The Duchess: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Duchess runs 12.2 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Ruth Urquhart (about 8.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12.2 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 25 days |
| 1 hour / day | 13 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 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 12.2 hours, it runs longer than 85% of the 9,636 Historical (Romance) audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Ruth Urquhart
Ruth Urquhart narrates 179 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,770 hours in all.
About as long, on the Historical (Romance) shelf
1,695 Historical (Romance) 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 Duchess is an audiobook by Bertrice Small: a 12.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Ruth Urquhart, released March 23, 2021, on the Historical (Romance) shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12.2 hrs
- Narrated by
- Ruth Urquhart
- Released
- March 23, 2021
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Historical (Romance)
- ISBN
- 9781705254103
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Duchess as an audiobook?
The Duchess runs 12.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.2 hours.
Is The Duchess free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Duchess?
The Duchess is narrated by Ruth Urquhart.
Is The Duchess worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.2 hours, saving 4.1 hours.