The Book Smugglers of Timbuktu: The Quest for this Storied City and the Race to Save Its Treasures: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Book Smugglers of Timbuktu: The Quest for this Storied City and the Race to Save Its Treasures runs 11 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Jonathan Keeble (about 7.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 11 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 22 days |
| 1 hour / day | 11 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 days |
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What our data says
- At 11 hours, it runs longer than 69% of the 8,990 Current Affairs, Law, & Politics audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Jonathan Keeble
Jonathan Keeble narrates 378 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 4,136 hours in all.
About as long, on the Current Affairs, Law, & Politics shelf
1,528 Current Affairs, Law, & Politics 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 Book Smugglers of Timbuktu: The Quest for this Storied City and the Race to Save Its Treasures is an audiobook by Charlie English: a 11-hour unabridged recording, read by Jonathan Keeble, released May 4, 2017, on the Current Affairs, Law, & Politics and History & Culture shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 11 hrs
- Narrated by
- Jonathan Keeble
- Released
- May 4, 2017
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Current Affairs, Law, & Politics, History & Culture, Africa
- ISBN
- 9780008181918
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Book Smugglers of Timbuktu: The Quest for this Storied City and the Race to Save Its Treasures as an audiobook?
The Book Smugglers of Timbuktu: The Quest for this Storied City and the Race to Save Its Treasures runs 11 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.3 hours.
Is The Book Smugglers of Timbuktu: The Quest for this Storied City and the Race to Save Its Treasures free as an audiobook?
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Who narrates The Book Smugglers of Timbuktu: The Quest for this Storied City and the Race to Save Its Treasures?
The Book Smugglers of Timbuktu: The Quest for this Storied City and the Race to Save Its Treasures is narrated by Jonathan Keeble.
Is The Book Smugglers of Timbuktu: The Quest for this Storied City and the Race to Save Its Treasures worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.3 hours, saving 3.7 hours.