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A Troubled Course by David Donachie

A Troubled Course: Audiobook

Book 17 of the John Pearce series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Troubled Course runs 9.7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by John Telfer (about 6.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

9.7listening hrs
Action & Adventure (Fiction)store shelf
2023released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

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What our data says

  • At 9.7 hours, it runs longer than 59% of the 6,730 Action & Adventure (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Action & Adventure (Fiction) shelf

1,191 Action & Adventure (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 Troubled Course is book 17 of David Donachie's John Pearce series: a 9.7-hour unabridged recording, read by John Telfer, released January 1, 2023, on the Action & Adventure (Fiction) shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
9.7 hrs
Narrated by
John Telfer
Released
January 1, 2023
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Action & Adventure (Fiction)
Series
John Pearce #17
ISBN
9781407999791

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Questions listeners ask

How long is A Troubled Course as an audiobook?

A Troubled Course runs 9.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.5 hours.

Is A Troubled Course free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates A Troubled Course?

A Troubled Course is narrated by John Telfer.