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The Price of Greatness: Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and the Creation of American Oligarchy by Jay Cost

The Price of Greatness: Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and the Creation of American Oligarchy: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Price of Greatness: Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and the Creation of American Oligarchy runs 8.2 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Dan Woren (about 5.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

8.2listening hrs
The Americasstore shelf
2018released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 8.2 hours of listening.

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30 min / day17 days
1 hour / day9 days
2 hours / day5 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×6 days

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What our data says

  • At 8.2 hours, it is shorter than 59% of the 5,887 The Americas audiobooks in our catalog.

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 Price of Greatness: Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and the Creation of American Oligarchy is an audiobook by Jay Cost: a 8.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Dan Woren, released June 5, 2018, on the The Americas shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
8.2 hrs
Narrated by
Dan Woren
Released
June 5, 2018
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
The Americas
ISBN
9781549115387

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Price of Greatness: Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and the Creation of American Oligarchy as an audiobook?

The Price of Greatness: Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and the Creation of American Oligarchy runs 8.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.5 hours.

Is The Price of Greatness: Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and the Creation of American Oligarchy free as an audiobook?

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Who narrates The Price of Greatness: Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and the Creation of American Oligarchy?

The Price of Greatness: Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and the Creation of American Oligarchy is narrated by Dan Woren.