The Sharpe’s Assassin: Audiobook
Book 21 of the Richard Sharpe Adventures series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Sharpe’s Assassin runs 10.3 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Rupert Farley (about 6.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 10.3 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 21 days |
| 1 hour / day | 11 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 days |
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What our data says
- At 10.3 hours, it is shorter than 52% of the 13,430 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Rupert Farley
Rupert Farley narrates 95 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 929 hours in all.
- Sharpe’s Rifles: The French Invasion of Galicia, January 1809
- Sharpe's Assassin: Richard Sharpe and the Occupation of Paris, 1815
- Sharpe's Tiger: The Siege of Seringapatam, 1799
- Sharpe’s Waterloo: The Waterloo Campaign, 15–18 June, 1815
- Three Perfect Liars
About as long, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf
3,538 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 Sharpe’s Assassin is book 21 of Bernard Cornwell's Richard Sharpe Adventures series: a 10.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Rupert Farley, released September 30, 2021, on the Suspense and Action & Adventure (Fiction) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 10.3 hrs
- Narrated by
- Rupert Farley
- Released
- September 30, 2021
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Suspense, Action & Adventure (Fiction), Historical (Fiction)
- Series
- The Richard Sharpe Adventures #21
- ISBN
- 9780008184063
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Sharpe’s Assassin as an audiobook?
The Sharpe’s Assassin runs 10.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.9 hours.
Is The Sharpe’s Assassin free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Sharpe’s Assassin?
The Sharpe’s Assassin is narrated by Rupert Farley.
Is The Sharpe’s Assassin worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 6.9 hours, saving 3.4 hours.