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Cyrus the Great: The Life and Legacy of the King Who Founded the Achaemenid Persian Empire by Charles River Editors

Cyrus the Great: The Life and Legacy of the King Who Founded the Achaemenid Persian Empire: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Cyrus the Great: The Life and Legacy of the King Who Founded the Achaemenid Persian Empire audiobook runs 1.4 hours unabridged, narrated by Jim Johnston (about 0.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

1.4listening hrs
History & Culturestore shelf
2019released
Free for new listeners

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What our data says

  • At 1.4 hours, it is shorter than 94% of the 5,224 History & Culture audiobooks in our catalog.

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

Cyrus the Great: The Life and Legacy of the King Who Founded the Achaemenid Persian Empire is an audiobook by Charles River Editors: a 1.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Jim Johnston, released November 14, 2019, on the History & Culture and Ancient Civilizations shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
1.4 hrs
Narrated by
Jim Johnston
Released
November 14, 2019
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
History & Culture, Ancient Civilizations
ISBN
9781094219844

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Cyrus the Great: The Life and Legacy of the King Who Founded the Achaemenid Persian Empire audiobook?

Cyrus the Great: The Life and Legacy of the King Who Founded the Achaemenid Persian Empire runs 1.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 0.9 hours.

Is the Cyrus the Great: The Life and Legacy of the King Who Founded the Achaemenid Persian Empire audiobook free?

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Who narrates Cyrus the Great: The Life and Legacy of the King Who Founded the Achaemenid Persian Empire?

Cyrus the Great: The Life and Legacy of the King Who Founded the Achaemenid Persian Empire is narrated by Jim Johnston.