Saddam’s Bombmaker: The Daring Escape of the Man Who Built Iraq’s Secret Weapon: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Saddam’s Bombmaker: The Daring Escape of the Man Who Built Iraq’s Secret Weapon audiobook runs 12 hours unabridged, narrated by Simon Vance (about 8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 24 days |
| 1 hour / day | 12 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 days |
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What our data says
- At 12 hours, it runs longer than 76% of the 8,990 Current Affairs, Law, & Politics audiobooks in our catalog.
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Simon Vance narrates 793 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 8,393 hours in all.
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About as long, on the Current Affairs, Law, & Politics shelf
1,302 Current Affairs, Law, & Politics audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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
Saddam’s Bombmaker: The Daring Escape of the Man Who Built Iraq’s Secret Weapon is an audiobook by Khidir Hamza: a 12-hour unabridged recording, read by Simon Vance, released January 1, 2007, on the Current Affairs, Law, & Politics and Military (History) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12 hrs
- Narrated by
- Simon Vance
- Released
- January 1, 2007
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Current Affairs, Law, & Politics, Military (History)
- ISBN
- 9781483055497
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Saddam’s Bombmaker: The Daring Escape of the Man Who Built Iraq’s Secret Weapon audiobook?
Saddam’s Bombmaker: The Daring Escape of the Man Who Built Iraq’s Secret Weapon runs 12 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8 hours.
Is the Saddam’s Bombmaker: The Daring Escape of the Man Who Built Iraq’s Secret Weapon audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Saddam’s Bombmaker: The Daring Escape of the Man Who Built Iraq’s Secret Weapon?
Saddam’s Bombmaker: The Daring Escape of the Man Who Built Iraq’s Secret Weapon is narrated by Simon Vance.
Is Saddam’s Bombmaker: The Daring Escape of the Man Who Built Iraq’s Secret Weapon worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8 hours, saving 4 hours.