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Becoming Queen Victoria: The Unexpected Rise of Britain's Greatest Monarch by Kate Williams

Becoming Queen Victoria: The Unexpected Rise of Britain's Greatest Monarch: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Becoming Queen Victoria: The Unexpected Rise of Britain's Greatest Monarch audiobook runs 16.5 hours unabridged, narrated by Katharine Lee Mcewan (about 11 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

16.5listening hrs
Worldstore shelf
2016released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 16.5 hours of listening.

Days to finish Becoming Queen Victoria: The Unexpected Rise of Britain's Greatest Monarch at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day33 days
1 hour / day17 days
2 hours / day9 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×11 days

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What our data says

  • At 16.5 hours, it runs longer than 87% of the 7,179 World 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

Becoming Queen Victoria: The Unexpected Rise of Britain's Greatest Monarch is an audiobook by Kate Williams: a 16.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Katharine Lee Mcewan, released December 27, 2016, on the World and History & Culture shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
16.5 hrs
Narrated by
Katharine Lee Mcewan
Released
December 27, 2016
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
World, History & Culture, Europe
ISBN
9780525493556

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Becoming Queen Victoria: The Unexpected Rise of Britain's Greatest Monarch audiobook?

Becoming Queen Victoria: The Unexpected Rise of Britain's Greatest Monarch runs 16.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 11 hours.

Is the Becoming Queen Victoria: The Unexpected Rise of Britain's Greatest Monarch audiobook free?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates Becoming Queen Victoria: The Unexpected Rise of Britain's Greatest Monarch?

Becoming Queen Victoria: The Unexpected Rise of Britain's Greatest Monarch is narrated by Katharine Lee Mcewan.

Is Becoming Queen Victoria: The Unexpected Rise of Britain's Greatest Monarch worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 11 hours, saving 5.5 hours.