The Cauldron: The Making of the Modern Middle East: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Cauldron: The Making of the Modern Middle East runs 20.2 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Leighton Pugh (about 13.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 20.2 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 41 days |
| 1 hour / day | 21 days |
| 2 hours / day | 11 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 14 days |
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What our data says
- At 20.2 hours, it runs longer than 96% of the 8,990 Current Affairs, Law, & Politics audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Leighton Pugh
Leighton Pugh narrates 210 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,436 hours in all.
About as long, on the Current Affairs, Law, & Politics shelf
267 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
The Cauldron: The Making of the Modern Middle East is an audiobook by Simon Sebag Montefiore: a 20.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Leighton Pugh, released September 29, 2026, on the Current Affairs, Law, & Politics and History shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 20.2 hrs
- Narrated by
- Leighton Pugh
- Released
- September 29, 2026
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Current Affairs, Law, & Politics, History
- ISBN
- 9798217340194
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Cauldron: The Making of the Modern Middle East as an audiobook?
The Cauldron: The Making of the Modern Middle East runs 20.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 13.5 hours.
Is The Cauldron: The Making of the Modern Middle East free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Cauldron: The Making of the Modern Middle East?
The Cauldron: The Making of the Modern Middle East is narrated by Leighton Pugh.
Is The Cauldron: The Making of the Modern Middle East worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 13.5 hours, saving 6.7 hours.