The Spy and the Traitor: An incredible espionage and spy thriller and the greatest true story of the Cold War: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Spy and the Traitor: An incredible espionage and spy thriller and the greatest true story of the Cold War runs 14.6 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Ben Macintyre (about 9.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 14.6 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 30 days |
| 1 hour / day | 15 days |
| 2 hours / day | 8 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 10 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 14.6 hours, it runs longer than 82% of the 3,859 World audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Ben Macintyre
Ben Macintyre narrates 12 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 155 hours in all.
- Rogue Heroes: The History of the SAS, Britain's Secret Special Forces Unit That Sabotaged the Nazis and Changed the Nature of War
- SAS: Rogue Heroes: The authorized wartime history from the Sunday Times bestselling author
- Prisoners of the Castle: An Epic Story of Survival and Escape from Colditz, the Nazis' Fortress Prison
- Agent Sonya: The True Story of The Greatest Female Spy in History - The Sunday Times Bestseller
- Colditz: Prisoners of the Castle: The incredible true story of WW2's most infamous Nazi prison from the Sunday Times bestseller
About as long, on the World shelf
426 World audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Computed from 170,512 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read October 21, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
The Spy and the Traitor: An incredible espionage and spy thriller and the greatest true story of the Cold War is an audiobook by Ben Macintyre: a 14.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Ben Macintyre, released September 20, 2018, on the Law & Politics and World shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 14.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- Ben Macintyre
- Released
- September 20, 2018
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Law & Politics, World
- ISBN
- 9780241982754
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Spy and the Traitor: An incredible espionage and spy thriller and the greatest true story of the Cold War as an audiobook?
The Spy and the Traitor: An incredible espionage and spy thriller and the greatest true story of the Cold War runs 14.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.7 hours.
Is The Spy and the Traitor: An incredible espionage and spy thriller and the greatest true story of the Cold War free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Spy and the Traitor: An incredible espionage and spy thriller and the greatest true story of the Cold War?
The Spy and the Traitor: An incredible espionage and spy thriller and the greatest true story of the Cold War is narrated by Ben Macintyre.
Is The Spy and the Traitor: An incredible espionage and spy thriller and the greatest true story of the Cold War worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.7 hours, saving 4.9 hours.