Desert Queen: The Extraordinary Life of Gertrude Bell: Adventurer, Adviser to Kings, Ally of Lawrence of Arabia: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Desert Queen: The Extraordinary Life of Gertrude Bell: Adventurer, Adviser to Kings, Ally of Lawrence of Arabia audiobook runs 20.2 hours unabridged, narrated by Jean Gilpin (about 13.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 20.2 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 41 days |
| 1 hour / day | 21 days |
| 2 hours / day | 11 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 14 days |
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What our data says
- At 20.2 hours, it runs longer than 92% of the 3,072 Law & Politics audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Jean Gilpin
Jean Gilpin narrates 10 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 160 hours in all.
About as long, on the Law & Politics shelf
163 Law & Politics 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
Desert Queen: The Extraordinary Life of Gertrude Bell: Adventurer, Adviser to Kings, Ally of Lawrence of Arabia is an audiobook by Janet Wallach: a 20.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Jean Gilpin, released September 4, 2012, on the Law & Politics and Women shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 20.2 hrs
- Narrated by
- Jean Gilpin
- Released
- September 4, 2012
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Law & Politics, Women
- ISBN
- 9780449806753
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Desert Queen: The Extraordinary Life of Gertrude Bell: Adventurer, Adviser to Kings, Ally of Lawrence of Arabia audiobook?
Desert Queen: The Extraordinary Life of Gertrude Bell: Adventurer, Adviser to Kings, Ally of Lawrence of Arabia runs 20.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 13.5 hours.
Is the Desert Queen: The Extraordinary Life of Gertrude Bell: Adventurer, Adviser to Kings, Ally of Lawrence of Arabia audiobook free?
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Who narrates Desert Queen: The Extraordinary Life of Gertrude Bell: Adventurer, Adviser to Kings, Ally of Lawrence of Arabia?
Desert Queen: The Extraordinary Life of Gertrude Bell: Adventurer, Adviser to Kings, Ally of Lawrence of Arabia is narrated by Jean Gilpin.
Is Desert Queen: The Extraordinary Life of Gertrude Bell: Adventurer, Adviser to Kings, Ally of Lawrence of Arabia worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 13.5 hours, saving 6.7 hours.