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The Catalogue of Shipwrecked Books: Christopher Columbus, His Son, and the Quest to Build the World's Greatest Library by Edward Wilson-Lee

The Catalogue of Shipwrecked Books: Christopher Columbus, His Son, and the Quest to Build the World's Greatest Library: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Catalogue of Shipwrecked Books: Christopher Columbus, His Son, and the Quest to Build the World's Greatest Library runs 11.1 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Richard Trinder (about 7.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

11.1listening hrs
History & Culturestore shelf
2019released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

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30 min / day23 days
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2 hours / day6 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×8 days

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What our data says

  • At 11.1 hours, it runs longer than 73% 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 Catalogue of Shipwrecked Books: Christopher Columbus, His Son, and the Quest to Build the World's Greatest Library is an audiobook by Edward Wilson-Lee: a 11.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Richard Trinder, released March 12, 2019, on the History & Culture and Europe shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
11.1 hrs
Narrated by
Richard Trinder
Released
March 12, 2019
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
History & Culture, Europe
ISBN
9781508280484

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Catalogue of Shipwrecked Books: Christopher Columbus, His Son, and the Quest to Build the World's Greatest Library as an audiobook?

The Catalogue of Shipwrecked Books: Christopher Columbus, His Son, and the Quest to Build the World's Greatest Library runs 11.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.4 hours.

Is The Catalogue of Shipwrecked Books: Christopher Columbus, His Son, and the Quest to Build the World's Greatest Library free as an audiobook?

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Who narrates The Catalogue of Shipwrecked Books: Christopher Columbus, His Son, and the Quest to Build the World's Greatest Library?

The Catalogue of Shipwrecked Books: Christopher Columbus, His Son, and the Quest to Build the World's Greatest Library is narrated by Richard Trinder.

Is The Catalogue of Shipwrecked Books: Christopher Columbus, His Son, and the Quest to Build the World's Greatest Library worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.4 hours, saving 3.7 hours.