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Forged On The Frontier (1818-1849): The Emperor’s youth as an 1820 Settler, cockney farmer, brother of heroes, failed businessman, Mounted Rifleman, and scurrilous reprobate by Chirag Patel

Forged On The Frontier (1818-1849): The Emperor’s youth as an 1820 Settler, cockney farmer, brother of heroes, failed businessman, Mounted Rifleman, and scurrilous reprobate: Audiobook

Book 1 of the Unbelievable True Story of history’s strangest character, Norton I, Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Forged On The Frontier (1818-1849): The Emperor’s youth as an 1820 Settler, cockney farmer, brother of heroes, failed businessman, Mounted Rifleman, and scurrilous reprobate audiobook runs 10.3 hours unabridged, narrated by Chirag Patel (about 6.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

10.3listening hrs
History & Culturestore shelf
2021released
Free for new listeners

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What our data says

  • At 10.3 hours, it runs longer than 67% 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

Forged On The Frontier (1818-1849): The Emperor’s youth as an 1820 Settler, cockney farmer, brother of heroes, failed businessman, Mounted Rifleman, and scurrilous reprobate is book 1 of Chirag Patel's Unbelievable True Story of history’s strangest character, Norton I, Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico series: a 10.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Chirag Patel, released March 24, 2021, on the History & Culture and Africa shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
10.3 hrs
Narrated by
Chirag Patel
Released
March 24, 2021
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
History & Culture, Africa
Series
The Unbelievable True Story of history’s strangest character, Norton I, Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico #1
ISBN
9781662210792

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How long is the Forged On The Frontier (1818-1849): The Emperor’s youth as an 1820 Settler, cockney farmer, brother of heroes, failed businessman, Mounted Rifleman, and scurrilous reprobate audiobook?

Forged On The Frontier (1818-1849): The Emperor’s youth as an 1820 Settler, cockney farmer, brother of heroes, failed businessman, Mounted Rifleman, and scurrilous reprobate runs 10.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.9 hours.

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Who narrates Forged On The Frontier (1818-1849): The Emperor’s youth as an 1820 Settler, cockney farmer, brother of heroes, failed businessman, Mounted Rifleman, and scurrilous reprobate?

Forged On The Frontier (1818-1849): The Emperor’s youth as an 1820 Settler, cockney farmer, brother of heroes, failed businessman, Mounted Rifleman, and scurrilous reprobate is narrated by Chirag Patel.

Is Forged On The Frontier (1818-1849): The Emperor’s youth as an 1820 Settler, cockney farmer, brother of heroes, failed businessman, Mounted Rifleman, and scurrilous reprobate worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 6.9 hours, saving 3.4 hours.