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The Historians by Cecilia Ekbäck

The Historians: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Historians runs 11 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Saskia Maarleveld (about 7.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

11listening hrs
Historical (Fiction)store shelf
2020released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 11 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Historians at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day22 days
1 hour / day11 days
2 hours / day6 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×8 days

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What our data says

  • At 11 hours, it runs longer than 58% of the 13,430 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.

More narrated by Saskia Maarleveld

Saskia Maarleveld narrates 612 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 6,444 hours in all.

All Saskia Maarleveld audiobooks, measured

About as long, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf

3,519 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 Historians is an audiobook by Cecilia Ekbäck: a 11-hour unabridged recording, read by Saskia Maarleveld, released December 8, 2020, on the Legal & Political and Historical (Fiction) shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
11 hrs
Narrated by
Saskia Maarleveld
Released
December 8, 2020
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Legal & Political, Historical (Fiction)
ISBN
9781443462761

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Historians as an audiobook?

The Historians runs 11 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.4 hours.

Is The Historians free as an audiobook?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates The Historians?

The Historians is narrated by Saskia Maarleveld.

Is The Historians worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.4 hours, saving 3.7 hours.