question would mean - for themselves, for their neighbours, and for their society.

The Titanic collided with an iceberg on April 14, and 1,500 people died in the freezing waters. It's a story that has spurred legends and still sends shivers down the spine....

Bloomsbury presents The Life and Death of Richard III by Anthony Cheetham, read by Jonathan Oliver and Dan Jones. With a new introduction and concluding chapter from bestselling medieval author Dan Jones. Richard III is one of the most mysterious figures in English history, and as such is the...

A riveting account of the most consequential year in English history, marked by bloody conflict with invaders on all sides....

In Operation Gladio: The Plan, the People, and the Fallout, Miles Dunsford takes listeners deep into one of the most controversial and misunderstood covert operations of the 20th century.

In The Cultural Tutor’s Grand Tour, the ephemera of the everyday opens up to reveal a world of high art and low cunning - where a love affair can trigger a World War, a lamp-post can birth a cathedral, and a cup of coffee can take you on a journey of a thousand years.

Spike Milligan's legendary war memoirs are a hilarious and subversive first-hand account of the Second World War, as well as a fascinating portrait of the formative years of this towering comic genius, most famous as writer and star of The Goon Show. They have sold over 4.5 million copies...

An indispensable guide to understanding the Israel-Palestine conflict, and how we might yet still find a way out of it. "Ilan Pappe is the most original, radical and hard-hitting of Israel's 'new historians.'" -Avi Shlaim, author of Three Worlds The devastation of 7 October 2023 and the horrors...

Best-selling historian and philosopher Will Durant devoted his entire life to studying the most significant eras, individuals, and achievements of human history....

Lee, the founding father of modern Singapore and its prime minister from 1959 to 1990, has honed his wisdom during more than fifty years on the world stage....

A survey of the quirks and quandaries of the English language, focusing on our strange and wonderful grammar....

When The War Ended, and the Future Began: Ten Global Turning Points from the Ruins to the Cold War is a powerful, accessible journey through the decade that reshaped modern civilisation.