Blackbirds: A London Blitz Novel: Audiobook
Book 2 of the Bluebird series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Blackbirds: A London Blitz Novel audiobook runs 8.8 hours unabridged, narrated by Nigel Patterson (about 5.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 8.8 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 18 days |
| 1 hour / day | 9 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 days |
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What our data says
- At 8.8 hours, it is shorter than 70% of the 13,430 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Bluebird
This is book 2. Book 1 runs 9 hours before it; books 1 to 3 run 27.3 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bluebirds: A Battle of Britain Novel | 9 hrs |
| 2 | Blackbirds: A London Blitz Novel | 8.8 hrs |
| 3 | Falcons: A Siege of Malta Novel | 9.4 hrs |
More narrated by Nigel Patterson
Nigel Patterson narrates 153 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,957 hours in all.
- Blood Red Snow: The Memoirs of a German Soldier on the Eastern Front
- Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
- Panzer Ace: The Memoirs of an Iron Cross Panzer Commander from Barbarossa to Normandy
- The Door on Half-Bald Hill
- Quantum Space: Loop Quantum Gravity and the Search for the Structure of Space, Time, and the Universe
About as long, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf
2,405 Historical (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
Blackbirds: A London Blitz Novel is book 2 of Melvyn Fickling's Bluebird series: a 8.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Nigel Patterson, released April 6, 2021, on the Historical (Fiction) and Westerns & War shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.8 hrs
- Narrated by
- Nigel Patterson
- Released
- April 6, 2021
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Historical (Fiction), Westerns & War
- Series
- Bluebird #2
- ISBN
- 9781705282526
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Blackbirds: A London Blitz Novel audiobook?
Blackbirds: A London Blitz Novel runs 8.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.9 hours.
Is the Blackbirds: A London Blitz Novel audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Blackbirds: A London Blitz Novel?
Blackbirds: A London Blitz Novel is narrated by Nigel Patterson.