Merchant Kings: When Companies Ruled the World, 1600-1900: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Merchant Kings: When Companies Ruled the World, 1600-1900 audiobook runs 9.9 hours unabridged, narrated by Malcolm Hillgartner (about 6.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 9.9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 20 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 9.9 hours, it runs longer than 55% of the 7,179 World audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Malcolm Hillgartner
Malcolm Hillgartner narrates 285 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,361 hours in all.
About as long, on the World shelf
1,148 World audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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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
Merchant Kings: When Companies Ruled the World, 1600-1900 is an audiobook by Stephen R. Bown: a 9.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Malcolm Hillgartner, released January 25, 2022, on the World shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 9.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Malcolm Hillgartner
- Released
- January 25, 2022
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- World
- ISBN
- 9781666186161
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Merchant Kings: When Companies Ruled the World, 1600-1900 audiobook?
Merchant Kings: When Companies Ruled the World, 1600-1900 runs 9.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.6 hours.
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Who narrates Merchant Kings: When Companies Ruled the World, 1600-1900?
Merchant Kings: When Companies Ruled the World, 1600-1900 is narrated by Malcolm Hillgartner.