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The Achaemenid Persian Empire’s Most Famous Kings: The Lives and Reigns of Cyrus the Great, Darius the Great, and Xerxes I by Charles River Editors

The Achaemenid Persian Empire’s Most Famous Kings: The Lives and Reigns of Cyrus the Great, Darius the Great, and Xerxes I: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Achaemenid Persian Empire’s Most Famous Kings: The Lives and Reigns of Cyrus the Great, Darius the Great, and Xerxes I runs 3.9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Jim Johnston (about 2.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

3.9listening hrs
History & Culturestore shelf
2019released
Free for new listeners

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What our data says

  • At 3.9 hours, it is shorter than 83% of the 5,224 History & Culture audiobooks in our catalog.

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

The Achaemenid Persian Empire’s Most Famous Kings: The Lives and Reigns of Cyrus the Great, Darius the Great, and Xerxes I is an audiobook by Charles River Editors: a 3.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Jim Johnston, released November 20, 2019, on the History & Culture and Ancient Civilizations shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
3.9 hrs
Narrated by
Jim Johnston
Released
November 20, 2019
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
History & Culture, Ancient Civilizations
ISBN
9781094220147

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Achaemenid Persian Empire’s Most Famous Kings: The Lives and Reigns of Cyrus the Great, Darius the Great, and Xerxes I as an audiobook?

The Achaemenid Persian Empire’s Most Famous Kings: The Lives and Reigns of Cyrus the Great, Darius the Great, and Xerxes I runs 3.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 2.6 hours.

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Who narrates The Achaemenid Persian Empire’s Most Famous Kings: The Lives and Reigns of Cyrus the Great, Darius the Great, and Xerxes I?

The Achaemenid Persian Empire’s Most Famous Kings: The Lives and Reigns of Cyrus the Great, Darius the Great, and Xerxes I is narrated by Jim Johnston.