The First Rebellion: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Waverley Women series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The First Rebellion runs 5.9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Vanessa Benjamin (about 4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 5.9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 12 days |
| 1 hour / day | 6 days |
| 2 hours / day | 3 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 4 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 5.9 hours, it is shorter than 79% of the 9,636 Historical (Romance) audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Waverley Women Series
This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 16.6 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The First Rebellion | 5.9 hrs |
| 2 | Silken Bonds | 5.5 hrs |
| 3 | The Love Match | 5.1 hrs |
More narrated by Vanessa Benjamin
Vanessa Benjamin narrates 34 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 260 hours in all.
About as long, on the Historical (Romance) shelf
721 Historical (Romance) 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 First Rebellion is book 1 of M. C. Beaton's Waverley Women series: a 5.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Vanessa Benjamin, released April 15, 2014, on the Historical (Romance) shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 5.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Vanessa Benjamin
- Released
- April 15, 2014
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Historical (Romance)
- Series
- The Waverley Women Series #1
- ISBN
- 9781482970890
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The First Rebellion as an audiobook?
The First Rebellion runs 5.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4 hours.
Is The First Rebellion free as an audiobook?
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Who narrates The First Rebellion?
The First Rebellion is narrated by Vanessa Benjamin.