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The Sanctuary Sparrow: The Seventh Chronicle of Brother Cadfael by Ellis Peters

The Sanctuary Sparrow: The Seventh Chronicle of Brother Cadfael: Audiobook

Book 7 of the Chronicles of Brother Cadfael series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Sanctuary Sparrow: The Seventh Chronicle of Brother Cadfael runs 8.3 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Vanessa Benjamin (about 5.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

8.3listening hrs
Police & Detectivestore shelf
2011released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 8.3 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Sanctuary Sparrow: The Seventh Chronicle of Brother Cadfael at common listening paces
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30 min / day17 days
1 hour / day9 days
2 hours / day5 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×6 days

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What our data says

  • At 8.3 hours, it is shorter than 54% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf

5,642 Police & Detective 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 Sanctuary Sparrow: The Seventh Chronicle of Brother Cadfael is book 7 of Ellis Peters's Chronicles of Brother Cadfael series: a 8.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Vanessa Benjamin, released January 12, 2011, on the Police & Detective shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
8.3 hrs
Narrated by
Vanessa Benjamin
Released
January 12, 2011
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Police & Detective
Series
The Chronicles of Brother Cadfael #7
ISBN
9781481559133

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Sanctuary Sparrow: The Seventh Chronicle of Brother Cadfael as an audiobook?

The Sanctuary Sparrow: The Seventh Chronicle of Brother Cadfael runs 8.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.5 hours.

Is The Sanctuary Sparrow: The Seventh Chronicle of Brother Cadfael free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Sanctuary Sparrow: The Seventh Chronicle of Brother Cadfael?

The Sanctuary Sparrow: The Seventh Chronicle of Brother Cadfael is narrated by Vanessa Benjamin.