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The Governor: My Life Inside Britain’s Most Notorious Prisons by Vanessa Frake

The Governor: My Life Inside Britain’s Most Notorious Prisons: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Governor: My Life Inside Britain’s Most Notorious Prisons runs 8.1 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Vanessa Frake (about 5.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

8.1listening hrs
Social Sciencestore shelf
2021released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 8.1 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Governor: My Life Inside Britain’s Most Notorious Prisons at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day17 days
1 hour / day9 days
2 hours / day5 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×6 days

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What our data says

  • At 8.1 hours, it runs longer than 50% of the 9,905 Social Science audiobooks in our catalog.

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 Governor: My Life Inside Britain’s Most Notorious Prisons is an audiobook by Vanessa Frake: a 8.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Vanessa Frake, released April 15, 2021, on the Social Science and Women shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
8.1 hrs
Narrated by
Vanessa Frake
Released
April 15, 2021
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Social Science, Women, Current Affairs, Law, & Politics
ISBN
9780008390075

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Governor: My Life Inside Britain’s Most Notorious Prisons as an audiobook?

The Governor: My Life Inside Britain’s Most Notorious Prisons runs 8.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.4 hours.

Is The Governor: My Life Inside Britain’s Most Notorious Prisons free as an audiobook?

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Who narrates The Governor: My Life Inside Britain’s Most Notorious Prisons?

The Governor: My Life Inside Britain’s Most Notorious Prisons is narrated by Vanessa Frake.