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Francesca by Bertrice Small

Francesca: Audiobook

Book 2 of the Silk Merchant's Daughters series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Francesca audiobook runs 13.3 hours unabridged, narrated by Jill Tanner (about 8.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

13.3listening hrs
Historical (Romance)store shelf
2013released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 13.3 hours of listening.

Days to finish Francesca at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day27 days
1 hour / day14 days
2 hours / day7 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×9 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 13.3 hours, it runs longer than 90% of the 9,636 Historical (Romance) audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Silk Merchant's Daughters

This is book 2. Book 1 runs 13.3 hours before it; books 1 to 3 run 35.4 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1Bianca13.3 hrs
2Francesca13.3 hrs
3Lucianna8.8 hrs

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

Francesca is book 2 of Bertrice Small's Silk Merchant's Daughters series: a 13.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Jill Tanner, released June 7, 2013, on the Historical (Romance) shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
13.3 hrs
Narrated by
Jill Tanner
Released
June 7, 2013
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Historical (Romance)
Series
Silk Merchant's Daughters #2
ISBN
9781470347321

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Francesca audiobook?

Francesca runs 13.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.9 hours.

Is the Francesca audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Francesca?

Francesca is narrated by Jill Tanner.

Is Francesca worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.9 hours, saving 4.4 hours.