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Heresy by S.J. Parris

Heresy: Audiobook

Book 1 of the Giordano Bruno series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Heresy audiobook runs 14.8 hours unabridged, narrated by Laurence Kennedy (about 9.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

14.8listening hrs
Historical (Fiction)store shelf
2013released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 14.8 hours of listening.

Days to finish Heresy at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day30 days
1 hour / day15 days
2 hours / day8 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×10 days

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What our data says

  • At 14.8 hours, it runs longer than 85% of the 13,430 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Giordano Bruno

This is book 1. Books 1 to 7 run 115.9 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1Heresy14.8 hrs
2Prophecy14.8 hrs
3Sacrilege16.5 hrs
4Treachery20 hrs
5Conspiracy16.3 hrs
6Execution16.6 hrs
7Alchemy17.1 hrs

About as long, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf

1,640 Historical (Fiction) 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

Heresy is book 1 of S.J. Parris's Giordano Bruno series: a 14.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Laurence Kennedy, released March 7, 2013, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
14.8 hrs
Narrated by
Laurence Kennedy
Released
March 7, 2013
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Historical (Fiction)
Series
Giordano Bruno #1
ISBN
9781471228094

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Heresy audiobook?

Heresy runs 14.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.8 hours.

Is the Heresy audiobook free?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates Heresy?

Heresy is narrated by Laurence Kennedy.

Is Heresy worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.8 hours, saving 4.9 hours.