The Empty Throne: Audiobook
Book 8 of the Last Kingdom (formerly Saxon Tales) series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Empty Throne runs 11.2 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Matt Bates (about 7.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 11.2 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 23 days |
| 1 hour / day | 12 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 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 11.2 hours, it runs longer than 59% of the 5,422 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Matt Bates
Matt Bates narrates 18 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 207 hours in all.
- Warriors of the Storm
- The Pagan Lord
- Sword of Kings
- War Lord
- Jimmy and the Crawler
About as long, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf
1,380 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Computed from 170,512 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read October 21, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
The Empty Throne is book 8 of Bernard Cornwell's Last Kingdom (formerly Saxon Tales) series: a 11.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Matt Bates, released January 6, 2015, on the Action & Adventure (Fiction) and Historical (Fiction) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 11.2 hrs
- Narrated by
- Matt Bates
- Released
- January 6, 2015
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Action & Adventure (Fiction), Historical (Fiction)
- Series
- Last Kingdom (formerly Saxon Tales) #8
- ISBN
- 9780062370624
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Empty Throne as an audiobook?
The Empty Throne runs 11.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.5 hours.
Is The Empty Throne free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Empty Throne?
The Empty Throne is narrated by Matt Bates.
Is The Empty Throne worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.5 hours, saving 3.7 hours.