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By the Mast Divided by David Donachie

By the Mast Divided: Audiobook

Book 1 of the John Pearce series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the By the Mast Divided audiobook runs 15.1 hours unabridged, narrated by Peter Wickham (about 10.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

15.1listening hrs
Action & Adventure (Fiction)store shelf
2007released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 15.1 hours of listening.

Days to finish By the Mast Divided at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day31 days
1 hour / day16 days
2 hours / day8 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×11 days

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What our data says

  • At 15.1 hours, it runs longer than 90% of the 6,730 Action & Adventure (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Action & Adventure (Fiction) shelf

488 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

By the Mast Divided is book 1 of David Donachie's John Pearce series: a 15.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Peter Wickham, released October 1, 2007, on the Action & Adventure (Fiction) shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
15.1 hrs
Narrated by
Peter Wickham
Released
October 1, 2007
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Action & Adventure (Fiction)
Series
John Pearce #1
ISBN
9781407900308

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the By the Mast Divided audiobook?

By the Mast Divided runs 15.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10.1 hours.

Is the By the Mast Divided audiobook free?

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

Who narrates By the Mast Divided?

By the Mast Divided is narrated by Peter Wickham.

Is By the Mast Divided worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10.1 hours, saving 5 hours.