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Lion Hearts by Dan Jones

Lion Hearts: Audiobook

Book 3 of the Essex Dogs series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Lion Hearts audiobook runs 12 hours unabridged, narrated by Ben Miles (about 8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

12listening hrs
Historical (Fiction)store shelf
2025released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 12 hours of listening.

Days to finish Lion Hearts at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day24 days
1 hour / day12 days
2 hours / day6 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×8 days

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What our data says

  • At 12 hours, it runs longer than 68% of the 13,430 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Essex Dogs Trilogy

This is book 3. Books 1 to 2 run 24.6 hours before it; books 1 to 3 run 36.6 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1Essex Dogs13.4 hrs
2Wolves of Winter11.2 hrs
3Lion Hearts12 hrs

About as long, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf

3,091 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

Lion Hearts is book 3 of Dan Jones's Essex Dogs series: a 12-hour unabridged recording, read by Ben Miles, released September 23, 2025, on the Historical (Fiction) and Westerns & War shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
12 hrs
Narrated by
Ben Miles
Released
September 23, 2025
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Historical (Fiction), Westerns & War
Series
Essex Dogs Trilogy #3
ISBN
9798217071531

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Lion Hearts audiobook?

Lion Hearts runs 12 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8 hours.

Is the Lion Hearts audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Lion Hearts?

Lion Hearts is narrated by Ben Miles.

Is Lion Hearts worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8 hours, saving 4 hours.