A Marvellous Light: a dazzling, queer romantic fantasy: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Last Binding series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Marvellous Light: a dazzling, queer romantic fantasy runs 14.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by David Thorpe (about 9.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 14.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 29 days |
| 1 hour / day | 15 days |
| 2 hours / day | 8 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 10 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 14.5 hours, it runs longer than 84% of the 13,430 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by David Thorpe
David Thorpe narrates 356 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,606 hours in all.
About as long, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf
1,725 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- Before We Were Yours
- The Women
- The Four Winds
- The Giver of Stars: Reese's Book Club
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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
A Marvellous Light: a dazzling, queer romantic fantasy is book 1 of Freya Marske's Last Binding series: a 14.5-hour unabridged recording, read by David Thorpe, released December 9, 2021, on the Historical (Fiction) and Romantasy (Romance) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 14.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- David Thorpe
- Released
- December 9, 2021
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Historical (Fiction), Romantasy (Romance), Historical (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
- Series
- The Last Binding #1
- ISBN
- 9781529080926
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is A Marvellous Light: a dazzling, queer romantic fantasy as an audiobook?
A Marvellous Light: a dazzling, queer romantic fantasy runs 14.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.7 hours.
Is A Marvellous Light: a dazzling, queer romantic fantasy free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates A Marvellous Light: a dazzling, queer romantic fantasy?
A Marvellous Light: a dazzling, queer romantic fantasy is narrated by David Thorpe.
Is A Marvellous Light: a dazzling, queer romantic fantasy worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.7 hours, saving 4.8 hours.