Best History Audiobooks

History can give you a wonderful insight into other ways of life and cultures. However, reading these books can sometimes be slow going, especially for complicated issues. That is where audiobooks such as those on Papergy can be invaluable. Here are some of the best history audiobooks you can download now.

The Wright Brothers by David McCullough

The Wright Brothers pioneered mechanical flight in the 20th century and paved the way for modern airplanes. McCullough narrates his own book here, and you can easily hear his admiration for these early inventors. This book seeks to delve into their personal lives and the struggles they had to endure.

Caesar by Adrian Goldsworthy

Arguably one of the most famous of the Roman Emperors, Julius Caesar turned Rome into the capital of an empire and made enemies as well as friends. This book, narrated by Derek Perkins, tells the parts of Caesar’s life that many other historical works omit. You can find it on Papergy along with many others that feature historical figures.

The Great Mortality by John Kelly

A telling book given recent events, The Great Mortality looks at real accounts of people living during The Black Death. Narrator Matthew Lloyd Davies brings these accounts to life in a way that is both enlightening and terrifying.

The Last Lion by William Manchester

Most people are aware of the impact Winston Churchill had on the Second World War, but his life and adventures after this time are not so well known. Narrated by Clive Chafer, the book delves into the latter years of Churchill’s life and offers a more rounded picture of this formidable person.

To find more books like these, take a look at the collection available on Papergy.

Best Historical Health Books

On April 7th is World Health Day, and thanks to many advances in medicine, the health of those living on this planet is better than it has ever been. However, as you will see from some of the books on Papergy, that hasn’t always been the case. Here are some of the best examples of books that cover the history of health.

And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic by Randy Shilts

AIDS was one of the worst epidemics to hit the world in the 1980s. This book looks at the issues that surrounded to AIDS virus and why it wasn’t detected earlier. It offers a different perspective on previous book on the subject.

The Birth of the Pill: How Four Crusaders Reinvented Sex and Launched a Revolution by Jonathan Eig

Many women now take ‘the pill’ forgranted, but for many years, it was the subject of heated discussion and became a revolution of sorts. This book deals with the main players in the fight for this invaluable contraceptive option - Margaret Sanger, Katharine McCormick, Gregory Pincus, and John Rock.

The Butchering Art: Joseph Lister’s Quest to Transform the Grisly World of Victorian Medicine by Lindsey Fitzharris

Surgery wasn’t always clean and safe like it is today. This book looks at some of the shocking practices that took place in the nineteenth century along with the advances in germ theory that started to make changes to these practices.

To read these and many other books about the history of medicine, take a look on Papergy.