
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).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 13.9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 28 days |
| 1 hour / day | 14 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 10 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 13.9 hours, it runs longer than 80% of the 7,179 World audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Enn Reitel
Enn Reitel narrates 9 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 131 hours in all.
- The Borgias: The Hidden History
- Into the Silence: The Great War, Mallory, and the Conquest of Everest
- Secret Lives of the Tsars: Three Centuries of Autocracy, Debauchery, Betrayal, Murder, and Madness from Romanov Russia
- When the Doves Disappeared
- The Tree: A Natural History of What Trees Are, How They Live, and Why They Matter
About as long, on the World shelf
820 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 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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Start listening freeQuestions 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.