Persian Fire: The First World Empire and the Battle for the West: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Persian Fire: The First World Empire and the Battle for the West audiobook runs 14.9 hours unabridged, narrated by Michael Page (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 83% of the 7,179 World audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Michael Page
Michael Page narrates 310 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,758 hours in all.
About as long, on the World shelf
707 World 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
Persian Fire: The First World Empire and the Battle for the West is an audiobook by Tom Holland: a 14.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Michael Page, released July 20, 2016, on the World and Ancient Civilizations shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 14.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Michael Page
- Released
- July 20, 2016
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- World, Ancient Civilizations
- ISBN
- 9781515976219
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Persian Fire: The First World Empire and the Battle for the West audiobook?
Persian Fire: The First World Empire and the Battle for the West runs 14.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.9 hours.
Is the Persian Fire: The First World Empire and the Battle for the West audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Persian Fire: The First World Empire and the Battle for the West?
Persian Fire: The First World Empire and the Battle for the West is narrated by Michael Page.
Is Persian Fire: The First World Empire and the Battle for the West worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.9 hours, saving 5 hours.