The Shortest History of France: From Roman Gaul to Revolution and Cultural Radiance―A Global Story for Our Times: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Shortest History of France: From Roman Gaul to Revolution and Cultural Radiance―A Global Story for Our Times runs 8.7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Peter Noble (about 5.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 8.7 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 18 days |
| 1 hour / day | 9 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 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 8.7 hours, it is shorter than 55% of the 7,179 World audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Peter Noble
Peter Noble narrates 336 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 4,121 hours in all.
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About as long, on the World shelf
956 World audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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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 France: From Roman Gaul to Revolution and Cultural Radiance―A Global Story for Our Times is an audiobook by Colin Jones: a 8.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Peter Noble, released May 6, 2025, on the World and Europe shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- Peter Noble
- Released
- May 6, 2025
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- World, Europe
- ISBN
- 9798855598148
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Shortest History of France: From Roman Gaul to Revolution and Cultural Radiance―A Global Story for Our Times as an audiobook?
The Shortest History of France: From Roman Gaul to Revolution and Cultural Radiance―A Global Story for Our Times runs 8.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.8 hours.
Is The Shortest History of France: From Roman Gaul to Revolution and Cultural Radiance―A Global Story for Our Times free as an audiobook?
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Who narrates The Shortest History of France: From Roman Gaul to Revolution and Cultural Radiance―A Global Story for Our Times?
The Shortest History of France: From Roman Gaul to Revolution and Cultural Radiance―A Global Story for Our Times is narrated by Peter Noble.