The King's Shadow: Obsession, Betrayal, and the Deadly Quest for the Lost City of Alexandria: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The King's Shadow: Obsession, Betrayal, and the Deadly Quest for the Lost City of Alexandria runs 8.3 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Julian Elfer (about 5.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 8.3 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 17 days |
| 1 hour / day | 9 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 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 8.3 hours, it is shorter than 58% of the 7,179 World audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Julian Elfer
Julian Elfer narrates 159 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,491 hours in all.
About as long, on the World shelf
870 World audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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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 King's Shadow: Obsession, Betrayal, and the Deadly Quest for the Lost City of Alexandria is an audiobook by Edmund Richardson: a 8.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Julian Elfer, released April 12, 2022, on the World shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.3 hrs
- Narrated by
- Julian Elfer
- Released
- April 12, 2022
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- World
- ISBN
- 9781666168822
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The King's Shadow: Obsession, Betrayal, and the Deadly Quest for the Lost City of Alexandria as an audiobook?
The King's Shadow: Obsession, Betrayal, and the Deadly Quest for the Lost City of Alexandria runs 8.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.5 hours.
Is The King's Shadow: Obsession, Betrayal, and the Deadly Quest for the Lost City of Alexandria free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The King's Shadow: Obsession, Betrayal, and the Deadly Quest for the Lost City of Alexandria?
The King's Shadow: Obsession, Betrayal, and the Deadly Quest for the Lost City of Alexandria is narrated by Julian Elfer.