The Column of Burning Spices: Audiobook
Book 2 of the Hildegard of Bingen series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Column of Burning Spices runs 9.4 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Elizabeth Wiley (about 6.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 9.4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 19 days |
| 1 hour / day | 10 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 9.4 hours, it is shorter than 64% of the 13,430 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Hildegard of Bingen
This is book 2. Book 1 runs 10.3 hours before it; books 1 to 2 run 19.7 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Greenest Branch | 10.3 hrs |
| 2 | The Column of Burning Spices | 9.4 hrs |
More narrated by Elizabeth Wiley
Elizabeth Wiley narrates 195 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,100 hours in all.
About as long, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf
2,914 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 Column of Burning Spices is book 2 of P.K. Adams's Hildegard of Bingen series: a 9.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Elizabeth Wiley, released March 31, 2020, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 9.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- Elizabeth Wiley
- Released
- March 31, 2020
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Historical (Fiction)
- Series
- Hildegard of Bingen #2
- ISBN
- 9781541418561
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Column of Burning Spices as an audiobook?
The Column of Burning Spices runs 9.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.2 hours.
Is The Column of Burning Spices free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Column of Burning Spices?
The Column of Burning Spices is narrated by Elizabeth Wiley.