The Matter of the North: How the north of England shaped modern Britain: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Matter of the North: How the north of England shaped modern Britain runs 5.9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Joan Bakewell and Maxine Peake and others (about 3.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 5.9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
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| 30 min / day | 12 days |
| 1 hour / day | 6 days |
| 2 hours / day | 3 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 4 days |
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What our data says
- At 5.9 hours, it is shorter than 64% of the 3,272 Europe audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Joan Bakewell
Joan Bakewell narrates 5 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 57 hours in all.
About as long, on the Europe shelf
150 Europe 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 Matter of the North: How the north of England shaped modern Britain is an audiobook by Melvyn Bragg: a 5.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Joan Bakewell, Maxine Peake and Simon Armitage and others, released October 7, 2021, on the Europe shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 5.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Joan Bakewell, Maxine Peake, Simon Armitage, Judi Dench, Melvyn Bragg
- Released
- October 7, 2021
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Europe
- ISBN
- 9781529142174
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Matter of the North: How the north of England shaped modern Britain as an audiobook?
The Matter of the North: How the north of England shaped modern Britain runs 5.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3.9 hours.
Is The Matter of the North: How the north of England shaped modern Britain free as an audiobook?
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Who narrates The Matter of the North: How the north of England shaped modern Britain?
The Matter of the North: How the north of England shaped modern Britain is narrated by Joan Bakewell, Maxine Peake, Simon Armitage and Judi Dench and others.