The Crown: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Joanna Stafford series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Crown runs 14.8 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Nicola Barber (about 9.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 14.8 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 30 days |
| 1 hour / day | 15 days |
| 2 hours / day | 8 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 10 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 14.8 hours, it runs longer than 86% of the 13,430 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Joanna Stafford Series
This is book 1. Books 1 to 2 run 29.6 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Crown | 14.8 hrs |
| 2 | The Chalice | 14.8 hrs |
More narrated by Nicola Barber
Nicola Barber narrates 145 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,332 hours in all.
About as long, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf
1,640 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- All the Light We Cannot See
- Before We Were Yours
- The Women
- The Four Winds
- The Giver of Stars: Reese's Book Club
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 Crown is book 1 of Nancy Bilyeau's Joanna Stafford series: a 14.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Nicola Barber, released January 10, 2012, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 14.8 hrs
- Narrated by
- Nicola Barber
- Released
- January 10, 2012
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Historical (Fiction)
- Series
- The Joanna Stafford Series #1
- ISBN
- 9781483067636
How to listen to The Crown free
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Crown as an audiobook?
The Crown runs 14.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.8 hours.
Is The Crown free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Crown?
The Crown is narrated by Nicola Barber.
Is The Crown worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.8 hours, saving 4.9 hours.