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The Black Door: Spies, Secret Intelligence and British Prime Ministers by Richard Aldrich, Rory Cormac

The Black Door: Spies, Secret Intelligence and British Prime Ministers: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Black Door: Spies, Secret Intelligence and British Prime Ministers runs 25.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Tom Clegg (about 17 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

25.5listening hrs
Current Affairs, Law, & Politicsstore shelf
2016released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 25.5 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Black Door: Spies, Secret Intelligence and British Prime Ministers at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day51 days
1 hour / day26 days
2 hours / day13 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×17 days

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What our data says

  • At 25.5 hours, it runs longer than 98% of the 8,990 Current Affairs, Law, & Politics audiobooks in our catalog.

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

The Black Door: Spies, Secret Intelligence and British Prime Ministers is an audiobook by Richard Aldrich and Rory Cormac: a 25.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Tom Clegg, released April 21, 2016, on the Current Affairs, Law, & Politics and Europe shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
25.5 hrs
Narrated by
Tom Clegg
Released
April 21, 2016
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Current Affairs, Law, & Politics, Europe
ISBN
9780008141165

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Black Door: Spies, Secret Intelligence and British Prime Ministers as an audiobook?

The Black Door: Spies, Secret Intelligence and British Prime Ministers runs 25.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 17 hours.

Is The Black Door: Spies, Secret Intelligence and British Prime Ministers free as an audiobook?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates The Black Door: Spies, Secret Intelligence and British Prime Ministers?

The Black Door: Spies, Secret Intelligence and British Prime Ministers is narrated by Tom Clegg.

Is The Black Door: Spies, Secret Intelligence and British Prime Ministers worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 17 hours, saving 8.5 hours.