A Torch Kept Lit: Great Lives of the Twentieth Century: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Torch Kept Lit: Great Lives of the Twentieth Century runs 9.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Tony Pasqualini (about 6.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 9.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 19 days |
| 1 hour / day | 10 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 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 9.5 hours, it runs longer than 52% of the 7,179 World audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Tony Pasqualini
Tony Pasqualini narrates 6 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 61 hours in all.
About as long, on the World shelf
1,087 World audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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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 Torch Kept Lit: Great Lives of the Twentieth Century is an audiobook by William F. Buckley, Jr.: a 9.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Tony Pasqualini, released October 4, 2016, on the World and Biography & Memoir shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 9.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Tony Pasqualini
- Released
- October 4, 2016
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- World, Biography & Memoir
- ISBN
- 9781504757072
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is A Torch Kept Lit: Great Lives of the Twentieth Century as an audiobook?
A Torch Kept Lit: Great Lives of the Twentieth Century runs 9.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.3 hours.
Is A Torch Kept Lit: Great Lives of the Twentieth Century free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates A Torch Kept Lit: Great Lives of the Twentieth Century?
A Torch Kept Lit: Great Lives of the Twentieth Century is narrated by Tony Pasqualini.