Sovereign: Audiobook
Book 3 of the Matthew Shardlake series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Sovereign audiobook runs 21.3 hours unabridged, narrated by Steven Crossley (about 14.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 21.3 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 43 days |
| 1 hour / day | 22 days |
| 2 hours / day | 11 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 15 days |
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Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 21.3 hours, it runs longer than 96% of the 13,430 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Steven Crossley
Steven Crossley narrates 290 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,468 hours in all.
About as long, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf
345 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
Sovereign is book 3 of C.J. Sansom's Matthew Shardlake series: a 21.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Steven Crossley, released May 9, 2008, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 21.3 hrs
- Narrated by
- Steven Crossley
- Released
- May 9, 2008
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Historical (Fiction)
- Series
- Matthew Shardlake #3
- ISBN
- 9781436116558
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Sovereign audiobook?
Sovereign runs 21.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 14.2 hours.
Is the Sovereign audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Sovereign?
Sovereign is narrated by Steven Crossley.
Is Sovereign worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 14.2 hours, saving 7.1 hours.