A World Lit Only by Fire: The Medieval Mind and the Renaissance; Portrait of an Age: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A World Lit Only by Fire: The Medieval Mind and the Renaissance; Portrait of an Age runs 11.6 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Barrett Whitener (about 7.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 11.6 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
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| 30 min / day | 24 days |
| 1 hour / day | 12 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 days |
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What our data says
- At 11.6 hours, it runs longer than 67% of the 1,697 Europe audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Barrett Whitener
Barrett Whitener narrates 30 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 284 hours in all.
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About as long, on the Europe shelf
198 Europe audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Computed from 170,512 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read October 21, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
A World Lit Only by Fire: The Medieval Mind and the Renaissance; Portrait of an Age is an audiobook by William Manchester: a 11.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Barrett Whitener, released March 1, 2007, on the Europe shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 11.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- Barrett Whitener
- Released
- March 1, 2007
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Europe
- ISBN
- 9781483063157
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is A World Lit Only by Fire: The Medieval Mind and the Renaissance; Portrait of an Age as an audiobook?
A World Lit Only by Fire: The Medieval Mind and the Renaissance; Portrait of an Age runs 11.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.7 hours.
Is A World Lit Only by Fire: The Medieval Mind and the Renaissance; Portrait of an Age free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates A World Lit Only by Fire: The Medieval Mind and the Renaissance; Portrait of an Age?
A World Lit Only by Fire: The Medieval Mind and the Renaissance; Portrait of an Age is narrated by Barrett Whitener.
Is A World Lit Only by Fire: The Medieval Mind and the Renaissance; Portrait of an Age worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.7 hours, saving 3.9 hours.