The Face of Battle: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Face of Battle runs 11.8 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Simon Vance (about 7.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 11.8 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 |
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 11.8 hours, it runs longer than 66% of the 4,743 Military (History) audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Simon Vance
Simon Vance narrates 793 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 8,393 hours in all.
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- Dune Messiah: Book Two in the Dune Chronicles
- Fire & Blood (HBO Tie-in Edition): 300 Years Before A Game of Thrones
- The House in the Woods
- The Girl in the Spider's Web: A Lisbeth Salander Novel
About as long, on the Military (History) shelf
675 Military (History) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- The Forgotten 500: The Untold Story of the Men Who Risked All for the Greatest Rescue Mission of World War II
- Churchill's Band of Brothers: WWII's Most Daring D-Day Mission and the Hunt to Take Down Hitler's Fugitive War Criminals
- Red Platoon: A True Story of American Valor
- Call Sign Chaos: Learning to Lead
- Alone at Dawn: Medal of Honor Recipient John Chapman and the Untold Story of the World's Deadliest Special Operations Force
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 Face of Battle is an audiobook by John Keegan: a 11.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Simon Vance, released November 30, 2011, on the Military (History) shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 11.8 hrs
- Narrated by
- Simon Vance
- Released
- November 30, 2011
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Military (History)
- ISBN
- 9781483055350
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Face of Battle as an audiobook?
The Face of Battle runs 11.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.8 hours.
Is The Face of Battle free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Face of Battle?
The Face of Battle is narrated by Simon Vance.
Is The Face of Battle worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.8 hours, saving 3.9 hours.