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His Dark Lady by Victoria Lamb

His Dark Lady: Audiobook

Book 2 of the Shakespeare’s Mistress series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the His Dark Lady audiobook runs 14.8 hours unabridged, narrated by Carole Boyd (about 9.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

14.8listening hrs
Historical (Fiction)store shelf
2013released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 14.8 hours of listening.

Days to finish His Dark Lady at common listening paces
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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 14.8 hours, it runs longer than 86% of the 13,430 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf

1,624 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

His Dark Lady is book 2 of Victoria Lamb's Shakespeare’s Mistress series: a 14.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Carole Boyd, released February 28, 2013, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
14.8 hrs
Narrated by
Carole Boyd
Released
February 28, 2013
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Historical (Fiction)
Series
Shakespeare’s Mistress #2
ISBN
9781448178575

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the His Dark Lady audiobook?

His Dark Lady runs 14.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.9 hours.

Is the His Dark Lady audiobook free?

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

Who narrates His Dark Lady?

His Dark Lady is narrated by Carole Boyd.

Is His Dark Lady worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.9 hours, saving 4.9 hours.