The Age of Louis XIV: A History of European Civilization in the Period of Pascal, Molière, Cromwell, Milton, Peter the Great, Newton, and Spinoza, 1648–1715: Audiobook
Book 8 of the Story of Civilization series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Age of Louis XIV: A History of European Civilization in the Period of Pascal, Molière, Cromwell, Milton, Peter the Great, Newton, and Spinoza, 1648–1715 runs 36.6 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Stefan Rudnicki (about 24.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 36.6 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 74 days |
| 1 hour / day | 37 days |
| 2 hours / day | 19 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 25 days |
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What our data says
- At 36.6 hours, it runs longer than 99% of the 7,179 World audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Story of Civilization
This is book 8. Books 1 to 7 run 303.4 hours before it; books 1 to 11 run 484.9 hours in all.
More narrated by Stefan Rudnicki
Stefan Rudnicki narrates 744 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 8,226 hours in all.
About as long, on the World shelf
45 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
The Age of Louis XIV: A History of European Civilization in the Period of Pascal, Molière, Cromwell, Milton, Peter the Great, Newton, and Spinoza, 1648–1715 is book 8 of Ariel Durant's Story of Civilization series: a 36.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Stefan Rudnicki, released March 15, 2015, on the World shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 36.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- Stefan Rudnicki
- Released
- March 15, 2015
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- World
- Series
- The Story of Civilization #8
- ISBN
- 9781481512725
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Age of Louis XIV: A History of European Civilization in the Period of Pascal, Molière, Cromwell, Milton, Peter the Great, Newton, and Spinoza, 1648–1715 as an audiobook?
The Age of Louis XIV: A History of European Civilization in the Period of Pascal, Molière, Cromwell, Milton, Peter the Great, Newton, and Spinoza, 1648–1715 runs 36.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 24.4 hours.
Is The Age of Louis XIV: A History of European Civilization in the Period of Pascal, Molière, Cromwell, Milton, Peter the Great, Newton, and Spinoza, 1648–1715 free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Age of Louis XIV: A History of European Civilization in the Period of Pascal, Molière, Cromwell, Milton, Peter the Great, Newton, and Spinoza, 1648–1715?
The Age of Louis XIV: A History of European Civilization in the Period of Pascal, Molière, Cromwell, Milton, Peter the Great, Newton, and Spinoza, 1648–1715 is narrated by Stefan Rudnicki.
Is The Age of Louis XIV: A History of European Civilization in the Period of Pascal, Molière, Cromwell, Milton, Peter the Great, Newton, and Spinoza, 1648–1715 worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 24.4 hours, saving 12.2 hours.