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Scales of Gold by Dorothy Dunnett

Scales of Gold: Audiobook

Book 4 of the House of Niccolo series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Scales of Gold audiobook runs 24.4 hours unabridged, narrated by John Banks (about 16.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

24.4listening hrs
Historical (Fiction)store shelf
2023released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 24.4 hours of listening.

Days to finish Scales of Gold at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day49 days
1 hour / day25 days
2 hours / day13 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×17 days

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What our data says

  • At 24.4 hours, it runs longer than 97% of the 13,430 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.

More narrated by John Banks

John Banks narrates 63 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,170 hours in all.

All John Banks audiobooks, measured

About as long, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf

226 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

Scales of Gold is book 4 of Dorothy Dunnett's House of Niccolo series: a 24.4-hour unabridged recording, read by John Banks, released May 30, 2023, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
24.4 hrs
Narrated by
John Banks
Released
May 30, 2023
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Historical (Fiction)
Series
House of Niccolo #4
ISBN
9798350805109

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Scales of Gold audiobook?

Scales of Gold runs 24.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 16.2 hours.

Is the Scales of Gold audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Scales of Gold?

Scales of Gold is narrated by John Banks.

Is Scales of Gold worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 16.2 hours, saving 8.1 hours.