The Second Most Powerful Man in the World: The Life of Admiral William D. Leahy, Roosevelt's Chief of Staff: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Second Most Powerful Man in the World: The Life of Admiral William D. Leahy, Roosevelt's Chief of Staff runs 20 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Christopher Grove (about 13.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 20 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 40 days |
| 1 hour / day | 20 days |
| 2 hours / day | 10 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 14 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 20 hours, it runs longer than 93% of the 4,743 Military (History) audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Christopher Grove
Christopher Grove narrates 155 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,595 hours in all.
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About as long, on the Military (History) shelf
235 Military (History) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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- The Only Plane in the Sky (Revised and Expanded Edition for the 25th Anniversary): An Oral History of September 11, 2001
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- Operation Paperclip: The Secret Intelligence Program that Brought Nazi Scientists to America
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 Second Most Powerful Man in the World: The Life of Admiral William D. Leahy, Roosevelt's Chief of Staff is an audiobook by Phillips Payson O'brien: a 20-hour unabridged recording, read by Christopher Grove, released May 7, 2019, on the Military (History) and Military (Biography & Memoir) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 20 hrs
- Narrated by
- Christopher Grove
- Released
- May 7, 2019
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Military (History), Military (Biography & Memoir), Law & Politics
- ISBN
- 9781984841889
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Second Most Powerful Man in the World: The Life of Admiral William D. Leahy, Roosevelt's Chief of Staff as an audiobook?
The Second Most Powerful Man in the World: The Life of Admiral William D. Leahy, Roosevelt's Chief of Staff runs 20 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 13.3 hours.
Is The Second Most Powerful Man in the World: The Life of Admiral William D. Leahy, Roosevelt's Chief of Staff free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Second Most Powerful Man in the World: The Life of Admiral William D. Leahy, Roosevelt's Chief of Staff?
The Second Most Powerful Man in the World: The Life of Admiral William D. Leahy, Roosevelt's Chief of Staff is narrated by Christopher Grove.
Is The Second Most Powerful Man in the World: The Life of Admiral William D. Leahy, Roosevelt's Chief of Staff worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 13.3 hours, saving 6.7 hours.