The Defector: The untold story of the KGB agent who saved MI5 and changed the Cold War - 'Reads like le Carré', Robert Verkaik: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Defector: The untold story of the KGB agent who saved MI5 and changed the Cold War - 'Reads like le Carré', Robert Verkaik runs 10 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by John Sackville (about 6.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 10 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 20 days |
| 1 hour / day | 10 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 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 10 hours, it runs longer than 53% of the 4,743 Military (History) audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by John Sackville
John Sackville narrates 156 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,342 hours in all.
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About as long, on the Military (History) shelf
771 Military (History) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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- Killing the Rising Sun: How America Vanquished World War II Japan
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- Killing the Killers: The Secret War Against Terrorists
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 Defector: The untold story of the KGB agent who saved MI5 and changed the Cold War - 'Reads like le Carré', Robert Verkaik is an audiobook by Richard Kerbaj: a 10-hour unabridged recording, read by John Sackville, released September 4, 2025, on the Military (History) and Europe shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 10 hrs
- Narrated by
- John Sackville
- Released
- September 4, 2025
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Military (History), Europe
- ISBN
- 9781789468519
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Defector: The untold story of the KGB agent who saved MI5 and changed the Cold War - 'Reads like le Carré', Robert Verkaik as an audiobook?
The Defector: The untold story of the KGB agent who saved MI5 and changed the Cold War - 'Reads like le Carré', Robert Verkaik runs 10 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.7 hours.
Is The Defector: The untold story of the KGB agent who saved MI5 and changed the Cold War - 'Reads like le Carré', Robert Verkaik free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Defector: The untold story of the KGB agent who saved MI5 and changed the Cold War - 'Reads like le Carré', Robert Verkaik?
The Defector: The untold story of the KGB agent who saved MI5 and changed the Cold War - 'Reads like le Carré', Robert Verkaik is narrated by John Sackville.
Is The Defector: The untold story of the KGB agent who saved MI5 and changed the Cold War - 'Reads like le Carré', Robert Verkaik worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 6.7 hours, saving 3.3 hours.