To Rule the Waves: How the British Navy Shaped the Modern World: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the To Rule the Waves: How the British Navy Shaped the Modern World audiobook runs 30 hours unabridged, narrated by John Curless (about 20 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 30 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 60 days |
| 1 hour / day | 30 days |
| 2 hours / day | 15 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 20 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 30 hours, it runs longer than 99% of the 1,468 Military (Biography & Memoir) audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by John Curless
John Curless narrates 74 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,017 hours in all.
About as long, on the Military (Biography & Memoir) shelf
16 Military (Biography & Memoir) 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
To Rule the Waves: How the British Navy Shaped the Modern World is an audiobook by Arthur Herman: a 30-hour unabridged recording, read by John Curless, released January 13, 2017, on the Military (Biography & Memoir) shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 30 hrs
- Narrated by
- John Curless
- Released
- January 13, 2017
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Military (Biography & Memoir)
- ISBN
- 9781501931109
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the To Rule the Waves: How the British Navy Shaped the Modern World audiobook?
To Rule the Waves: How the British Navy Shaped the Modern World runs 30 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 20 hours.
Is the To Rule the Waves: How the British Navy Shaped the Modern World audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates To Rule the Waves: How the British Navy Shaped the Modern World?
To Rule the Waves: How the British Navy Shaped the Modern World is narrated by John Curless.
Is To Rule the Waves: How the British Navy Shaped the Modern World worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 20 hours, saving 10 hours.