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A Wife's War by Rosie Meddon

A Wife's War: Audiobook

Book 2 of the Woodicombe House series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Wife's War runs 10.3 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Penelope Freeman (about 6.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

10.3listening hrs
Dramastore shelf
2015released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 10.3 hours of listening.

Days to finish A Wife's War at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day21 days
1 hour / day11 days
2 hours / day6 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×7 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 10.3 hours, it runs longer than 57% of the 11,102 Drama audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Woodicombe House

This is book 2. Book 1 runs 9.5 hours before it; books 1 to 4 run 40.7 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1The Housekeeper's Daughter9.5 hrs
2A Wife's War10.3 hrs
3The Soldier's Return10.4 hrs
4Ties That Bind10.4 hrs

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 Wife's War is book 2 of Rosie Meddon's Woodicombe House series: a 10.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Penelope Freeman, released September 30, 2015, on the Drama shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
10.3 hrs
Narrated by
Penelope Freeman
Released
September 30, 2015
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Drama
Series
Woodicombe House #2
ISBN
9781788890601

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Questions listeners ask

How long is A Wife's War as an audiobook?

A Wife's War runs 10.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.9 hours.

Is A Wife's War free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates A Wife's War?

A Wife's War is narrated by Penelope Freeman.

Is A Wife's War worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 6.9 hours, saving 3.4 hours.