Fragile Cargo: China’s Wartime Race to Save the Treasures of the Forbidden City: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Fragile Cargo: China’s Wartime Race to Save the Treasures of the Forbidden City audiobook runs 12.4 hours unabridged, narrated by Adam Brookes (about 8.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12.4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 25 days |
| 1 hour / day | 13 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 12.4 hours, it runs longer than 69% of the 4,743 Military (History) audiobooks in our catalog.
About as long, on the Military (History) shelf
671 Military (History) 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
Fragile Cargo: China’s Wartime Race to Save the Treasures of the Forbidden City is an audiobook by Adam Brookes: a 12.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Adam Brookes, released September 1, 2022, on the Military (History) and Asia shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- Adam Brookes
- Released
- September 1, 2022
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Military (History), Asia
- ISBN
- 9781529197631
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Fragile Cargo: China’s Wartime Race to Save the Treasures of the Forbidden City audiobook?
Fragile Cargo: China’s Wartime Race to Save the Treasures of the Forbidden City runs 12.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.3 hours.
Is the Fragile Cargo: China’s Wartime Race to Save the Treasures of the Forbidden City audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Fragile Cargo: China’s Wartime Race to Save the Treasures of the Forbidden City?
Fragile Cargo: China’s Wartime Race to Save the Treasures of the Forbidden City is narrated by Adam Brookes.
Is Fragile Cargo: China’s Wartime Race to Save the Treasures of the Forbidden City worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.3 hours, saving 4.1 hours.