The Elite: The Story of Special Forces – From Ancient Sparta to the Gulf War: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Elite: The Story of Special Forces – From Ancient Sparta to the Gulf War runs 13.3 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Peter Noble (about 8.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 13.3 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 27 days |
| 1 hour / day | 14 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 13.3 hours, it runs longer than 92% of the 479 Travel Tips audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Peter Noble
Peter Noble narrates 140 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,788 hours in all.
About as long, on the Travel Tips shelf
29 Travel Tips audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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Computed from 170,512 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read October 21, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
The Elite: The Story of Special Forces – From Ancient Sparta to the Gulf War is an audiobook by Ranulph Fiennes: a 13.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Peter Noble, released October 17, 2019, on the Travel Tips shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 13.3 hrs
- Narrated by
- Peter Noble
- Released
- October 17, 2019
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Travel Tips
- ISBN
- 9781528866996
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Elite: The Story of Special Forces – From Ancient Sparta to the Gulf War as an audiobook?
The Elite: The Story of Special Forces – From Ancient Sparta to the Gulf War runs 13.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.8 hours.
Is The Elite: The Story of Special Forces – From Ancient Sparta to the Gulf War free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Elite: The Story of Special Forces – From Ancient Sparta to the Gulf War?
The Elite: The Story of Special Forces – From Ancient Sparta to the Gulf War is narrated by Peter Noble.
Is The Elite: The Story of Special Forces – From Ancient Sparta to the Gulf War worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.8 hours, saving 4.4 hours.