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Being Elizabeth by Barbara Taylor Bradford

Being Elizabeth: Audiobook

Book 3 of the Ravenscar series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Being Elizabeth audiobook runs 13.5 hours unabridged, narrated by Katherine Kellgren (about 9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

13.5listening hrs
Historical (Fiction)store shelf
2008released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 13.5 hours of listening.

Days to finish Being Elizabeth at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day27 days
1 hour / day14 days
2 hours / day7 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×9 days

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What our data says

  • At 13.5 hours, it runs longer than 79% of the 13,430 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Ravenscar Series

This is book 3. Books 1 to 2 run 34 hours before it; books 1 to 3 run 47.5 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1The Ravenscar Dynasty17.6 hrs
2The Heir16.4 hrs
3Being Elizabeth13.5 hrs

About as long, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf

2,243 Historical (Fiction) 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

Being Elizabeth is book 3 of Barbara Taylor Bradford's Ravenscar series: a 13.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Katherine Kellgren, released August 19, 2008, on the Historical (Fiction) and Drama shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
13.5 hrs
Narrated by
Katherine Kellgren
Released
August 19, 2008
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Historical (Fiction), Drama
Series
Ravenscar Series #3
ISBN
9781427204981

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Being Elizabeth audiobook?

Being Elizabeth runs 13.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9 hours.

Is the Being Elizabeth audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Being Elizabeth?

Being Elizabeth is narrated by Katherine Kellgren.

Is Being Elizabeth worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9 hours, saving 4.5 hours.