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The Island of Extraordinary Captives: A Painter, a Poet, an Heiress, and a Spy in a World War II British Internment Camp by Simon Parkin

The Island of Extraordinary Captives: A Painter, a Poet, an Heiress, and a Spy in a World War II British Internment Camp: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Island of Extraordinary Captives: A Painter, a Poet, an Heiress, and a Spy in a World War II British Internment Camp runs 12.8 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Elliot Fitzpatrick (about 8.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

12.8listening hrs
Worldstore shelf
2022released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 12.8 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Island of Extraordinary Captives: A Painter, a Poet, an Heiress, and a Spy in a World War II British Internment Camp at common listening paces
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30 min / day26 days
1 hour / day13 days
2 hours / day7 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×9 days

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What our data says

  • At 12.8 hours, it runs longer than 74% of the 7,179 World 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 Island of Extraordinary Captives: A Painter, a Poet, an Heiress, and a Spy in a World War II British Internment Camp is an audiobook by Simon Parkin: a 12.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Elliot Fitzpatrick, released November 1, 2022, on the World and Military (History) shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
12.8 hrs
Narrated by
Elliot Fitzpatrick
Released
November 1, 2022
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
World, Military (History)
ISBN
9781797142654

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Island of Extraordinary Captives: A Painter, a Poet, an Heiress, and a Spy in a World War II British Internment Camp as an audiobook?

The Island of Extraordinary Captives: A Painter, a Poet, an Heiress, and a Spy in a World War II British Internment Camp runs 12.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.5 hours.

Is The Island of Extraordinary Captives: A Painter, a Poet, an Heiress, and a Spy in a World War II British Internment Camp free as an audiobook?

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Who narrates The Island of Extraordinary Captives: A Painter, a Poet, an Heiress, and a Spy in a World War II British Internment Camp?

The Island of Extraordinary Captives: A Painter, a Poet, an Heiress, and a Spy in a World War II British Internment Camp is narrated by Elliot Fitzpatrick.

Is The Island of Extraordinary Captives: A Painter, a Poet, an Heiress, and a Spy in a World War II British Internment Camp worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.5 hours, saving 4.3 hours.