Clausewitz's On War: A Biography: Audiobook
Book 5 of the Books That Changed the World series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Clausewitz's On War: A Biography audiobook runs 5.5 hours unabridged, narrated by Simon Vance (about 3.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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| Your pace | You'll finish in |
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| 30 min / day | 11 days |
| 1 hour / day | 6 days |
| 2 hours / day | 3 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 4 days |
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What our data says
- At 5.5 hours, it is shorter than 75% of the 4,743 Military (History) audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Books That Changed the World
This is book 5. Books 1 to 4 run 19.5 hours before it; books 1 to 8 run 38 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | On the Wealth of Nations | 5.5 hrs |
| 2 | The Qur'an: A Biography | 5 hrs |
| 3 | Darwin's Origin of Species: A Biography | 4.5 hrs |
| 4 | Plato's Republic | 4.5 hrs |
| 5 | Clausewitz's On War: A Biography | 5.5 hrs |
| 6 | Thomas Paine's Rights of Man | 3.5 hrs |
| 7 | The Bible: A Biography | 6 hrs |
| 8 | Marx's Das Kapital: A Biography | 3.5 hrs |
More narrated by Simon Vance
Simon Vance narrates 793 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 8,393 hours in all.
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About as long, on the Military (History) shelf
189 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
Clausewitz's On War: A Biography is book 5 of Hew Strachan's Books That Changed the World series: a 5.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Simon Vance, released August 7, 2007, on the Military (History) shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 5.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Simon Vance
- Released
- August 7, 2007
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Military (History)
- Series
- Books That Changed the World #5
- ISBN
- 9781400173891
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How long is the Clausewitz's On War: A Biography audiobook?
Clausewitz's On War: A Biography runs 5.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3.7 hours.
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Who narrates Clausewitz's On War: A Biography?
Clausewitz's On War: A Biography is narrated by Simon Vance.