The East Indiaman: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Percival Merewether series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The East Indiaman runs 14.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Steven Crossley (about 9.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 14.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 29 days |
| 1 hour / day | 15 days |
| 2 hours / day | 8 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 10 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 14.5 hours, it runs longer than 85% of the 13,430 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Percival Merewether
This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 43.4 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The East Indiaman | 14.5 hrs |
| 2 | On the Company's Service | 14.2 hrs |
| 3 | For King and Company | 14.6 hrs |
More narrated by Steven Crossley
Steven Crossley narrates 290 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,468 hours in all.
About as long, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf
1,713 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- Before We Were Yours
- The Women
- The Four Winds
- The Giver of Stars: Reese's Book Club
- The Alice Network
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 East Indiaman is book 1 of Ellis K. Meacham's Percival Merewether series: a 14.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Steven Crossley, released May 9, 2017, on the Historical (Fiction) and Westerns & War shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 14.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Steven Crossley
- Released
- May 9, 2017
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Historical (Fiction), Westerns & War
- Series
- Percival Merewether #1
- ISBN
- 9781541474130
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The East Indiaman as an audiobook?
The East Indiaman runs 14.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.7 hours.
Is The East Indiaman free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The East Indiaman?
The East Indiaman is narrated by Steven Crossley.
Is The East Indiaman worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.7 hours, saving 4.8 hours.