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Blood & Beauty: The Borgias; A Novel by Sarah Dunant

Blood & Beauty: The Borgias; A Novel: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Blood & Beauty: The Borgias; A Novel audiobook runs 17.6 hours unabridged, narrated by Edoardo Ballerini (about 11.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

17.6listening hrs
Literary Fictionstore shelf
2013released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 17.6 hours of listening.

Days to finish Blood & Beauty: The Borgias; A Novel at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day36 days
1 hour / day18 days
2 hours / day9 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×12 days

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What our data says

  • At 17.6 hours, it runs longer than 95% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

More narrated by Edoardo Ballerini

Edoardo Ballerini narrates 448 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 4,500 hours in all.

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About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf

564 Literary 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

Blood & Beauty: The Borgias; A Novel is an audiobook by Sarah Dunant: a 17.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Edoardo Ballerini, released July 16, 2013, on the Literary Fiction and Historical (Fiction) shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
17.6 hrs
Narrated by
Edoardo Ballerini
Released
July 16, 2013
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Literary Fiction, Historical (Fiction), Essays & Anthologies
ISBN
9780385393416

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Blood & Beauty: The Borgias; A Novel audiobook?

Blood & Beauty: The Borgias; A Novel runs 17.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 11.7 hours.

Is the Blood & Beauty: The Borgias; A Novel audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Blood & Beauty: The Borgias; A Novel?

Blood & Beauty: The Borgias; A Novel is narrated by Edoardo Ballerini.

Is Blood & Beauty: The Borgias; A Novel worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 11.7 hours, saving 5.9 hours.