The Face of Britain: The Nation through Its Portraits: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Face of Britain: The Nation through Its Portraits runs 14.4 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Roy McMillan and Simon Schama (about 9.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 14.4 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 14.4 hours, it runs longer than 92% of the 8,856 Arts & Entertainment audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Roy McMillan
Roy McMillan narrates 69 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 626 hours in all.
About as long, on the Arts & Entertainment shelf
465 Arts & Entertainment 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 Face of Britain: The Nation through Its Portraits is an audiobook by Simon Schama: a 14.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Roy McMillan and Simon Schama, released September 16, 2015, on the Arts & Entertainment and Europe shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 14.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- Roy McMillan, Simon Schama
- Released
- September 16, 2015
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Arts & Entertainment, Europe
- ISBN
- 9780241974674
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Face of Britain: The Nation through Its Portraits as an audiobook?
The Face of Britain: The Nation through Its Portraits runs 14.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.6 hours.
Is The Face of Britain: The Nation through Its Portraits free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Face of Britain: The Nation through Its Portraits?
The Face of Britain: The Nation through Its Portraits is narrated by Roy McMillan and Simon Schama.
Is The Face of Britain: The Nation through Its Portraits worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.6 hours, saving 4.8 hours.