The Donnellys: Powder Keg: 1840-1880: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Comprehensive Donnellys series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Donnellys: Powder Keg: 1840-1880 runs 12.2 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Gareth Richards (about 8.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12.2 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 25 days |
| 1 hour / day | 13 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 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 12.2 hours, it runs longer than 81% of the 2,718 True Crime audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Comprehensive Donnellys
This is book 1. Books 1 to 2 run 21.8 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Donnellys: Powder Keg: 1840-1880 | 12.2 hrs |
| 2 | The Donnellys: Massacre, Trial, and Aftermath: 1880-1916 | 9.6 hrs |
More narrated by Gareth Richards
Gareth Richards narrates 59 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 427 hours in all.
About as long, on the True Crime shelf
398 True Crime audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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- The Library Book
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 Donnellys: Powder Keg: 1840-1880 is book 1 of John Little's Comprehensive Donnellys series: a 12.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Gareth Richards, released November 2, 2021, on the True Crime shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12.2 hrs
- Narrated by
- Gareth Richards
- Released
- November 2, 2021
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- True Crime
- Series
- Comprehensive Donnellys #1
- ISBN
- 9781666149685
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Donnellys: Powder Keg: 1840-1880 as an audiobook?
The Donnellys: Powder Keg: 1840-1880 runs 12.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.1 hours.
Is The Donnellys: Powder Keg: 1840-1880 free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Donnellys: Powder Keg: 1840-1880?
The Donnellys: Powder Keg: 1840-1880 is narrated by Gareth Richards.
Is The Donnellys: Powder Keg: 1840-1880 worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.1 hours, saving 4.1 hours.