Foundation: The History of England from Its Earliest Beginnings to the Tudors: Audiobook
Book 1 of the History of England series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Foundation: The History of England from Its Earliest Beginnings to the Tudors audiobook runs 18.4 hours unabridged, narrated by Clive Chafer (about 12.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 18.4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 37 days |
| 1 hour / day | 19 days |
| 2 hours / day | 10 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 13 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 18.4 hours, it runs longer than 91% of the 7,179 World audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The History of England Series
This is book 1. Books 1 to 6 run 105.6 hours in all.
More narrated by Clive Chafer
Clive Chafer narrates 45 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 583 hours in all.
About as long, on the World shelf
432 World audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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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
Foundation: The History of England from Its Earliest Beginnings to the Tudors is book 1 of Peter Ackroyd's History of England series: a 18.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Clive Chafer, released January 12, 2015, on the World and Europe shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 18.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- Clive Chafer
- Released
- January 12, 2015
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- World, Europe
- Series
- The History of England Series #1
- ISBN
- 9781483046471
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Foundation: The History of England from Its Earliest Beginnings to the Tudors audiobook?
Foundation: The History of England from Its Earliest Beginnings to the Tudors runs 18.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 12.3 hours.
Is the Foundation: The History of England from Its Earliest Beginnings to the Tudors audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Foundation: The History of England from Its Earliest Beginnings to the Tudors?
Foundation: The History of England from Its Earliest Beginnings to the Tudors is narrated by Clive Chafer.
Is Foundation: The History of England from Its Earliest Beginnings to the Tudors worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 12.3 hours, saving 6.1 hours.