The Spymaster's Brother: Audiobook
Book 6 of the A Francis Bacon Mystery series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Spymaster's Brother runs 10 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Philip Battley (about 6.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 10 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 20 days |
| 1 hour / day | 10 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 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 10 hours, it is shorter than 56% of the 13,430 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on A Francis Bacon Mystery
This is book 6. Books 1 to 5 run 53.5 hours before it; books 1 to 7 run 73.5 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Murder by Misrule | 10.4 hrs |
| 2 | Death by Disputation | 11.9 hrs |
| 3 | The Widows Guild | 11 hrs |
| 4 | Publish and Perish | 10.4 hrs |
| 5 | Let Slip the Dogs | 9.8 hrs |
| 6 | The Spymaster's Brother | 10 hrs |
| 7 | Now and Then Stab | 10 hrs |
More narrated by Philip Battley
Philip Battley narrates 127 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,110 hours in all.
About as long, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf
3,417 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 Spymaster's Brother is book 6 of Anna Castle's A Francis Bacon Mystery series: a 10-hour unabridged recording, read by Philip Battley, released May 15, 2021, on the Historical (Fiction) and Mystery, Thriller & Horror shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 10 hrs
- Narrated by
- Philip Battley
- Released
- May 15, 2021
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Historical (Fiction), Mystery, Thriller & Horror
- Series
- A Francis Bacon Mystery #6
- ISBN
- 9781945382314
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Spymaster's Brother as an audiobook?
The Spymaster's Brother runs 10 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.7 hours.
Is The Spymaster's Brother free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Spymaster's Brother?
The Spymaster's Brother is narrated by Philip Battley.
Is The Spymaster's Brother worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 6.7 hours, saving 3.3 hours.