Checkmate in Berlin: The Cold War Showdown That Shaped the Modern World: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Checkmate in Berlin: The Cold War Showdown That Shaped the Modern World audiobook runs 13.7 hours unabridged, narrated by Giles Milton (about 9.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 13.7 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 28 days |
| 1 hour / day | 14 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 10 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 13.7 hours, it runs longer than 79% of the 7,179 World audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Giles Milton
Giles Milton narrates 6 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 64 hours in all.
- Churchill's Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare: The Mavericks Who Plotted Hitler's Defeat
- Soldier, Sailor, Frogman, Spy, Airman, Gangster, Kill or Die: How the Allies Won on D-Day
- When Hitler Took Cocaine and Lenin Lost His Brain: History's Unknown Chapters
- When Churchill Slaughtered Sheep and Stalin Robbed a Bank: History's Unknown Chapters
- The Stalin Affair: The Impossible Alliance That Won the War
About as long, on the World shelf
843 World audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow
- Homo Deus: The million-copy bestseller from the author of Nexus
- A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II
- Midnight in Chernobyl: The Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster
- Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania
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
Checkmate in Berlin: The Cold War Showdown That Shaped the Modern World is an audiobook by Giles Milton: a 13.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Giles Milton, released July 13, 2021, on the World and Europe shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 13.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- Giles Milton
- Released
- July 13, 2021
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- World, Europe
- ISBN
- 9781250806956
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Checkmate in Berlin: The Cold War Showdown That Shaped the Modern World audiobook?
Checkmate in Berlin: The Cold War Showdown That Shaped the Modern World runs 13.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.2 hours.
Is the Checkmate in Berlin: The Cold War Showdown That Shaped the Modern World audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Checkmate in Berlin: The Cold War Showdown That Shaped the Modern World?
Checkmate in Berlin: The Cold War Showdown That Shaped the Modern World is narrated by Giles Milton.
Is Checkmate in Berlin: The Cold War Showdown That Shaped the Modern World worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.2 hours, saving 4.6 hours.