The Books Insiderindependent audiobook data
The Bloody Ground by Bernard Cornwell

The Bloody Ground: Audiobook

Book 4 of the Starbuck Chronicles series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Bloody Ground runs 14.3 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Ed Sala (about 9.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

14.3listening hrs
Historical (Fiction)store shelf
2011released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 14.3 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Bloody Ground at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day29 days
1 hour / day15 days
2 hours / day8 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×10 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 14.3 hours, it runs longer than 83% of the 13,430 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf

1,829 Historical (Fiction) 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 Bloody Ground is book 4 of Bernard Cornwell's Starbuck Chronicles series: a 14.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Ed Sala, released May 13, 2011, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
14.3 hrs
Narrated by
Ed Sala
Released
May 13, 2011
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Historical (Fiction)
Series
Starbuck Chronicles #4
ISBN
9781456123925

How to listen to The Bloody Ground free

New members at audiobooks.com get three free audiobooks with the trial.

Separately, the store's catalog carries more than 10,000 audiobooks that are always free to stream.

Start listening free

Questions listeners ask

How long is The Bloody Ground as an audiobook?

The Bloody Ground runs 14.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.5 hours.

Is The Bloody Ground free as an audiobook?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates The Bloody Ground?

The Bloody Ground is narrated by Ed Sala.

Is The Bloody Ground worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.5 hours, saving 4.8 hours.