Charles I (Penguin Monarchs): An Abbreviated Life: Audiobook
Book 4 of the Penguin Monarchs series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Charles I (Penguin Monarchs): An Abbreviated Life audiobook runs 3.5 hours unabridged, narrated by John Sackville (about 2.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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| 30 min / day | 7 days |
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| 2 hours / day | 2 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 3 days |
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What our data says
- At 3.5 hours, it is shorter than 85% of the 5,224 History & Culture audiobooks in our catalog.
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John Sackville narrates 156 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,342 hours in all.
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About as long, on the History & Culture shelf
156 History & Culture 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
Charles I (Penguin Monarchs): An Abbreviated Life is book 4 of Mark Kishlansky's Penguin Monarchs series: a 3.5-hour unabridged recording, read by John Sackville, released June 28, 2018, on the History & Culture and Europe shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 3.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- John Sackville
- Released
- June 28, 2018
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- History & Culture, Europe
- Series
- Penguin Monarchs #4
- ISBN
- 9780141988214
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How long is the Charles I (Penguin Monarchs): An Abbreviated Life audiobook?
Charles I (Penguin Monarchs): An Abbreviated Life runs 3.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 2.3 hours.
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Who narrates Charles I (Penguin Monarchs): An Abbreviated Life?
Charles I (Penguin Monarchs): An Abbreviated Life is narrated by John Sackville.