The Heir: Audiobook
Book 2 of the Ravenscar series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Heir runs 16.4 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by John Lee (about 10.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 16.4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 33 days |
| 1 hour / day | 17 days |
| 2 hours / day | 9 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 11 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 16.4 hours, it runs longer than 90% of the 13,430 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Ravenscar Series
This is book 2. Book 1 runs 17.6 hours before it; books 1 to 3 run 47.5 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Ravenscar Dynasty | 17.6 hrs |
| 2 | The Heir | 16.4 hrs |
| 3 | Being Elizabeth | 13.5 hrs |
More narrated by John Lee
John Lee narrates 513 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 6,580 hours in all.
About as long, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf
1,042 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- All the Light We Cannot See
- The Nightingale
- The Women
- The Four Winds
- The Alice Network
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 Heir is book 2 of Barbara Taylor Bradford's Ravenscar series: a 16.4-hour unabridged recording, read by John Lee, released October 30, 2007, on the Historical (Fiction) and Drama shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 16.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- John Lee
- Released
- October 30, 2007
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Historical (Fiction), Drama
- Series
- Ravenscar Series #2
- ISBN
- 9781427202451
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Heir as an audiobook?
The Heir runs 16.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10.9 hours.
Is The Heir free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Heir?
The Heir is narrated by John Lee.
Is The Heir worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10.9 hours, saving 5.5 hours.