Death of a King: The Real Story of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Final Year: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Death of a King: The Real Story of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Final Year audiobook runs 6.3 hours unabridged, narrated by Tavis Smiley (about 4.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 6.3 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 13 days |
| 1 hour / day | 7 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 5 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 6.3 hours, it is shorter than 71% of the 5,887 The Americas audiobooks in our catalog.
About as long, on the The Americas shelf
339 The Americas audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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- Black Fortunes: The Story of the First Six African Americans Who Escaped Slavery and Became Millionaires
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- The Final Witness
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
Death of a King: The Real Story of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Final Year is an audiobook by Tavis Smiley: a 6.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Tavis Smiley, released September 9, 2014, on the The Americas shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 6.3 hrs
- Narrated by
- Tavis Smiley
- Released
- September 9, 2014
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- The Americas
- ISBN
- 9781478928690
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Death of a King: The Real Story of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Final Year audiobook?
Death of a King: The Real Story of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Final Year runs 6.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.2 hours.
Is the Death of a King: The Real Story of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Final Year audiobook free?
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Who narrates Death of a King: The Real Story of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Final Year?
Death of a King: The Real Story of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Final Year is narrated by Tavis Smiley.