The Crown: The Official Companion, Volume 1: Elizabeth II, Winston Churchill, and the Making of a Young Queen (1947-1955): Audiobook
Book 1 of the Crown series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Crown: The Official Companion, Volume 1: Elizabeth II, Winston Churchill, and the Making of a Young Queen (1947-1955) runs 7.4 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Alex Jennings (about 4.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 7.4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
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| 30 min / day | 15 days |
| 1 hour / day | 8 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 5 days |
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What our data says
- At 7.4 hours, it is shorter than 60% of the 5,224 History & Culture audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Crown
This is book 1. Books 1 to 2 run 14.5 hours in all.
More narrated by Alex Jennings
Alex Jennings narrates 137 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,153 hours in all.
About as long, on the History & Culture shelf
701 History & Culture 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 Crown: The Official Companion, Volume 1: Elizabeth II, Winston Churchill, and the Making of a Young Queen (1947-1955) is book 1 of Robert Lacey's Crown series: a 7.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Alex Jennings, released October 17, 2017, on the History & Culture and Europe shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 7.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- Alex Jennings
- Released
- October 17, 2017
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- History & Culture, Europe
- Series
- The Crown #1
- ISBN
- 9780525526674
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Crown: The Official Companion, Volume 1: Elizabeth II, Winston Churchill, and the Making of a Young Queen (1947-1955) as an audiobook?
The Crown: The Official Companion, Volume 1: Elizabeth II, Winston Churchill, and the Making of a Young Queen (1947-1955) runs 7.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.9 hours.
Is The Crown: The Official Companion, Volume 1: Elizabeth II, Winston Churchill, and the Making of a Young Queen (1947-1955) free as an audiobook?
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Who narrates The Crown: The Official Companion, Volume 1: Elizabeth II, Winston Churchill, and the Making of a Young Queen (1947-1955)?
The Crown: The Official Companion, Volume 1: Elizabeth II, Winston Churchill, and the Making of a Young Queen (1947-1955) is narrated by Alex Jennings.