Dark Renaissance: The Dangerous Times and Fatal Genius of Shakespeare’s Greatest Rival, Christopher Marlowe: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Dark Renaissance: The Dangerous Times and Fatal Genius of Shakespeare’s Greatest Rival, Christopher Marlowe audiobook runs 9.8 hours unabridged, narrated by Edoardo Ballerini (about 6.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 9.8 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
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| 30 min / day | 20 days |
| 1 hour / day | 10 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 days |
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What our data says
- At 9.8 hours, it runs longer than 54% of the 7,179 World audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Edoardo Ballerini
Edoardo Ballerini narrates 448 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 4,500 hours in all.
About as long, on the World shelf
1,135 World 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
Dark Renaissance: The Dangerous Times and Fatal Genius of Shakespeare’s Greatest Rival, Christopher Marlowe is an audiobook by Stephen Greenblatt: a 9.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Edoardo Ballerini, released September 11, 2025, on the World and History & Culture shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 9.8 hrs
- Narrated by
- Edoardo Ballerini
- Released
- September 11, 2025
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- World, History & Culture, Europe
- ISBN
- 9781529977677
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Dark Renaissance: The Dangerous Times and Fatal Genius of Shakespeare’s Greatest Rival, Christopher Marlowe audiobook?
Dark Renaissance: The Dangerous Times and Fatal Genius of Shakespeare’s Greatest Rival, Christopher Marlowe runs 9.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.5 hours.
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Who narrates Dark Renaissance: The Dangerous Times and Fatal Genius of Shakespeare’s Greatest Rival, Christopher Marlowe?
Dark Renaissance: The Dangerous Times and Fatal Genius of Shakespeare’s Greatest Rival, Christopher Marlowe is narrated by Edoardo Ballerini.