The Inventor and the Tycoon: A Gilded Age Murder and the Birth of Moving Pictures: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Inventor and the Tycoon: A Gilded Age Murder and the Birth of Moving Pictures runs 15.3 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by John H. Mayer (about 10.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 15.3 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 31 days |
| 1 hour / day | 16 days |
| 2 hours / day | 8 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 11 days |
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What our data says
- At 15.3 hours, it runs longer than 93% of the 8,856 Arts & Entertainment audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by John H. Mayer
John H. Mayer narrates 60 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 491 hours in all.
About as long, on the Arts & Entertainment shelf
395 Arts & Entertainment 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 Inventor and the Tycoon: A Gilded Age Murder and the Birth of Moving Pictures is an audiobook by Edward Ball: a 15.3-hour unabridged recording, read by John H. Mayer, released January 22, 2013, on the Arts & Entertainment and True Crime shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 15.3 hrs
- Narrated by
- John H. Mayer
- Released
- January 22, 2013
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Arts & Entertainment, True Crime, The Americas
- ISBN
- 9780307876638
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Inventor and the Tycoon: A Gilded Age Murder and the Birth of Moving Pictures as an audiobook?
The Inventor and the Tycoon: A Gilded Age Murder and the Birth of Moving Pictures runs 15.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10.2 hours.
Is The Inventor and the Tycoon: A Gilded Age Murder and the Birth of Moving Pictures free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Inventor and the Tycoon: A Gilded Age Murder and the Birth of Moving Pictures?
The Inventor and the Tycoon: A Gilded Age Murder and the Birth of Moving Pictures is narrated by John H. Mayer.
Is The Inventor and the Tycoon: A Gilded Age Murder and the Birth of Moving Pictures worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10.2 hours, saving 5.1 hours.