The Fire and the Darkness: The Bombing of Dresden, 1945: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Fire and the Darkness: The Bombing of Dresden, 1945 runs 13.8 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Leighton Pugh (about 9.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 13.8 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 28 days |
| 1 hour / day | 14 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 10 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 13.8 hours, it runs longer than 77% of the 4,743 Military (History) 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 Military (History) shelf
632 Military (History) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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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 Fire and the Darkness: The Bombing of Dresden, 1945 is an audiobook by Sinclair McKay: a 13.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Leighton Pugh, released February 4, 2020, on the Military (History) and Europe shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 13.8 hrs
- Narrated by
- Leighton Pugh
- Released
- February 4, 2020
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Military (History), Europe
- ISBN
- 9781250261359
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Fire and the Darkness: The Bombing of Dresden, 1945 as an audiobook?
The Fire and the Darkness: The Bombing of Dresden, 1945 runs 13.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.2 hours.
Is The Fire and the Darkness: The Bombing of Dresden, 1945 free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Fire and the Darkness: The Bombing of Dresden, 1945?
The Fire and the Darkness: The Bombing of Dresden, 1945 is narrated by Leighton Pugh.
Is The Fire and the Darkness: The Bombing of Dresden, 1945 worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.2 hours, saving 4.6 hours.