How the Scots Invented the Modern World: The True Story of How Western Europe's Poorest Nation Created Our World and Everything in It: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the How the Scots Invented the Modern World: The True Story of How Western Europe's Poorest Nation Created Our World and Everything in It audiobook runs 18.4 hours unabridged, narrated by Robert Ian Mackenzie (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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What our data says
- At 18.4 hours, it runs longer than 95% of the 776 Military (Biography & Memoir) audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Robert Ian Mackenzie
Robert Ian Mackenzie narrates 18 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 211 hours in all.
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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
How the Scots Invented the Modern World: The True Story of How Western Europe's Poorest Nation Created Our World and Everything in It is an audiobook by Arthur Herman: a 18.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Robert Ian Mackenzie, released September 16, 2016, on the Military (Biography & Memoir) shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 18.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- Robert Ian Mackenzie
- Released
- September 16, 2016
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Military (Biography & Memoir)
- ISBN
- 9781501931086
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How long is the How the Scots Invented the Modern World: The True Story of How Western Europe's Poorest Nation Created Our World and Everything in It audiobook?
How the Scots Invented the Modern World: The True Story of How Western Europe's Poorest Nation Created Our World and Everything in It runs 18.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 12.3 hours.
Is the How the Scots Invented the Modern World: The True Story of How Western Europe's Poorest Nation Created Our World and Everything in It audiobook free?
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Who narrates How the Scots Invented the Modern World: The True Story of How Western Europe's Poorest Nation Created Our World and Everything in It?
How the Scots Invented the Modern World: The True Story of How Western Europe's Poorest Nation Created Our World and Everything in It is narrated by Robert Ian Mackenzie.
Is How the Scots Invented the Modern World: The True Story of How Western Europe's Poorest Nation Created Our World and Everything in It worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 12.3 hours, saving 6.1 hours.