The Wireless Operator: The Untold Story of the British Sailor Who Invented the Modern Drug Trade: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Wireless Operator: The Untold Story of the British Sailor Who Invented the Modern Drug Trade runs 5.8 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Mark Peachey (about 3.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 5.8 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
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| 30 min / day | 12 days |
| 1 hour / day | 6 days |
| 2 hours / day | 3 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 4 days |
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What our data says
- At 5.8 hours, it is shorter than 73% of the 5,224 History & Culture audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Mark Peachey
Mark Peachey narrates 26 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 200 hours in all.
About as long, on the History & Culture shelf
397 History & Culture 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 Wireless Operator: The Untold Story of the British Sailor Who Invented the Modern Drug Trade is an audiobook by David Tuch: a 5.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Mark Peachey, released January 21, 2026, on the History & Culture and True Crime shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 5.8 hrs
- Narrated by
- Mark Peachey
- Released
- January 21, 2026
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- History & Culture, True Crime
- ISBN
- 9781004227877
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Wireless Operator: The Untold Story of the British Sailor Who Invented the Modern Drug Trade as an audiobook?
The Wireless Operator: The Untold Story of the British Sailor Who Invented the Modern Drug Trade runs 5.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3.9 hours.
Is The Wireless Operator: The Untold Story of the British Sailor Who Invented the Modern Drug Trade free as an audiobook?
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Who narrates The Wireless Operator: The Untold Story of the British Sailor Who Invented the Modern Drug Trade?
The Wireless Operator: The Untold Story of the British Sailor Who Invented the Modern Drug Trade is narrated by Mark Peachey.