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Fortune's Child by James Conroyd Martin

Fortune's Child: Audiobook

Book 1 of the Theodora Duology series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Fortune's Child audiobook runs 14.6 hours unabridged, narrated by James Gillies (about 9.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

14.6listening hrs
Historical (Fiction)store shelf
2021released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 14.6 hours of listening.

Days to finish Fortune's Child at common listening paces
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30 min / day30 days
1 hour / day15 days
2 hours / day8 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×10 days

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What our data says

  • At 14.6 hours, it runs longer than 85% of the 13,430 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on The Theodora Duology

This is book 1. Books 1 to 2 run 30.6 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1Fortune's Child14.6 hrs
2Too Soon the Night16 hrs

About as long, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf

1,688 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

Fortune's Child is book 1 of James Conroyd Martin's Theodora Duology series: a 14.6-hour unabridged recording, read by James Gillies, released April 2, 2021, on the Historical (Fiction) and Essays & Anthologies shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
14.6 hrs
Narrated by
James Gillies
Released
April 2, 2021
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Historical (Fiction), Essays & Anthologies
Series
The Theodora Duology #1
ISBN
9781662269066

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Fortune's Child audiobook?

Fortune's Child runs 14.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.7 hours.

Is the Fortune's Child audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Fortune's Child?

Fortune's Child is narrated by James Gillies.

Is Fortune's Child worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.7 hours, saving 4.9 hours.