1939: THE WORLD CATCHES FIRE: THE SECOND WORLD WAR :A SEVEN-VOLUME SERIES-VOLUME ONE: Audiobook
Book 1 of the SECOND WORLD WAR :A SEVEN-VOLUME series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the 1939: THE WORLD CATCHES FIRE: THE SECOND WORLD WAR :A SEVEN-VOLUME SERIES-VOLUME ONE audiobook runs 8.1 hours unabridged, narrated by Colonel Bob Stewart DSO (about 5.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 8.1 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 17 days |
| 1 hour / day | 9 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 days |
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What our data says
- At 8.1 hours, it is shorter than 61% of the 4,743 Military (History) audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on THE SECOND WORLD WAR :A SEVEN-VOLUME SERIES
This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 22.2 hours in all.
More narrated by Colonel Bob Stewart DSO
Colonel Bob Stewart DSO narrates 5 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 38 hours in all.
- 'The Fearless Fifteen: How the SAS Changed the Face of War'
- BOTH FEET IN: A Soldier and MP’S Story of Duty, Loyalty and Staying True To Your Word
- 1940: THE YEAR OF FALLING NATIONS: The Second World War: A Seven-Volume Series — Volume Two
- 1941: THE WAR BECOMES GLOBAL: THE SECOND WORLD WAR A Seven-Volume History VOLUME THREE
About as long, on the Military (History) shelf
515 Military (History) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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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
1939: THE WORLD CATCHES FIRE: THE SECOND WORLD WAR :A SEVEN-VOLUME SERIES-VOLUME ONE is book 1 of Quentin Drummond Anderson's SECOND WORLD WAR :A SEVEN-VOLUME series: a 8.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Colonel Bob Stewart DSO, released June 10, 2026, on the Military (History) shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.1 hrs
- Narrated by
- Colonel Bob Stewart DSO
- Released
- June 10, 2026
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Military (History)
- Series
- THE SECOND WORLD WAR :A SEVEN-VOLUME SERIES #1
- ISBN
- 9780466575939
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1939: THE WORLD CATCHES FIRE: THE SECOND WORLD WAR :A SEVEN-VOLUME SERIES-VOLUME ONE runs 8.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.4 hours.
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1939: THE WORLD CATCHES FIRE: THE SECOND WORLD WAR :A SEVEN-VOLUME SERIES-VOLUME ONE is narrated by Colonel Bob Stewart DSO.