The General Danced at Dawn: Audiobook
Book 1 of the McAuslan Stories series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The General Danced at Dawn runs 6.2 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by David Monteath (about 4.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 6.2 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 13 days |
| 1 hour / day | 7 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 5 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 6.2 hours, it is shorter than 67% of the 5,087 Westerns & War audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The McAuslan Stories
This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 19.6 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The General Danced at Dawn | 6.2 hrs |
| 2 | McAuslan in the Rough | 6.4 hrs |
| 3 | The Sheikh and the Dustbin | 7.1 hrs |
More narrated by David Monteath
David Monteath narrates 95 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,061 hours in all.
About as long, on the Westerns & War shelf
624 Westerns & War 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 General Danced at Dawn is book 1 of George Macdonald Fraser's McAuslan Stories series: a 6.2-hour unabridged recording, read by David Monteath, released June 10, 2021, on the Westerns & War and Short Stories shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 6.2 hrs
- Narrated by
- David Monteath
- Released
- June 10, 2021
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Westerns & War, Short Stories
- Series
- The McAuslan Stories #1
- ISBN
- 9780008455088
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The General Danced at Dawn as an audiobook?
The General Danced at Dawn runs 6.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.1 hours.
Is The General Danced at Dawn free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The General Danced at Dawn?
The General Danced at Dawn is narrated by David Monteath.