War Lord: Audiobook
Book 13 of the Last Kingdom (formerly Saxon Tales) series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the War Lord audiobook runs 13.3 hours unabridged, narrated by Matt Bates and Bernard Cornwell (about 8.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 13.3 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 27 days |
| 1 hour / day | 14 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 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 13.3 hours, it runs longer than 77% of the 5,422 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Matt Bates
Matt Bates narrates 18 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 207 hours in all.
- Warriors of the Storm
- The Empty Throne
- The Pagan Lord
- Sword of Kings
- Jimmy and the Crawler
About as long, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf
920 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- The Giver of Stars: Reese's Book Club
- Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
- The Invention of Wings
- The Diamond Eye
- The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
Computed from 170,512 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read October 21, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
War Lord is book 13 of Bernard Cornwell's Last Kingdom (formerly Saxon Tales) series: a 13.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Matt Bates and Bernard Cornwell, released November 24, 2020, on the Historical (Fiction) and Westerns & War shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 13.3 hrs
- Narrated by
- Matt Bates, Bernard Cornwell
- Released
- November 24, 2020
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Historical (Fiction), Westerns & War, Drama
- Series
- Last Kingdom (formerly Saxon Tales) #13
- ISBN
- 9780063052512
How to listen to War Lord 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 freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the War Lord audiobook?
War Lord runs 13.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.9 hours.
Is the War Lord audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates War Lord?
War Lord is narrated by Matt Bates and Bernard Cornwell.
Is War Lord worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.9 hours, saving 4.4 hours.