Governing a Continent: Audiobook
Book 2 of the Persian Imperium series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Governing a Continent audiobook runs 8.8 hours unabridged, narrated by AI Voice Santiago Machain (about 5.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 8.8 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 18 days |
| 1 hour / day | 9 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 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 8.8 hours, it runs longer than 77% of the 1,484 Ancient Civilizations audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Persian Imperium
This is book 2. Book 1 runs 7.6 hours before it; books 1 to 3 run 24.4 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Founding an Empire | 7.6 hrs |
| 2 | Governing a Continent | 8.8 hrs |
| 3 | The Persian Continuum | 8 hrs |
More narrated by AI Voice Santiago Machain
AI Voice Santiago Machain narrates 62 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 304 hours in all.
About as long, on the Ancient Civilizations shelf
109 Ancient Civilizations 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
Governing a Continent is book 2 of Santiago Machain's Persian Imperium series: a 8.8-hour unabridged recording, read by AI Voice Santiago Machain, released November 9, 2025, on the Ancient Civilizations and Asia shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.8 hrs
- Narrated by
- AI Voice Santiago Machain
- Released
- November 9, 2025
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Ancient Civilizations, Asia
- Series
- The Persian Imperium #2
- ISBN
- 9798295353550
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Governing a Continent audiobook?
Governing a Continent runs 8.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.9 hours.
Is the Governing a Continent audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Governing a Continent?
Governing a Continent is narrated by AI Voice Santiago Machain.