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The Challenges of a King: The Road to Hastings Book 1 by K.M. Ashman

The Challenges of a King: The Road to Hastings Book 1: Audiobook

Book 1 of the Road to Hastings series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Challenges of a King: The Road to Hastings Book 1 runs 9.6 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Toby Longworth (about 6.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

9.6listening hrs
Historical (Fiction)store shelf
2022released
Free for new listeners

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What our data says

  • At 9.6 hours, it is shorter than 61% of the 13,430 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Road to Hastings

This is book 1. Books 1 to 2 run 18.4 hours in all.

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 Challenges of a King: The Road to Hastings Book 1 is book 1 of K.M. Ashman's Road to Hastings series: a 9.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Toby Longworth, released December 8, 2022, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
9.6 hrs
Narrated by
Toby Longworth
Released
December 8, 2022
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Historical (Fiction)
Series
Road to Hastings #1
ISBN
9781004109517

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Challenges of a King: The Road to Hastings Book 1 as an audiobook?

The Challenges of a King: The Road to Hastings Book 1 runs 9.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.4 hours.

Is The Challenges of a King: The Road to Hastings Book 1 free as an audiobook?

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Who narrates The Challenges of a King: The Road to Hastings Book 1?

The Challenges of a King: The Road to Hastings Book 1 is narrated by Toby Longworth.