Black Diamonds: The Downfall of an Aristocratic Dynasty and the Fifty Years That Changed England: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Black Diamonds: The Downfall of an Aristocratic Dynasty and the Fifty Years That Changed England audiobook runs 15.3 hours unabridged, narrated by Gareth Armstrong (about 10.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 15.3 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 31 days |
| 1 hour / day | 16 days |
| 2 hours / day | 8 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 11 days |
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What our data says
- At 15.3 hours, it runs longer than 84% of the 7,179 World audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Gareth Armstrong
Gareth Armstrong narrates 48 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 541 hours in all.
About as long, on the World shelf
662 World 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
Black Diamonds: The Downfall of an Aristocratic Dynasty and the Fifty Years That Changed England is an audiobook by Catherine Bailey: a 15.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Gareth Armstrong, released December 30, 2014, on the World and Europe shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 15.3 hrs
- Narrated by
- Gareth Armstrong
- Released
- December 30, 2014
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- World, Europe
- ISBN
- 9781494575977
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Black Diamonds: The Downfall of an Aristocratic Dynasty and the Fifty Years That Changed England audiobook?
Black Diamonds: The Downfall of an Aristocratic Dynasty and the Fifty Years That Changed England runs 15.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10.2 hours.
Is the Black Diamonds: The Downfall of an Aristocratic Dynasty and the Fifty Years That Changed England audiobook free?
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Who narrates Black Diamonds: The Downfall of an Aristocratic Dynasty and the Fifty Years That Changed England?
Black Diamonds: The Downfall of an Aristocratic Dynasty and the Fifty Years That Changed England is narrated by Gareth Armstrong.
Is Black Diamonds: The Downfall of an Aristocratic Dynasty and the Fifty Years That Changed England worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10.2 hours, saving 5.1 hours.