The Shortest History of China: From the Ancient Dynasties to a Modern Superpower - A Retelling for Our Times: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Shortest History of China: From the Ancient Dynasties to a Modern Superpower - A Retelling for Our Times runs 7.2 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Nancy Wu (about 4.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 7.2 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
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| 30 min / day | 15 days |
| 1 hour / day | 8 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 5 days |
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What our data says
- At 7.2 hours, it is shorter than 65% of the 7,179 World audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Nancy Wu
Nancy Wu narrates 273 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,613 hours in all.
About as long, on the World shelf
592 World 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 Shortest History of China: From the Ancient Dynasties to a Modern Superpower - A Retelling for Our Times is an audiobook by Linda Jaivin: a 7.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Nancy Wu, released November 30, 2021, on the World and Asia shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 7.2 hrs
- Narrated by
- Nancy Wu
- Released
- November 30, 2021
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- World, Asia
- ISBN
- 9781666138566
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Shortest History of China: From the Ancient Dynasties to a Modern Superpower - A Retelling for Our Times as an audiobook?
The Shortest History of China: From the Ancient Dynasties to a Modern Superpower - A Retelling for Our Times runs 7.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.8 hours.
Is The Shortest History of China: From the Ancient Dynasties to a Modern Superpower - A Retelling for Our Times free as an audiobook?
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Who narrates The Shortest History of China: From the Ancient Dynasties to a Modern Superpower - A Retelling for Our Times?
The Shortest History of China: From the Ancient Dynasties to a Modern Superpower - A Retelling for Our Times is narrated by Nancy Wu.