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The Parthian by Peter Darman

The Parthian: Audiobook

Book 1 of the Parthian Chronicles series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Parthian runs 24.1 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Michael Page (about 16.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

24.1listening hrs
Historical (Fiction)store shelf
2018released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 24.1 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Parthian at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day49 days
1 hour / day25 days
2 hours / day13 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×17 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 24.1 hours, it runs longer than 97% of the 13,430 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Parthian Chronicles

This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 69.3 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1The Parthian24.1 hrs
2Parthian Dawn21.9 hrs
3Parthian Vengeance23.2 hrs

About as long, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf

233 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 Parthian is book 1 of Peter Darman's Parthian Chronicles series: a 24.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Michael Page, released April 24, 2018, on the Historical (Fiction) and Westerns & War shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
24.1 hrs
Narrated by
Michael Page
Released
April 24, 2018
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Historical (Fiction), Westerns & War
Series
Parthian Chronicles #1
ISBN
9781977374165

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Parthian as an audiobook?

The Parthian runs 24.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 16.1 hours.

Is The Parthian free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Parthian?

The Parthian is narrated by Michael Page.

Is The Parthian worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 16.1 hours, saving 8 hours.