By the King's Design: Audiobook
Book 3 of the Royal Trades series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the By the King's Design audiobook runs 13.9 hours unabridged, narrated by Marnye Young (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 82% of the 13,430 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Royal Trades
This is book 3. Books 1 to 2 run 29.2 hours before it; books 1 to 3 run 43.1 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Queen's Dollmaker | 12.8 hrs |
| 2 | A Royal Likeness | 16.4 hrs |
| 3 | By the King's Design | 13.9 hrs |
More narrated by Marnye Young
Marnye Young narrates 201 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,706 hours in all.
About as long, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf
1,995 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- Before We Were Yours
- The Women
- The Giver of Stars: Reese's Book Club
- The Alice Network
- The Frozen River: A GMA Book Club Pick
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
By the King's Design is book 3 of Christine Trent's Royal Trades series: a 13.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Marnye Young, released August 17, 2023, on the Historical (Romance) and Historical (Fiction) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 13.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Marnye Young
- Released
- August 17, 2023
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Historical (Romance), Historical (Fiction)
- Series
- Royal Trades #3
- ISBN
- 9781944745264
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the By the King's Design audiobook?
By the King's Design runs 13.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.3 hours.
Is the By the King's Design audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates By the King's Design?
By the King's Design is narrated by Marnye Young.
Is By the King's Design worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.3 hours, saving 4.6 hours.