A Life in Secrets: Vera Atkins and the Missing Agents of WWII: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Life in Secrets: Vera Atkins and the Missing Agents of WWII runs 19.3 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Nicola Barber (about 12.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 19.3 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 39 days |
| 1 hour / day | 20 days |
| 2 hours / day | 10 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 13 days |
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What our data says
- At 19.3 hours, it runs longer than 94% of the 5,224 History & Culture audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Nicola Barber
Nicola Barber narrates 145 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,332 hours in all.
About as long, on the History & Culture shelf
196 History & Culture 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
A Life in Secrets: Vera Atkins and the Missing Agents of WWII is an audiobook by Sarah Helm: a 19.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Nicola Barber, released October 23, 2018, on the History & Culture and Women shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 19.3 hrs
- Narrated by
- Nicola Barber
- Released
- October 23, 2018
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- History & Culture, Women, Military (History)
- ISBN
- 9781984828279
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is A Life in Secrets: Vera Atkins and the Missing Agents of WWII as an audiobook?
A Life in Secrets: Vera Atkins and the Missing Agents of WWII runs 19.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 12.9 hours.
Is A Life in Secrets: Vera Atkins and the Missing Agents of WWII free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates A Life in Secrets: Vera Atkins and the Missing Agents of WWII?
A Life in Secrets: Vera Atkins and the Missing Agents of WWII is narrated by Nicola Barber.
Is A Life in Secrets: Vera Atkins and the Missing Agents of WWII worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 12.9 hours, saving 6.4 hours.