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The Medici: Power, Money, and Ambition in the Italian Renaissance by Paul Strathern

The Medici: Power, Money, and Ambition in the Italian Renaissance: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Medici: Power, Money, and Ambition in the Italian Renaissance runs 16.4 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Derek Perkins (about 10.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

16.4listening hrs
Arts & Entertainmentstore shelf
2016released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 16.4 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Medici: Power, Money, and Ambition in the Italian Renaissance at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day33 days
1 hour / day17 days
2 hours / day9 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×11 days

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What our data says

  • At 16.4 hours, it runs longer than 95% of the 8,856 Arts & Entertainment audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Arts & Entertainment shelf

339 Arts & Entertainment 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 Medici: Power, Money, and Ambition in the Italian Renaissance is an audiobook by Paul Strathern: a 16.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Derek Perkins, released March 15, 2016, on the Arts & Entertainment and Europe shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
16.4 hrs
Narrated by
Derek Perkins
Released
March 15, 2016
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Arts & Entertainment, Europe
ISBN
9781494587161

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Medici: Power, Money, and Ambition in the Italian Renaissance as an audiobook?

The Medici: Power, Money, and Ambition in the Italian Renaissance runs 16.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10.9 hours.

Is The Medici: Power, Money, and Ambition in the Italian Renaissance free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Medici: Power, Money, and Ambition in the Italian Renaissance?

The Medici: Power, Money, and Ambition in the Italian Renaissance is narrated by Derek Perkins.

Is The Medici: Power, Money, and Ambition in the Italian Renaissance worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10.9 hours, saving 5.5 hours.