The Books Insiderindependent audiobook data
The Yellow Admiral by Patrick O'brian

The Yellow Admiral: Audiobook

Book 18 of the Aubrey/Maturin series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Yellow Admiral runs 10.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Patrick Tull (about 7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

10.5listening hrs
Historical (Fiction)store shelf
2008released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 10.5 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Yellow Admiral at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day21 days
1 hour / day11 days
2 hours / day6 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×7 days

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

What our data says

  • At 10.5 hours, it runs longer than 50% of the 13,430 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Aubrey/Maturin

This is book 18. Books 1 to 17 run 232.6 hours before it; books 1 to 21 run 265.7 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1Master and Commander16.8 hrs
2Post Captain19.5 hrs
3H.M.S. Surprise15.9 hrs
4The Mauritius Command14 hrs
5Desolation Island13.1 hrs
6The Fortune of War13.2 hrs
7The Surgeon's Mate15.1 hrs
8The Ionian Mission15.1 hrs
9Treason's Harbour12.9 hrs
10The Far Side of the World14.6 hrs
11The Reverse of the Medal10.4 hrs
12The Letter of Marque11.6 hrs

About as long, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf

3,595 Historical (Fiction) 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 Yellow Admiral is book 18 of Patrick O'brian's Aubrey/Maturin series: a 10.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Patrick Tull, released March 10, 2008, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
10.5 hrs
Narrated by
Patrick Tull
Released
March 10, 2008
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Historical (Fiction)
Series
Aubrey/Maturin #18
ISBN
9781501984242

How to listen to The Yellow Admiral free

New members at audiobooks.com get three free audiobooks with the trial.

Separately, the store's catalog carries more than 10,000 audiobooks that are always free to stream.

Start listening free

Questions listeners ask

How long is The Yellow Admiral as an audiobook?

The Yellow Admiral runs 10.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7 hours.

Is The Yellow Admiral free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Yellow Admiral?

The Yellow Admiral is narrated by Patrick Tull.

Is The Yellow Admiral worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7 hours, saving 3.5 hours.