Hero of the Empire: The Boer War, a Daring Escape, and the Making of Winston Churchill: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Hero of the Empire: The Boer War, a Daring Escape, and the Making of Winston Churchill audiobook runs 10.3 hours unabridged, narrated by Simon Vance (about 6.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 10.3 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 21 days |
| 1 hour / day | 11 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 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 10.3 hours, it runs longer than 57% of the 1,569 Law & Politics audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Simon Vance
Simon Vance narrates 334 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,407 hours in all.
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About as long, on the Law & Politics shelf
271 Law & Politics audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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Computed from 170,512 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read October 21, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
Hero of the Empire: The Boer War, a Daring Escape, and the Making of Winston Churchill is an audiobook by Candice Millard: a 10.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Simon Vance, released September 20, 2016, on the Law & Politics shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 10.3 hrs
- Narrated by
- Simon Vance
- Released
- September 20, 2016
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Law & Politics
- ISBN
- 9780307987945
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Hero of the Empire: The Boer War, a Daring Escape, and the Making of Winston Churchill audiobook?
Hero of the Empire: The Boer War, a Daring Escape, and the Making of Winston Churchill runs 10.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.8 hours.
Is the Hero of the Empire: The Boer War, a Daring Escape, and the Making of Winston Churchill audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Hero of the Empire: The Boer War, a Daring Escape, and the Making of Winston Churchill?
Hero of the Empire: The Boer War, a Daring Escape, and the Making of Winston Churchill is narrated by Simon Vance.
Is Hero of the Empire: The Boer War, a Daring Escape, and the Making of Winston Churchill worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 6.8 hours, saving 3.4 hours.