The Zealot and the Emancipator: John Brown, Abraham Lincoln, and the Struggle for American Freedom: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Zealot and the Emancipator: John Brown, Abraham Lincoln, and the Struggle for American Freedom runs 16.7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Robert Fass (about 11.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 16.7 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 34 days |
| 1 hour / day | 17 days |
| 2 hours / day | 9 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 12 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 16.7 hours, it runs longer than 87% of the 5,887 The Americas audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Robert Fass
Robert Fass narrates 294 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,196 hours in all.
About as long, on the The Americas shelf
503 The Americas audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History
- Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
- Chaos: Charles Manson, the CIA, and the Secret History of the Sixties
- Leadership
- The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
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 Zealot and the Emancipator: John Brown, Abraham Lincoln, and the Struggle for American Freedom is an audiobook by H.W. Brands: a 16.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Robert Fass, released October 6, 2020, on the The Americas and Law & Politics shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 16.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- Robert Fass
- Released
- October 6, 2020
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- The Americas, Law & Politics
- ISBN
- 9780593293232
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Zealot and the Emancipator: John Brown, Abraham Lincoln, and the Struggle for American Freedom as an audiobook?
The Zealot and the Emancipator: John Brown, Abraham Lincoln, and the Struggle for American Freedom runs 16.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 11.1 hours.
Is The Zealot and the Emancipator: John Brown, Abraham Lincoln, and the Struggle for American Freedom free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Zealot and the Emancipator: John Brown, Abraham Lincoln, and the Struggle for American Freedom?
The Zealot and the Emancipator: John Brown, Abraham Lincoln, and the Struggle for American Freedom is narrated by Robert Fass.
Is The Zealot and the Emancipator: John Brown, Abraham Lincoln, and the Struggle for American Freedom worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 11.1 hours, saving 5.6 hours.