Empire of Sand: How Britain Made the Middle East: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Empire of Sand: How Britain Made the Middle East audiobook runs 15 hours unabridged, narrated by Derek Perkins (about 10 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 15 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 30 days |
| 1 hour / day | 15 days |
| 2 hours / day | 8 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 10 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 15 hours, it runs longer than 83% of the 3,272 Europe audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Derek Perkins
Derek Perkins narrates 328 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,800 hours in all.
About as long, on the Europe shelf
326 Europe 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
Empire of Sand: How Britain Made the Middle East is an audiobook by Walter Reid: a 15-hour unabridged recording, read by Derek Perkins, released August 16, 2022, on the Europe shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 15 hrs
- Narrated by
- Derek Perkins
- Released
- August 16, 2022
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Europe
- ISBN
- 9781666199222
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Empire of Sand: How Britain Made the Middle East audiobook?
Empire of Sand: How Britain Made the Middle East runs 15 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10 hours.
Is the Empire of Sand: How Britain Made the Middle East audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Empire of Sand: How Britain Made the Middle East?
Empire of Sand: How Britain Made the Middle East is narrated by Derek Perkins.
Is Empire of Sand: How Britain Made the Middle East worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10 hours, saving 5 hours.