A Foreign Country: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Thomas Kell series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Foreign Country runs 9.6 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Jot Davies (about 6.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 9.6 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 20 days |
| 1 hour / day | 10 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 days |
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What our data says
- At 9.6 hours, it is shorter than 59% of the 2,312 Espionage audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Thomas Kell
This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 33.2 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Foreign Country | 9.6 hrs |
| 2 | A Colder War | 12.1 hrs |
| 3 | A Divided Spy | 11.6 hrs |
More narrated by Jot Davies
Jot Davies narrates 109 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,014 hours in all.
About as long, on the Espionage shelf
558 Espionage audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
A Foreign Country is book 1 of Charles Cumming's Thomas Kell series: a 9.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Jot Davies, released August 7, 2012, on the Espionage shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 9.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- Jot Davies
- Released
- August 7, 2012
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Espionage
- Series
- Thomas Kell #1
- ISBN
- 9781427221827
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is A Foreign Country as an audiobook?
A Foreign Country runs 9.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.4 hours.
Is A Foreign Country free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates A Foreign Country?
A Foreign Country is narrated by Jot Davies.