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The Iron King by Maurice Druon

The Iron King: Audiobook

Book 1 of the Accursed Kings series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Iron King runs 11 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Peter Joyce (about 7.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

11listening hrs
Historical (Fiction)store shelf
2013released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 11 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Iron King at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day22 days
1 hour / day11 days
2 hours / day6 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×8 days

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

What our data says

  • At 11 hours, it runs longer than 57% of the 13,430 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on The Accursed Kings

This is book 1. Books 1 to 7 run 74.4 hours in all.

More narrated by Peter Joyce

Peter Joyce narrates 87 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,041 hours in all.

All Peter Joyce audiobooks, measured

About as long, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf

3,525 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 Iron King is book 1 of Maurice Druon's Accursed Kings series: a 11-hour unabridged recording, read by Peter Joyce, released January 3, 2013, on the Historical (Fiction) and Westerns & War shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
11 hrs
Narrated by
Peter Joyce
Released
January 3, 2013
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Historical (Fiction), Westerns & War, Historical (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
Series
The Accursed Kings #1
ISBN
9780007508761

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Iron King as an audiobook?

The Iron King runs 11 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.4 hours.

Is The Iron King free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Iron King?

The Iron King is narrated by Peter Joyce.

Is The Iron King worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.4 hours, saving 3.7 hours.