The Forger’s Spell: A True Story of Vermeer, Nazis, and the Greatest Art Hoax of the Twentieth Century: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Forger’s Spell: A True Story of Vermeer, Nazis, and the Greatest Art Hoax of the Twentieth Century runs 11.8 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Paul Heitsch (about 7.9 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 |
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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 65% of the 3,072 Law & Politics audiobooks in our catalog.
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Paul Heitsch narrates 224 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,328 hours in all.
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About as long, on the Law & Politics shelf
428 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 Forger’s Spell: A True Story of Vermeer, Nazis, and the Greatest Art Hoax of the Twentieth Century is an audiobook by Edward Dolnick: a 11.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Paul Heitsch, released July 11, 2023, on the Law & Politics and True Crime shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 11.8 hrs
- Narrated by
- Paul Heitsch
- Released
- July 11, 2023
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Law & Politics, True Crime
- ISBN
- 9798350809824
How to listen to The Forger’s Spell: A True Story of Vermeer, Nazis, and the Greatest Art Hoax of the Twentieth Century free
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Forger’s Spell: A True Story of Vermeer, Nazis, and the Greatest Art Hoax of the Twentieth Century as an audiobook?
The Forger’s Spell: A True Story of Vermeer, Nazis, and the Greatest Art Hoax of the Twentieth Century runs 11.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.9 hours.
Is The Forger’s Spell: A True Story of Vermeer, Nazis, and the Greatest Art Hoax of the Twentieth Century free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Forger’s Spell: A True Story of Vermeer, Nazis, and the Greatest Art Hoax of the Twentieth Century?
The Forger’s Spell: A True Story of Vermeer, Nazis, and the Greatest Art Hoax of the Twentieth Century is narrated by Paul Heitsch.
Is The Forger’s Spell: A True Story of Vermeer, Nazis, and the Greatest Art Hoax of the Twentieth Century worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.9 hours, saving 3.9 hours.