Lay Down My Sword and Shield: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Lay Down My Sword and Shield audiobook runs 9.5 hours unabridged, narrated by Will Patton (about 6.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 9.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 19 days |
| 1 hour / day | 10 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 days |
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What our data says
- At 9.5 hours, it is shorter than 55% of the 919 Legal & Political audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Will Patton
Will Patton narrates 35 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 346 hours in all.
About as long, on the Legal & Political shelf
209 Legal & Political audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Other recordings
- The 2013 recording read by Tom Stechschulte runs 0.4 hours shorter (9.1 hours).
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
Lay Down My Sword and Shield is an audiobook by James Lee Burke: a 9.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Will Patton, released February 16, 2010, on the Legal & Political shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 9.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Will Patton
- Released
- February 16, 2010
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Legal & Political
- ISBN
- 9781442303713
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Lay Down My Sword and Shield audiobook?
Lay Down My Sword and Shield runs 9.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.3 hours.
Is the Lay Down My Sword and Shield audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Lay Down My Sword and Shield?
Lay Down My Sword and Shield is narrated by Will Patton.