By The Sword: A History of Gladiators, Musketeers, Samurai, Swashbucklers, and Olympic Champions: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the By The Sword: A History of Gladiators, Musketeers, Samurai, Swashbucklers, and Olympic Champions audiobook runs 19.6 hours unabridged, narrated by Richard Cohen (about 13 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 19.6 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 40 days |
| 1 hour / day | 20 days |
| 2 hours / day | 10 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 14 days |
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What our data says
- At 19.6 hours, it runs longer than 92% of the 4,743 Military (History) audiobooks in our catalog.
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253 Military (History) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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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 Sword: A History of Gladiators, Musketeers, Samurai, Swashbucklers, and Olympic Champions is an audiobook by Richard Cohen: a 19.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Richard Cohen, released February 11, 2020, on the Military (History) shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 19.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- Richard Cohen
- Released
- February 11, 2020
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Military (History)
- ISBN
- 9781630157524
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the By The Sword: A History of Gladiators, Musketeers, Samurai, Swashbucklers, and Olympic Champions audiobook?
By The Sword: A History of Gladiators, Musketeers, Samurai, Swashbucklers, and Olympic Champions runs 19.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 13 hours.
Is the By The Sword: A History of Gladiators, Musketeers, Samurai, Swashbucklers, and Olympic Champions audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates By The Sword: A History of Gladiators, Musketeers, Samurai, Swashbucklers, and Olympic Champions?
By The Sword: A History of Gladiators, Musketeers, Samurai, Swashbucklers, and Olympic Champions is narrated by Richard Cohen.
Is By The Sword: A History of Gladiators, Musketeers, Samurai, Swashbucklers, and Olympic Champions worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 13 hours, saving 6.5 hours.