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Once a Duchess by Elizabeth Boyce

Once a Duchess: Audiobook

Book 1 of the Once A… series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Once a Duchess audiobook runs 10 hours unabridged, narrated by Rachael Beresford (about 6.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

10listening hrs
Historical (Romance)store shelf
2018released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 10 hours of listening.

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What our data says

  • At 10 hours, it runs longer than 61% of the 9,636 Historical (Romance) audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Once A…

This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 31.9 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1Once a Duchess10 hrs
2Once an Heiress11.2 hrs
3Once an Innocent10.6 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

Once a Duchess is book 1 of Elizabeth Boyce's Once A… series: a 10-hour unabridged recording, read by Rachael Beresford, released April 30, 2018, on the Historical (Romance) shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
10 hrs
Narrated by
Rachael Beresford
Released
April 30, 2018
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Historical (Romance)
Series
Once A… #1
ISBN
9781977375391

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Once a Duchess audiobook?

Once a Duchess runs 10 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.7 hours.

Is the Once a Duchess audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Once a Duchess?

Once a Duchess is narrated by Rachael Beresford.

Is Once a Duchess worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 6.7 hours, saving 3.3 hours.