Marius and the Band of Blood: Audiobook
Book 4 of the Tales from Schwartzgarten series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Marius and the Band of Blood audiobook runs 7 hours unabridged, narrated by Simon Shepherd (about 4.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 7 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 14 days |
| 1 hour / day | 7 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 5 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 7 hours, it runs longer than 93% of the 4,124 Humor audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Tales from Schwartzgarten
This is book 4. Books 1 to 3 run 18.8 hours before it; books 1 to 4 run 25.8 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Osbert the Avenger | 6.3 hrs |
| 2 | The Woebegone Twins | 6.5 hrs |
| 3 | The Lily-Livered Prince | 6 hrs |
| 4 | Marius and the Band of Blood | 7 hrs |
More narrated by Simon Shepherd
Simon Shepherd narrates 30 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 292 hours in all.
About as long, on the Humor shelf
194 Humor 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
Marius and the Band of Blood is book 4 of Christopher William Hill's Tales from Schwartzgarten series: a 7-hour unabridged recording, read by Simon Shepherd, released March 3, 2016, on the Humor shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 7 hrs
- Narrated by
- Simon Shepherd
- Released
- March 3, 2016
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Humor
- Series
- Tales from Schwartzgarten #4
- ISBN
- 9781510024700
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Marius and the Band of Blood audiobook?
Marius and the Band of Blood runs 7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.7 hours.
Is the Marius and the Band of Blood audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Marius and the Band of Blood?
Marius and the Band of Blood is narrated by Simon Shepherd.