The Purple Emperor: Audiobook
Book 2 of the Faerie Wars Chronicles series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Purple Emperor runs 12.3 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Gerard Doyle (about 8.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12.3 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 25 days |
| 1 hour / day | 13 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 12.3 hours, it runs longer than 98% of the 37,584 Kids audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Faerie Wars Chronicles
This is book 2. Book 1 runs 11.1 hours before it; books 1 to 2 run 23.4 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Faerie Wars | 11.1 hrs |
| 2 | The Purple Emperor | 12.3 hrs |
More narrated by Gerard Doyle
Gerard Doyle narrates 168 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,669 hours in all.
- Eldest: Inheritance, Book II
- Inheritance
- Murtagh: The World of Eragon
- The Fork, the Witch, and the Worm: Volume 1, Eragon
- The Looking Glass Wars
About as long, on the Kids shelf
592 Kids 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 Purple Emperor is book 2 of Herbie Brennan's Faerie Wars Chronicles series: a 12.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Gerard Doyle, released March 10, 2008, on the Kids shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12.3 hrs
- Narrated by
- Gerard Doyle
- Released
- March 10, 2008
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Kids
- Series
- Faerie Wars Chronicles #2
- ISBN
- 9781440798030
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Purple Emperor as an audiobook?
The Purple Emperor runs 12.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.2 hours.
Is The Purple Emperor free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Purple Emperor?
The Purple Emperor is narrated by Gerard Doyle.
Is The Purple Emperor worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.2 hours, saving 4.1 hours.