A Spy Among Friends: Kim Philby and the Great Betrayal: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Spy Among Friends: Kim Philby and the Great Betrayal runs 11 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by John Lee (about 7.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 11 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 22 days |
| 1 hour / day | 11 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 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 11 hours, it runs longer than 63% of the 7,179 World audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by John Lee
John Lee narrates 513 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 6,580 hours in all.
About as long, on the World shelf
1,135 World audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Other recordings
- The 2024 recording read by Ben Macintyre runs 2.4 hours longer (13.4 hours).
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 Spy Among Friends: Kim Philby and the Great Betrayal is an audiobook by Ben Macintyre: a 11-hour unabridged recording, read by John Lee, released July 29, 2014, on the World and True Crime shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 11 hrs
- Narrated by
- John Lee
- Released
- July 29, 2014
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- World, True Crime
- ISBN
- 9780553397895
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is A Spy Among Friends: Kim Philby and the Great Betrayal as an audiobook?
A Spy Among Friends: Kim Philby and the Great Betrayal runs 11 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.3 hours.
Is A Spy Among Friends: Kim Philby and the Great Betrayal free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates A Spy Among Friends: Kim Philby and the Great Betrayal?
A Spy Among Friends: Kim Philby and the Great Betrayal is narrated by John Lee.
Is A Spy Among Friends: Kim Philby and the Great Betrayal worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.3 hours, saving 3.7 hours.