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Our Oriental Heritage by Will Durant

Our Oriental Heritage: Audiobook

by Will Durant · narrated by Robin Field · unabridged · 2013

Book 1 of the Story of Civilization series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Our Oriental Heritage audiobook runs 50.3 hours unabridged, narrated by Robin Field (about 33.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

50.3listening hrs
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2013released
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What our data says

  • At 50.3 hours, it runs longer than 100% of the 7,179 World audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on The Story of Civilization

This is book 1. Books 1 to 11 run 484.9 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1Our Oriental Heritage50.3 hrs
2The Life of Greece: A History of Greek Civilization from the Beginnings, and of Civilization in the Near East from the Death of Alexander, to the Roman Conquest32.6 hrs
3Caesar and Christ: A History of Roman Civilization and of Christianity from Their Beginnings to AD 32536.6 hrs
4The Age of Faith: A History of Medieval Civilization (Christian, Islamic, and Judaic) from Constantine to Dante, AD 325–130061.6 hrs
5The Renaissance: A History of Civilization in Italy from 1304–1576 AD37.3 hrs
6The Reformation: A History of European Civilization from Wycliffe to Calvin, 1300–156450.1 hrs
7The Age of Reason Begins: A History of European Civilization in the Period of Shakespeare, Bacon, Montaigne, Rembrandt, Galileo, and Descartes: 1558–164834.9 hrs
8The Age of Louis XIV: A History of European Civilization in the Period of Pascal, Molière, Cromwell, Milton, Peter the Great, Newton, and Spinoza, 1648–171536.6 hrs
9The Age of Voltaire: A History of Civlization in Western Europe from 1715 to 1756, with Special Emphasis on the Conflict between Religion and Philosophy43 hrs
10Rousseau and Revolution: A History of Civilization in France, England, and Germany from 1756, and in the Remainder of Europe from 1715 to 178957.4 hrs
11The Age of Napoleon: A History of European Civilization from 1789 to 181544.5 hrs

More narrated by Robin Field

Robin Field narrates 43 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 424 hours in all.

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About as long, on the World shelf

16 World audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:

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About this listen

Our Oriental Heritage is book 1 of Will Durant's Story of Civilization series: a 50.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Robin Field, released October 15, 2013, on the World shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
50.3 hrs
Narrated by
Robin Field
Released
October 15, 2013
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
World
Series
The Story of Civilization #1
ISBN
9781483073545

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Our Oriental Heritage audiobook?

Our Oriental Heritage runs 50.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 33.5 hours.

Is the Our Oriental Heritage audiobook free?

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Who narrates Our Oriental Heritage?

Our Oriental Heritage is narrated by Robin Field.

Is Our Oriental Heritage worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 33.5 hours, saving 16.8 hours.