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A Place of Greater Safety by Hilary Mantel

A Place of Greater Safety: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Place of Greater Safety runs 33.8 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Jonathan Keeble (about 22.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

33.8listening hrs
Historical (Fiction)store shelf
2013released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 33.8 hours of listening.

Days to finish A Place of Greater Safety at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day68 days
1 hour / day34 days
2 hours / day17 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×23 days

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What our data says

  • At 33.8 hours, it runs longer than 99% of the 13,430 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.

More narrated by Jonathan Keeble

Jonathan Keeble narrates 378 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 4,136 hours in all.

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About as long, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf

83 Historical (Fiction) 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 Place of Greater Safety is an audiobook by Hilary Mantel: a 33.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Jonathan Keeble, released April 4, 2013, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
33.8 hrs
Narrated by
Jonathan Keeble
Released
April 4, 2013
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Historical (Fiction)
ISBN
9781471231315

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Questions listeners ask

How long is A Place of Greater Safety as an audiobook?

A Place of Greater Safety runs 33.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 22.6 hours.

Is A Place of Greater Safety free as an audiobook?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates A Place of Greater Safety?

A Place of Greater Safety is narrated by Jonathan Keeble.

Is A Place of Greater Safety worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 22.6 hours, saving 11.3 hours.