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Blood and Steel by Harry Sidebottom

Blood and Steel: Audiobook

Book 2 of the Throne of the Caesars series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Blood and Steel audiobook runs 10.6 hours unabridged, narrated by Colin Mace (about 7.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

10.6listening hrs
Historical (Fiction)store shelf
2015released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 10.6 hours of listening.

Days to finish Blood and Steel at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day22 days
1 hour / day11 days
2 hours / day6 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×8 days

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What our data says

  • At 10.6 hours, it runs longer than 52% of the 13,430 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Throne of the Caesars

This is book 2. Book 1 runs 11.3 hours before it; books 1 to 3 run 32.9 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1Iron and Rust11.3 hrs
2Blood and Steel10.6 hrs
3Fire and Sword11 hrs

About as long, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf

3,581 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

Blood and Steel is book 2 of Harry Sidebottom's Throne of the Caesars series: a 10.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Colin Mace, released May 21, 2015, on the Historical (Fiction) and Westerns & War shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
10.6 hrs
Narrated by
Colin Mace
Released
May 21, 2015
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Historical (Fiction), Westerns & War, Drama
Series
Throne of the Caesars #2
ISBN
9780008122713

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Blood and Steel audiobook?

Blood and Steel runs 10.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.1 hours.

Is the Blood and Steel audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Blood and Steel?

Blood and Steel is narrated by Colin Mace.

Is Blood and Steel worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.1 hours, saving 3.5 hours.