In the Shadow of the Empress: The Defiant Lives of Maria Theresa, Mother of Marie Antoinette, and Her Daughters: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the In the Shadow of the Empress: The Defiant Lives of Maria Theresa, Mother of Marie Antoinette, and Her Daughters audiobook runs 23.1 hours unabridged, narrated by Emma Newman (about 15.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 23.1 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
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| 30 min / day | 47 days |
| 1 hour / day | 24 days |
| 2 hours / day | 12 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 16 days |
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What our data says
- At 23.1 hours, it runs longer than 96% of the 7,179 World audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Emma Newman
Emma Newman narrates 30 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 288 hours in all.
About as long, on the World shelf
191 World 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
In the Shadow of the Empress: The Defiant Lives of Maria Theresa, Mother of Marie Antoinette, and Her Daughters is an audiobook by Nancy Goldstone: a 23.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Emma Newman, released September 21, 2021, on the World and History & Culture shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 23.1 hrs
- Narrated by
- Emma Newman
- Released
- September 21, 2021
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- World, History & Culture
- ISBN
- 9781549115905
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How long is the In the Shadow of the Empress: The Defiant Lives of Maria Theresa, Mother of Marie Antoinette, and Her Daughters audiobook?
In the Shadow of the Empress: The Defiant Lives of Maria Theresa, Mother of Marie Antoinette, and Her Daughters runs 23.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 15.4 hours.
Is the In the Shadow of the Empress: The Defiant Lives of Maria Theresa, Mother of Marie Antoinette, and Her Daughters audiobook free?
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Who narrates In the Shadow of the Empress: The Defiant Lives of Maria Theresa, Mother of Marie Antoinette, and Her Daughters?
In the Shadow of the Empress: The Defiant Lives of Maria Theresa, Mother of Marie Antoinette, and Her Daughters is narrated by Emma Newman.
Is In the Shadow of the Empress: The Defiant Lives of Maria Theresa, Mother of Marie Antoinette, and Her Daughters worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 15.4 hours, saving 7.7 hours.