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The Patriarch: The Remarkable Life and Turbulent Times of Joseph P. Kennedy by David Nasaw

The Patriarch: The Remarkable Life and Turbulent Times of Joseph P. Kennedy: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Patriarch: The Remarkable Life and Turbulent Times of Joseph P. Kennedy runs 30.9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Malcolm Hillgartner (about 20.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

30.9listening hrs
Current Affairs, Law, & Politicsstore shelf
2012released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 30.9 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Patriarch: The Remarkable Life and Turbulent Times of Joseph P. Kennedy at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day62 days
1 hour / day31 days
2 hours / day16 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×21 days

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What our data says

  • At 30.9 hours, it runs longer than 99% of the 8,990 Current Affairs, Law, & Politics audiobooks in our catalog.

More narrated by Malcolm Hillgartner

Malcolm Hillgartner narrates 285 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,361 hours in all.

All Malcolm Hillgartner audiobooks, measured

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 Patriarch: The Remarkable Life and Turbulent Times of Joseph P. Kennedy is an audiobook by David Nasaw: a 30.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Malcolm Hillgartner, released November 13, 2012, on the Current Affairs, Law, & Politics and History & Culture shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
30.9 hrs
Narrated by
Malcolm Hillgartner
Released
November 13, 2012
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Current Affairs, Law, & Politics, History & Culture, The Americas
ISBN
9781101590089

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Patriarch: The Remarkable Life and Turbulent Times of Joseph P. Kennedy as an audiobook?

The Patriarch: The Remarkable Life and Turbulent Times of Joseph P. Kennedy runs 30.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 20.6 hours.

Is The Patriarch: The Remarkable Life and Turbulent Times of Joseph P. Kennedy free as an audiobook?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates The Patriarch: The Remarkable Life and Turbulent Times of Joseph P. Kennedy?

The Patriarch: The Remarkable Life and Turbulent Times of Joseph P. Kennedy is narrated by Malcolm Hillgartner.

Is The Patriarch: The Remarkable Life and Turbulent Times of Joseph P. Kennedy worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 20.6 hours, saving 10.3 hours.