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The Girl in the Castle by Santa Montefiore

The Girl in the Castle: Audiobook

Book 1 of the Deverill Chronicles series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Girl in the Castle runs 17.7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Genevieve Swallow (about 11.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

17.7listening hrs
Historical (Fiction)store shelf
2016released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 17.7 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Girl in the Castle at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day36 days
1 hour / day18 days
2 hours / day9 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×12 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 17.7 hours, it runs longer than 93% of the 13,430 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Deverill Chronicles

This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 50.4 hours in all.

About as long, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf

763 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 Girl in the Castle is book 1 of Santa Montefiore's Deverill Chronicles series: a 17.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Genevieve Swallow, released September 27, 2016, on the Historical (Fiction) and Historical (Romance) shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
17.7 hrs
Narrated by
Genevieve Swallow
Released
September 27, 2016
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Historical (Fiction), Historical (Romance), Drama
Series
Deverill Chronicles #1
ISBN
9780062563514

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Girl in the Castle as an audiobook?

The Girl in the Castle runs 17.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 11.8 hours.

Is The Girl in the Castle free as an audiobook?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates The Girl in the Castle?

The Girl in the Castle is narrated by Genevieve Swallow.

Is The Girl in the Castle worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 11.8 hours, saving 5.9 hours.