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The Storied City: The Quest for Timbuktu and the Fantastic Mission to Save Its Past by Charlie English

The Storied City: The Quest for Timbuktu and the Fantastic Mission to Save Its Past: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Storied City: The Quest for Timbuktu and the Fantastic Mission to Save Its Past runs 13.9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Enn Reitel (about 9.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

13.9listening hrs
Worldstore shelf
2017released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 13.9 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Storied City: The Quest for Timbuktu and the Fantastic Mission to Save Its Past at common listening paces
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30 min / day28 days
1 hour / day14 days
2 hours / day7 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×10 days

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What our data says

  • At 13.9 hours, it runs longer than 80% of the 7,179 World audiobooks in our catalog.

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 Storied City: The Quest for Timbuktu and the Fantastic Mission to Save Its Past is an audiobook by Charlie English: a 13.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Enn Reitel, released May 2, 2017, on the World and History & Culture shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
13.9 hrs
Narrated by
Enn Reitel
Released
May 2, 2017
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
World, History & Culture, Africa
ISBN
9781524754945

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Storied City: The Quest for Timbuktu and the Fantastic Mission to Save Its Past as an audiobook?

The Storied City: The Quest for Timbuktu and the Fantastic Mission to Save Its Past runs 13.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.3 hours.

Is The Storied City: The Quest for Timbuktu and the Fantastic Mission to Save Its Past free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Storied City: The Quest for Timbuktu and the Fantastic Mission to Save Its Past?

The Storied City: The Quest for Timbuktu and the Fantastic Mission to Save Its Past is narrated by Enn Reitel.

Is The Storied City: The Quest for Timbuktu and the Fantastic Mission to Save Its Past worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.3 hours, saving 4.6 hours.