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Fortunes of War: A BBC Radio 4 Full cast dramatisation of the complete Balkan Trilogy by Olivia Manning

Fortunes of War: A BBC Radio 4 Full cast dramatisation of the complete Balkan Trilogy: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Fortunes of War: A BBC Radio 4 Full cast dramatisation of the complete Balkan Trilogy audiobook runs 5.6 hours unabridged, narrated by James Fleet and Khalid Abdalla and others (about 3.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

5.6listening hrs
Contemporary Womenstore shelf
2022released
Free for new listeners

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What our data says

  • At 5.6 hours, it is shorter than 91% of the 13,058 Contemporary Women audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Contemporary Women shelf

637 Contemporary Women audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:

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About this listen

Fortunes of War: A BBC Radio 4 Full cast dramatisation of the complete Balkan Trilogy is an audiobook by Olivia Manning: a 5.6-hour unabridged recording, read by James Fleet, Khalid Abdalla and Alex Wyndham and others, released March 10, 2022, on the Contemporary Women shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
5.6 hrs
Narrated by
James Fleet, Khalid Abdalla, Alex Wyndham, Honeysuckle Weeks, Joanna Lumley, John Rowe
Released
March 10, 2022
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Contemporary Women
ISBN
9781529142488

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Fortunes of War: A BBC Radio 4 Full cast dramatisation of the complete Balkan Trilogy audiobook?

Fortunes of War: A BBC Radio 4 Full cast dramatisation of the complete Balkan Trilogy runs 5.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3.8 hours.

Is the Fortunes of War: A BBC Radio 4 Full cast dramatisation of the complete Balkan Trilogy audiobook free?

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Who narrates Fortunes of War: A BBC Radio 4 Full cast dramatisation of the complete Balkan Trilogy?

Fortunes of War: A BBC Radio 4 Full cast dramatisation of the complete Balkan Trilogy is narrated by James Fleet, Khalid Abdalla, Alex Wyndham and Honeysuckle Weeks and others.