An Element of Chance: Audiobook
Book 4 of the Privateersman Mystery series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, An Element of Chance runs 16 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Peter Wickham (about 10.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 16 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 32 days |
| 1 hour / day | 16 days |
| 2 hours / day | 8 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 11 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 16 hours, it runs longer than 91% of the 6,730 Action & Adventure (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Privateersman Mystery
This is book 4. Books 1 to 3 run 38.1 hours before it; books 1 to 6 run 81.1 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Devil's Own Luck | 10.6 hrs |
| 2 | The Dying Trade | 13.4 hrs |
| 3 | A Hanging Matter | 14.1 hrs |
| 4 | An Element of Chance | 16 hrs |
| 5 | The Scent of Betrayal | 14.5 hrs |
| 6 | A Game of Bones | 12.5 hrs |
More narrated by Peter Wickham
Peter Wickham narrates 62 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 752 hours in all.
About as long, on the Action & Adventure (Fiction) shelf
386 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
An Element of Chance is book 4 of David Donachie's Privateersman Mystery series: a 16-hour unabridged recording, read by Peter Wickham, released October 1, 2009, on the Action & Adventure (Fiction) shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 16 hrs
- Narrated by
- Peter Wickham
- Released
- October 1, 2009
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Action & Adventure (Fiction)
- Series
- Privateersman Mystery #4
- ISBN
- 9781407912424
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is An Element of Chance as an audiobook?
An Element of Chance runs 16 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10.7 hours.
Is An Element of Chance free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates An Element of Chance?
An Element of Chance is narrated by Peter Wickham.
Is An Element of Chance worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10.7 hours, saving 5.3 hours.