A Time for Swords: A gripping, addictive historical thriller: Audiobook
Book 1 of the A Time for Swords series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Time for Swords: A gripping, addictive historical thriller runs 17.2 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Barnaby Edwards (about 11.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 17.2 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 35 days |
| 1 hour / day | 18 days |
| 2 hours / day | 9 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 12 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 17.2 hours, it runs longer than 92% of the 13,430 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on A Time for Swords
This is book 1. Books 1 to 4 run 66.7 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Time for Swords: A gripping, addictive historical thriller | 17.2 hrs |
| 2 | A Night of Flames: A Time for Swords Book 2 | 19 hrs |
| 3 | A Day of Reckoning: A Time for Swords Book 3 | 16 hrs |
| 4 | Dominion of Dust | 14.5 hrs |
More narrated by Barnaby Edwards
Barnaby Edwards narrates 79 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 830 hours in all.
- Wolf of Wessex
- Mortal Engines (Mortal Engines, Book 1)
- A Darkling Plain (Mortal Engines, Book 4)
- Predator's Gold (Mortal Engines, Book 2)
- Infernal Devices (Mortal Engines, Book 3)
About as long, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf
858 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 Time for Swords: A gripping, addictive historical thriller is book 1 of Matthew Harffy's A Time for Swords series: a 17.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Barnaby Edwards, released June 10, 2021, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 17.2 hrs
- Narrated by
- Barnaby Edwards
- Released
- June 10, 2021
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Historical (Fiction)
- Series
- A Time for Swords #1
- ISBN
- 9781004043675
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is A Time for Swords: A gripping, addictive historical thriller as an audiobook?
A Time for Swords: A gripping, addictive historical thriller runs 17.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 11.5 hours.
Is A Time for Swords: A gripping, addictive historical thriller free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates A Time for Swords: A gripping, addictive historical thriller?
A Time for Swords: A gripping, addictive historical thriller is narrated by Barnaby Edwards.
Is A Time for Swords: A gripping, addictive historical thriller worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 11.5 hours, saving 5.7 hours.