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The Truth by Michael Palin

The Truth: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Truth runs 9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Alex Jennings (about 6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

9listening hrs
Fictionstore shelf
2013released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 9 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Truth at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day18 days
1 hour / day9 days
2 hours / day5 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×6 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 9 hours, it is shorter than 51% of the 62,518 Fiction 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 Truth is an audiobook by Michael Palin: a 9-hour unabridged recording, read by Alex Jennings, released August 13, 2013, on the Fiction shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
9 hrs
Narrated by
Alex Jennings
Released
August 13, 2013
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Fiction
ISBN
9781452686097

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Truth as an audiobook?

The Truth runs 9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6 hours.

Is The Truth free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Truth?

The Truth is narrated by Alex Jennings.