The Bastille: The French Revolution: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Bastille: The French Revolution runs 11.4 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Robert Bethune (about 7.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 11.4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 23 days |
| 1 hour / day | 12 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 days |
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Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 11.4 hours, it runs longer than 64% of the 4,743 Military (History) audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Robert Bethune
Robert Bethune narrates 78 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 387 hours in all.
About as long, on the Military (History) shelf
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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 Bastille: The French Revolution is an audiobook by Thomas Carlyle: a 11.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Robert Bethune, released August 5, 2009, on the Military (History) and Europe shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 11.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- Robert Bethune
- Released
- August 5, 2009
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Military (History), Europe
- ISBN
- 9781933311487
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Bastille: The French Revolution as an audiobook?
The Bastille: The French Revolution runs 11.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.6 hours.
Is The Bastille: The French Revolution free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Bastille: The French Revolution?
The Bastille: The French Revolution is narrated by Robert Bethune.
Is The Bastille: The French Revolution worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.6 hours, saving 3.8 hours.