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Dark Tides by Philippa Gregory

Dark Tides: Audiobook

Book 2 of the Fairmile series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Dark Tides audiobook runs 17.4 hours unabridged, narrated by Louise Brealey (about 11.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

17.4listening hrs
Historical (Fiction)store shelf
2020released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 17.4 hours of listening.

Days to finish Dark Tides at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day35 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 17.4 hours, it runs longer than 92% of the 5,422 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf

364 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:

Computed from 170,512 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read October 21, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.

About this listen

Dark Tides is book 2 of Philippa Gregory's Fairmile series: a 17.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Louise Brealey, released November 24, 2020, on the Historical (Fiction) and Contemporary Women shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
17.4 hrs
Narrated by
Louise Brealey
Released
November 24, 2020
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Historical (Fiction), Contemporary Women, Drama
Series
The Fairmile Series #2
ISBN
9781797111391

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Dark Tides audiobook?

Dark Tides runs 17.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 11.6 hours.

Is the Dark Tides audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Dark Tides?

Dark Tides is narrated by Louise Brealey.

Is Dark Tides worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 11.6 hours, saving 5.8 hours.