On a Making Tide: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Nelson series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the On a Making Tide audiobook runs 14.9 hours unabridged, narrated by Jonathan Keeble (about 9.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 14.9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 30 days |
| 1 hour / day | 15 days |
| 2 hours / day | 8 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 10 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 14.9 hours, it runs longer than 89% of the 6,730 Action & Adventure (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Nelson
This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 41.7 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | On a Making Tide | 14.9 hrs |
| 2 | Tested by Fate | 14.4 hrs |
| 3 | Breaking the Line | 12.5 hrs |
More narrated by Jonathan Keeble
Jonathan Keeble narrates 378 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 4,136 hours in all.
About as long, on the Action & Adventure (Fiction) shelf
530 Action & Adventure (Fiction) 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
On a Making Tide is book 1 of David Donachie's Nelson series: a 14.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Jonathan Keeble, released August 1, 2011, on the Action & Adventure (Fiction) shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 14.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Jonathan Keeble
- Released
- August 1, 2011
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Action & Adventure (Fiction)
- Series
- Nelson #1
- ISBN
- 9781407928029
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the On a Making Tide audiobook?
On a Making Tide runs 14.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.9 hours.
Is the On a Making Tide audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates On a Making Tide?
On a Making Tide is narrated by Jonathan Keeble.
Is On a Making Tide worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.9 hours, saving 5 hours.