The Invention of Power: Popes, Kings, and the Birth of the West: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Invention of Power: Popes, Kings, and the Birth of the West runs 12.4 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Michael Beck (about 8.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12.4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 25 days |
| 1 hour / day | 13 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 days |
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What our data says
- At 12.4 hours, it runs longer than 79% of the 8,990 Current Affairs, Law, & Politics audiobooks in our catalog.
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Michael Beck narrates 153 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,512 hours in all.
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About as long, on the Current Affairs, Law, & Politics shelf
1,220 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 Invention of Power: Popes, Kings, and the Birth of the West is an audiobook by Bruce Bueno De Mesquita: a 12.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Michael Beck, released January 18, 2022, on the Current Affairs, Law, & Politics and Europe shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- Michael Beck
- Released
- January 18, 2022
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Current Affairs, Law, & Politics, Europe
- ISBN
- 9781549166099
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Invention of Power: Popes, Kings, and the Birth of the West as an audiobook?
The Invention of Power: Popes, Kings, and the Birth of the West runs 12.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.3 hours.
Is The Invention of Power: Popes, Kings, and the Birth of the West free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Invention of Power: Popes, Kings, and the Birth of the West?
The Invention of Power: Popes, Kings, and the Birth of the West is narrated by Michael Beck.
Is The Invention of Power: Popes, Kings, and the Birth of the West worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.3 hours, saving 4.1 hours.