Prisoners of the Castle: An Epic Story of Survival and Escape from Colditz, the Nazis' Fortress Prison: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Prisoners of the Castle: An Epic Story of Survival and Escape from Colditz, the Nazis' Fortress Prison audiobook runs 13.4 hours unabridged, narrated by Ben Macintyre (about 8.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 13.4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 27 days |
| 1 hour / day | 14 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 13.4 hours, it runs longer than 89% of the 5,303 Social Science audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Ben Macintyre
Ben Macintyre narrates 12 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 155 hours in all.
- The Spy and the Traitor: An incredible espionage and spy thriller and the greatest true story of the Cold War
- Rogue Heroes: The History of the SAS, Britain's Secret Special Forces Unit That Sabotaged the Nazis and Changed the Nature of War
- SAS: Rogue Heroes: The authorized wartime history from the Sunday Times bestselling author
- Agent Sonya: The True Story of The Greatest Female Spy in History - The Sunday Times Bestseller
- Colditz: Prisoners of the Castle: The incredible true story of WW2's most infamous Nazi prison from the Sunday Times bestseller
About as long, on the Social Science shelf
514 Social Science audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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
Prisoners of the Castle: An Epic Story of Survival and Escape from Colditz, the Nazis' Fortress Prison is an audiobook by Ben Macintyre: a 13.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Ben Macintyre, released September 13, 2022, on the True Crime and Military (History) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 13.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- Ben Macintyre
- Released
- September 13, 2022
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- True Crime, Military (History), Social Science
- ISBN
- 9780593629253
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Prisoners of the Castle: An Epic Story of Survival and Escape from Colditz, the Nazis' Fortress Prison audiobook?
Prisoners of the Castle: An Epic Story of Survival and Escape from Colditz, the Nazis' Fortress Prison runs 13.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.9 hours.
Is the Prisoners of the Castle: An Epic Story of Survival and Escape from Colditz, the Nazis' Fortress Prison audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Prisoners of the Castle: An Epic Story of Survival and Escape from Colditz, the Nazis' Fortress Prison?
Prisoners of the Castle: An Epic Story of Survival and Escape from Colditz, the Nazis' Fortress Prison is narrated by Ben Macintyre.
Is Prisoners of the Castle: An Epic Story of Survival and Escape from Colditz, the Nazis' Fortress Prison worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.9 hours, saving 4.5 hours.