A History of the World in Six Plagues: How Contagion, Class, and Captivity Shaped Us, from Cholera to Covid-19: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A History of the World in Six Plagues: How Contagion, Class, and Captivity Shaped Us, from Cholera to Covid-19 runs 10.4 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Veronique Olin (about 6.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 10.4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 21 days |
| 1 hour / day | 11 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 days |
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What our data says
- At 10.4 hours, it runs longer than 86% of the 10,901 Medicine & Naturopathy audiobooks in our catalog.
About as long, on the Medicine & Naturopathy shelf
1,035 Medicine & Naturopathy 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 History of the World in Six Plagues: How Contagion, Class, and Captivity Shaped Us, from Cholera to Covid-19 is an audiobook by Edna Bonhomme: a 10.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Veronique Olin, released March 25, 2025, on the Medicine & Naturopathy and The Americas shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 10.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- Veronique Olin
- Released
- March 25, 2025
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Medicine & Naturopathy, The Americas, Social Science
- ISBN
- 9781797185392
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is A History of the World in Six Plagues: How Contagion, Class, and Captivity Shaped Us, from Cholera to Covid-19 as an audiobook?
A History of the World in Six Plagues: How Contagion, Class, and Captivity Shaped Us, from Cholera to Covid-19 runs 10.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.9 hours.
Is A History of the World in Six Plagues: How Contagion, Class, and Captivity Shaped Us, from Cholera to Covid-19 free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates A History of the World in Six Plagues: How Contagion, Class, and Captivity Shaped Us, from Cholera to Covid-19?
A History of the World in Six Plagues: How Contagion, Class, and Captivity Shaped Us, from Cholera to Covid-19 is narrated by Veronique Olin.
Is A History of the World in Six Plagues: How Contagion, Class, and Captivity Shaped Us, from Cholera to Covid-19 worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 6.9 hours, saving 3.5 hours.