A Wicked War: Polk, Clay, Lincoln and the 1846 U.S. Invasion of Mexico: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Wicked War: Polk, Clay, Lincoln and the 1846 U.S. Invasion of Mexico runs 12.8 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Caroline Shaffer (about 8.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12.8 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 26 days |
| 1 hour / day | 13 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 days |
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Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 12.8 hours, it runs longer than 73% of the 3,098 The Americas audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Caroline Shaffer
Caroline Shaffer narrates 31 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 298 hours in all.
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About as long, on the The Americas shelf
388 The Americas audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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- The Irregulars: Roald Dahl and the British Spy Ring in Wartime Washington
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
A Wicked War: Polk, Clay, Lincoln and the 1846 U.S. Invasion of Mexico is an audiobook by Amy S. Greenberg: a 12.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Caroline Shaffer, released November 6, 2012, on the Military (History) and The Americas shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12.8 hrs
- Narrated by
- Caroline Shaffer
- Released
- November 6, 2012
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Military (History), The Americas
- ISBN
- 9781611748802
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is A Wicked War: Polk, Clay, Lincoln and the 1846 U.S. Invasion of Mexico as an audiobook?
A Wicked War: Polk, Clay, Lincoln and the 1846 U.S. Invasion of Mexico runs 12.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.5 hours.
Is A Wicked War: Polk, Clay, Lincoln and the 1846 U.S. Invasion of Mexico free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates A Wicked War: Polk, Clay, Lincoln and the 1846 U.S. Invasion of Mexico?
A Wicked War: Polk, Clay, Lincoln and the 1846 U.S. Invasion of Mexico is narrated by Caroline Shaffer.
Is A Wicked War: Polk, Clay, Lincoln and the 1846 U.S. Invasion of Mexico worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.5 hours, saving 4.3 hours.