The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War runs 17.3 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Will Patton and Erik Larson (about 11.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 17.3 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 35 days |
| 1 hour / day | 18 days |
| 2 hours / day | 9 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 12 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 17.3 hours, it runs longer than 89% of the 3,098 The Americas audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Will Patton
Will Patton narrates 35 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 346 hours in all.
About as long, on the The Americas shelf
252 The Americas audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story
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- The Only Plane in the Sky (Revised and Expanded Edition for the 25th Anniversary): An Oral History of September 11, 2001
- Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power
- Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right
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
The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War is an audiobook by Erik Larson: a 17.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Will Patton and Erik Larson, released April 30, 2024, on the Law & Politics and The Americas shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 17.3 hrs
- Narrated by
- Will Patton, Erik Larson
- Released
- April 30, 2024
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Law & Politics, The Americas
- ISBN
- 9780593828519
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War as an audiobook?
The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War runs 17.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 11.5 hours.
Is The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War?
The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War is narrated by Will Patton and Erik Larson.
Is The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 11.5 hours, saving 5.8 hours.