The War That Killed Achilles: The True Story of Homer's Iliad and the Trojan War: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The War That Killed Achilles: The True Story of Homer's Iliad and the Trojan War runs 8.9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Michael Page (about 6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 8.9 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 8.9 hours, it is shorter than 53% of the 7,179 World audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Michael Page
Michael Page narrates 310 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,758 hours in all.
About as long, on the World shelf
994 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 War That Killed Achilles: The True Story of Homer's Iliad and the Trojan War is an audiobook by Caroline Alexander: a 8.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Michael Page, released October 15, 2009, on the World shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Michael Page
- Released
- October 15, 2009
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- World
- ISBN
- 9781423399230
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The War That Killed Achilles: The True Story of Homer's Iliad and the Trojan War as an audiobook?
The War That Killed Achilles: The True Story of Homer's Iliad and the Trojan War runs 8.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6 hours.
Is The War That Killed Achilles: The True Story of Homer's Iliad and the Trojan War free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The War That Killed Achilles: The True Story of Homer's Iliad and the Trojan War?
The War That Killed Achilles: The True Story of Homer's Iliad and the Trojan War is narrated by Michael Page.