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Checkmate: The Lymond Chronicles Book Six by Dorothy Dunnett

Checkmate: The Lymond Chronicles Book Six: Audiobook

Book 6 of the Lymond Chronicles series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Checkmate: The Lymond Chronicles Book Six audiobook runs 28.7 hours unabridged, narrated by David Monteath (about 19.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

28.7listening hrs
Historical (Fiction)store shelf
2018released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 28.7 hours of listening.

Days to finish Checkmate: The Lymond Chronicles Book Six at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day58 days
1 hour / day29 days
2 hours / day15 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×20 days

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What our data says

  • At 28.7 hours, it runs longer than 98% of the 13,430 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf

134 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

Checkmate: The Lymond Chronicles Book Six is book 6 of Dorothy Dunnett's Lymond Chronicles series: a 28.7-hour unabridged recording, read by David Monteath, released November 8, 2018, on the Action & Adventure (Fiction) and Historical (Fiction) shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
28.7 hrs
Narrated by
David Monteath
Released
November 8, 2018
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Action & Adventure (Fiction), Historical (Fiction), Mystery, Thriller & Horror
Series
The Lymond Chronicles #6
ISBN
9781405939379

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Checkmate: The Lymond Chronicles Book Six audiobook?

Checkmate: The Lymond Chronicles Book Six runs 28.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 19.1 hours.

Is the Checkmate: The Lymond Chronicles Book Six audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Checkmate: The Lymond Chronicles Book Six?

Checkmate: The Lymond Chronicles Book Six is narrated by David Monteath.

Is Checkmate: The Lymond Chronicles Book Six worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 19.1 hours, saving 9.6 hours.