The Illegals: Russia's Most Audacious Spies and Their Century-Long Mission to Infiltrate the West: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Illegals: Russia's Most Audacious Spies and Their Century-Long Mission to Infiltrate the West runs 14.3 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Paul Thornley (about 9.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 14.3 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
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| 30 min / day | 29 days |
| 1 hour / day | 15 days |
| 2 hours / day | 8 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 10 days |
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What our data says
- At 14.3 hours, it runs longer than 87% of the 8,990 Current Affairs, Law, & Politics audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Paul Thornley
Paul Thornley narrates 132 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,372 hours in all.
About as long, on the Current Affairs, Law, & Politics shelf
769 Current Affairs, 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 Illegals: Russia's Most Audacious Spies and Their Century-Long Mission to Infiltrate the West is an audiobook by Shaun Walker: a 14.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Paul Thornley, released April 15, 2025, on the Current Affairs, Law, & Politics and True Crime shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 14.3 hrs
- Narrated by
- Paul Thornley
- Released
- April 15, 2025
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Current Affairs, Law, & Politics, True Crime, History
- ISBN
- 9798217065776
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Illegals: Russia's Most Audacious Spies and Their Century-Long Mission to Infiltrate the West as an audiobook?
The Illegals: Russia's Most Audacious Spies and Their Century-Long Mission to Infiltrate the West runs 14.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.5 hours.
Is The Illegals: Russia's Most Audacious Spies and Their Century-Long Mission to Infiltrate the West free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Illegals: Russia's Most Audacious Spies and Their Century-Long Mission to Infiltrate the West?
The Illegals: Russia's Most Audacious Spies and Their Century-Long Mission to Infiltrate the West is narrated by Paul Thornley.
Is The Illegals: Russia's Most Audacious Spies and Their Century-Long Mission to Infiltrate the West worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.5 hours, saving 4.8 hours.