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Wolf Hall: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Wolf Hall audiobook runs 24.3 hours (about 16.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

24.3listening hrs
4.0★37 ratings
Historical Fictiongenre
Free for new listeners

The instrumentWhen will you finish it?

Based on 24.3 hours of listening.

Days to finish Wolf Hall at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day49 days
1 hour / day25 days
2 hours / day13 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×17 days

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What our data says

  • At 24.3 hours, it runs longer than 94% of the historical fiction audiobooks we measured.
  • That's 102% longer than the average historical fiction audiobook (12 hrs across 210 titles in our dataset).

Computed from historical fiction audiobooks in The Books Insider dataset (build ). Methodology.

Who is this for?

Best for historical fiction listeners who want a historical setting: a long-haul epic at 24.3 hours.

About the book

WINNER OF THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FOR FICTION In inimitable style, Hilary Mantel's New York Times bestselling Wolf Hall is "a darkly brilliant reimagining of life under Henry VIII. . . . Magnificent." ( The Boston Globe ). The basis for the TV series on BBC and PBS Masterpiece starring Mark Rylance as Thomas Cromwell. England in the 1520s is a heartbeat from disaster. If the king dies without a male heir, the country could be destroyed by civil war. Henry VIII wants to annul his marriage of twenty years and marry Anne Boleyn. The pope and most of Europe opposes him. Into this impasse steps Thomas Cromwell: a wholly original man, a charmer and a bully, both idealist and opportunist, astute in reading people, and implacable in his ambition. But Henry is volatile: one day tender, one day murderous.

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Wolf Hall audiobook?

Wolf Hall runs 24.3 hours. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 16.2 hours.

Is the Wolf Hall audiobook free?

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

Is Wolf Hall worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 16.2 hours, saving 8.1 hours. Most listeners adjust to 1.25–1.5× within a chapter or two.

When was Wolf Hall first published?

Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel was first published in 2009.