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The Accidental Empress by Allison Pataki

The Accidental Empress: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Accidental Empress runs 18.1 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Madeleine Maby (about 12.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

18.1listening hrs
Historical (Fiction)store shelf
2015released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 18.1 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Accidental Empress at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day37 days
1 hour / day19 days
2 hours / day10 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×13 days

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What our data says

  • At 18.1 hours, it runs longer than 93% of the 13,430 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.

More narrated by Madeleine Maby

Madeleine Maby narrates 166 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,470 hours in all.

All Madeleine Maby audiobooks, measured

About as long, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf

684 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

The Accidental Empress is an audiobook by Allison Pataki: a 18.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Madeleine Maby, released February 17, 2015, on the Historical (Fiction) and Essays & Anthologies shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
18.1 hrs
Narrated by
Madeleine Maby
Released
February 17, 2015
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Historical (Fiction), Essays & Anthologies
ISBN
9781442377059

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Accidental Empress as an audiobook?

The Accidental Empress runs 18.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 12.1 hours.

Is The Accidental Empress free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Accidental Empress?

The Accidental Empress is narrated by Madeleine Maby.

Is The Accidental Empress worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 12.1 hours, saving 6 hours.