Fire and Light: How the Enlightenment Transformed Our World: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Fire and Light: How the Enlightenment Transformed Our World audiobook runs 14.6 hours unabridged, narrated by Norman Dietz (about 9.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 14.6 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 |
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What our data says
- At 14.6 hours, it runs longer than 82% of the 7,179 World audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Norman Dietz
Norman Dietz narrates 137 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,621 hours in all.
About as long, on the World shelf
752 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
Fire and Light: How the Enlightenment Transformed Our World is an audiobook by James MacGregor Burns: a 14.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Norman Dietz, released October 29, 2013, on the World shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 14.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- Norman Dietz
- Released
- October 29, 2013
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- World
- ISBN
- 9781452686202
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Fire and Light: How the Enlightenment Transformed Our World audiobook?
Fire and Light: How the Enlightenment Transformed Our World runs 14.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.7 hours.
Is the Fire and Light: How the Enlightenment Transformed Our World audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Fire and Light: How the Enlightenment Transformed Our World?
Fire and Light: How the Enlightenment Transformed Our World is narrated by Norman Dietz.
Is Fire and Light: How the Enlightenment Transformed Our World worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.7 hours, saving 4.9 hours.