Birthright: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Mercia Blakewood series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Birthright audiobook runs 13.9 hours unabridged, narrated by Patience Tomlinson (about 9.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 13.9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 28 days |
| 1 hour / day | 14 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 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 13.9 hours, it runs longer than 95% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Mercia Blakewood
This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 43.5 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Birthright | 13.9 hrs |
| 2 | Puritan | 15.5 hrs |
| 3 | Traitor | 14 hrs |
More narrated by Patience Tomlinson
Patience Tomlinson narrates 69 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 716 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
1,282 Police & Detective 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
Birthright is book 1 of David Hingley's Mercia Blakewood series: a 13.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Patience Tomlinson, released December 1, 2017, on the Police & Detective shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 13.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Patience Tomlinson
- Released
- December 1, 2017
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective
- Series
- Mercia Blakewood #1
- ISBN
- 9781445068299
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Birthright audiobook?
Birthright runs 13.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.3 hours.
Is the Birthright audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Birthright?
Birthright is narrated by Patience Tomlinson.
Is Birthright worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.3 hours, saving 4.6 hours.