The Square and the Tower: Networks, Hierarchies and the Struggle for Global Power: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Square and the Tower: Networks, Hierarchies and the Struggle for Global Power runs 16.1 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by John Sackville (about 10.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 16.1 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 33 days |
| 1 hour / day | 17 days |
| 2 hours / day | 9 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 11 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 16.1 hours, it runs longer than 86% of the 7,179 World audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by John Sackville
John Sackville narrates 156 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,342 hours in all.
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About as long, on the World shelf
576 World 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 Square and the Tower: Networks, Hierarchies and the Struggle for Global Power is an audiobook by Niall Ferguson: a 16.1-hour unabridged recording, read by John Sackville, released October 5, 2017, on the World and Accounting & Finance shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 16.1 hrs
- Narrated by
- John Sackville
- Released
- October 5, 2017
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- World, Accounting & Finance, Economics
- ISBN
- 9780141986692
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Square and the Tower: Networks, Hierarchies and the Struggle for Global Power as an audiobook?
The Square and the Tower: Networks, Hierarchies and the Struggle for Global Power runs 16.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10.7 hours.
Is The Square and the Tower: Networks, Hierarchies and the Struggle for Global Power free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Square and the Tower: Networks, Hierarchies and the Struggle for Global Power?
The Square and the Tower: Networks, Hierarchies and the Struggle for Global Power is narrated by John Sackville.
Is The Square and the Tower: Networks, Hierarchies and the Struggle for Global Power worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10.7 hours, saving 5.4 hours.