The Lessons of History: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Lessons of History runs 5.7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Grover Gardner (about 3.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 5.7 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 12 days |
| 1 hour / day | 6 days |
| 2 hours / day | 3 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 4 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 5.7 hours, it is shorter than 73% of the 3,859 World audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Grover Gardner
Grover Gardner narrates 257 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,804 hours in all.
About as long, on the World shelf
173 World audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Computed from 170,512 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read October 21, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
The Lessons of History is an audiobook by Ariel Durant and Will Durant: a 5.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Grover Gardner, released March 21, 2013, on the World shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 5.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- Grover Gardner
- Released
- March 21, 2013
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- World
- ISBN
- 9781572706408
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Lessons of History as an audiobook?
The Lessons of History runs 5.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3.8 hours.
Is The Lessons of History free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Lessons of History?
The Lessons of History is narrated by Grover Gardner.