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The Life of Herod the Great by Deborah G. Plant, Zora Neale Hurston

The Life of Herod the Great: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Life of Herod the Great runs 12.1 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Blair Underwood and Robin Miles (about 8.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

12.1listening hrs
Historical (Fiction)store shelf
2025released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 12.1 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Life of Herod the Great at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day25 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 12.1 hours, it runs longer than 69% of the 13,430 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf

3,001 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 Life of Herod the Great is an audiobook by Deborah G. Plant and Zora Neale Hurston: a 12.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Blair Underwood and Robin Miles, released January 7, 2025, on the Historical (Fiction) and BIPOC Stories & Voices shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
12.1 hrs
Narrated by
Blair Underwood, Robin Miles
Released
January 7, 2025
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Historical (Fiction), BIPOC Stories & Voices, Fairy Tales & Folklore (Literature)
ISBN
9780063161030

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Life of Herod the Great as an audiobook?

The Life of Herod the Great runs 12.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.1 hours.

Is The Life of Herod the Great free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Life of Herod the Great?

The Life of Herod the Great is narrated by Blair Underwood and Robin Miles.

Is The Life of Herod the Great worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.1 hours, saving 4 hours.