Empire: The Rise and Demise of the British World Order and the Lessons for Global Power: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Empire: The Rise and Demise of the British World Order and the Lessons for Global Power audiobook runs 15.3 hours unabridged, narrated by Sean Barrett (about 10.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 15.3 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 31 days |
| 1 hour / day | 16 days |
| 2 hours / day | 8 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 11 days |
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Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 15.3 hours, it runs longer than 84% of the 7,179 World audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Sean Barrett
Sean Barrett narrates 171 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,729 hours in all.
About as long, on the World shelf
668 World 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: The Rise and Demise of the British World Order and the Lessons for Global Power is an audiobook by Niall Ferguson: a 15.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Sean Barrett, released February 27, 2018, on the World shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 15.3 hrs
- Narrated by
- Sean Barrett
- Released
- February 27, 2018
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- World
- ISBN
- 9781538588284
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Empire: The Rise and Demise of the British World Order and the Lessons for Global Power audiobook?
Empire: The Rise and Demise of the British World Order and the Lessons for Global Power runs 15.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10.2 hours.
Is the Empire: The Rise and Demise of the British World Order and the Lessons for Global Power audiobook free?
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Who narrates Empire: The Rise and Demise of the British World Order and the Lessons for Global Power?
Empire: The Rise and Demise of the British World Order and the Lessons for Global Power is narrated by Sean Barrett.
Is Empire: The Rise and Demise of the British World Order and the Lessons for Global Power worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10.2 hours, saving 5.1 hours.