Behind the Palace Doors: Five Centuries of Sex, Adventure, Vice, Treachery, and Folly from Royal Britain: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Behind the Palace Doors: Five Centuries of Sex, Adventure, Vice, Treachery, and Folly from Royal Britain audiobook runs 9.5 hours unabridged, narrated by James Langton (about 6.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 9.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 19 days |
| 1 hour / day | 10 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 days |
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What our data says
- At 9.5 hours, it runs longer than 56% of the 3,272 Europe audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by James Langton
James Langton narrates 300 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,036 hours in all.
About as long, on the Europe shelf
396 Europe audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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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
Behind the Palace Doors: Five Centuries of Sex, Adventure, Vice, Treachery, and Folly from Royal Britain is an audiobook by Michael Farquhar: a 9.5-hour unabridged recording, read by James Langton, released June 22, 2011, on the Europe and Biography & Memoir shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 9.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- James Langton
- Released
- June 22, 2011
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Europe, Biography & Memoir
- ISBN
- 9781452672960
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How long is the Behind the Palace Doors: Five Centuries of Sex, Adventure, Vice, Treachery, and Folly from Royal Britain audiobook?
Behind the Palace Doors: Five Centuries of Sex, Adventure, Vice, Treachery, and Folly from Royal Britain runs 9.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.3 hours.
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Who narrates Behind the Palace Doors: Five Centuries of Sex, Adventure, Vice, Treachery, and Folly from Royal Britain?
Behind the Palace Doors: Five Centuries of Sex, Adventure, Vice, Treachery, and Folly from Royal Britain is narrated by James Langton.