The Letter of Marque: Audiobook
Book 12 of the Aubrey/Maturin series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Letter of Marque runs 11.6 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Patrick Tull (about 7.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 11.6 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 24 days |
| 1 hour / day | 12 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 days |
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What our data says
- At 11.6 hours, it runs longer than 64% of the 13,430 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Aubrey/Maturin
This is book 12. Books 1 to 11 run 160.6 hours before it; books 1 to 21 run 265.7 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Master and Commander | 16.8 hrs |
| 2 | Post Captain | 19.5 hrs |
| 3 | H.M.S. Surprise | 15.9 hrs |
| 4 | The Mauritius Command | 14 hrs |
| 5 | Desolation Island | 13.1 hrs |
| 6 | The Fortune of War | 13.2 hrs |
| 7 | The Surgeon's Mate | 15.1 hrs |
| 8 | The Ionian Mission | 15.1 hrs |
| 9 | Treason's Harbour | 12.9 hrs |
| 10 | The Far Side of the World | 14.6 hrs |
| 11 | The Reverse of the Medal | 10.4 hrs |
| 12 | The Letter of Marque | 11.6 hrs |
More narrated by Patrick Tull
Patrick Tull narrates 56 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 622 hours in all.
About as long, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf
3,355 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 Letter of Marque is book 12 of Patrick O'brian's Aubrey/Maturin series: a 11.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Patrick Tull, released March 6, 2008, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 11.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- Patrick Tull
- Released
- March 6, 2008
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Historical (Fiction)
- Series
- Aubrey/Maturin #12
- ISBN
- 9781501992698
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Letter of Marque as an audiobook?
The Letter of Marque runs 11.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.7 hours.
Is The Letter of Marque free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Letter of Marque?
The Letter of Marque is narrated by Patrick Tull.
Is The Letter of Marque worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.7 hours, saving 3.9 hours.