The Faraway Drums: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Faraway Drums runs 10.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Michael Healy (about 7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 10.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 21 days |
| 1 hour / day | 11 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 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 10.5 hours, it runs longer than 50% of the 13,430 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Michael Healy
Michael Healy narrates 29 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 297 hours in all.
About as long, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf
3,583 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 Faraway Drums is an audiobook by Jon Cleary: a 10.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Michael Healy, released December 1, 2013, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 10.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Michael Healy
- Released
- December 1, 2013
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Historical (Fiction)
- ISBN
- 9781620648209
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Faraway Drums as an audiobook?
The Faraway Drums runs 10.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7 hours.
Is The Faraway Drums free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Faraway Drums?
The Faraway Drums is narrated by Michael Healy.
Is The Faraway Drums worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7 hours, saving 3.5 hours.