The Duke I Once Knew: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Unlikely Duchesses series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Duke I Once Knew runs 10.2 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Helen Lloyd (about 6.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 10.2 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 21 days |
| 1 hour / day | 11 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 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 10.2 hours, it is shorter than 53% of the 13,430 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Unlikely Duchesses
This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 33 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Duke I Once Knew | 10.2 hrs |
| 2 | Forever My Duke | 12.3 hrs |
| 3 | When a Duke Loves a Governess | 10.5 hrs |
More narrated by Helen Lloyd
Helen Lloyd narrates 120 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,139 hours in all.
About as long, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf
3,506 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 Duke I Once Knew is book 1 of Olivia Drake's Unlikely Duchesses series: a 10.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Helen Lloyd, released December 10, 2019, on the Historical (Romance) and Historical (Fiction) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 10.2 hrs
- Narrated by
- Helen Lloyd
- Released
- December 10, 2019
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Historical (Romance), Historical (Fiction), Contemporary Women
- Series
- Unlikely Duchesses #1
- ISBN
- 9781666556452
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Duke I Once Knew as an audiobook?
The Duke I Once Knew runs 10.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.8 hours.
Is The Duke I Once Knew free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Duke I Once Knew?
The Duke I Once Knew is narrated by Helen Lloyd.
Is The Duke I Once Knew worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 6.8 hours, saving 3.4 hours.