The Empire: 'Wonderful. A lifelong love letter to the theatre' Reverend Richard Coles: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Empire: 'Wonderful. A lifelong love letter to the theatre' Reverend Richard Coles runs 11.2 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Michael Ball (about 7.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 11.2 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 23 days |
| 1 hour / day | 12 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 days |
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Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 11.2 hours, it runs longer than 60% of the 13,430 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Michael Ball
Michael Ball narrates 4 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 34 hours in all.
About as long, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf
3,418 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 Empire: 'Wonderful. A lifelong love letter to the theatre' Reverend Richard Coles is an audiobook by Michael Ball: a 11.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Michael Ball, released October 13, 2022, on the Historical (Fiction) and Historical (Romance) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 11.2 hrs
- Narrated by
- Michael Ball
- Released
- October 13, 2022
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Historical (Fiction), Historical (Romance), Action & Adventure (Fiction)
- ISBN
- 9781804180532
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Empire: 'Wonderful. A lifelong love letter to the theatre' Reverend Richard Coles as an audiobook?
The Empire: 'Wonderful. A lifelong love letter to the theatre' Reverend Richard Coles runs 11.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.5 hours.
Is The Empire: 'Wonderful. A lifelong love letter to the theatre' Reverend Richard Coles free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Empire: 'Wonderful. A lifelong love letter to the theatre' Reverend Richard Coles?
The Empire: 'Wonderful. A lifelong love letter to the theatre' Reverend Richard Coles is narrated by Michael Ball.
Is The Empire: 'Wonderful. A lifelong love letter to the theatre' Reverend Richard Coles worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.5 hours, saving 3.7 hours.