The Lion and the Rose: Audiobook
Book 2 of the A Novel of the Borgias series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Lion and the Rose runs 18 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Ronan Vibert and Maria Elena Infantino and others (about 12 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 18 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 36 days |
| 1 hour / day | 18 days |
| 2 hours / day | 9 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 12 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 18 hours, it runs longer than 93% of the 13,430 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on A Novel of the Borgias
This is book 2. Book 1 runs 16.8 hours before it; books 1 to 2 run 34.8 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Serpent and the Pearl | 16.8 hrs |
| 2 | The Lion and the Rose | 18 hrs |
More narrated by Ronan Vibert
Ronan Vibert narrates 4 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 65 hours in all.
About as long, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf
690 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 Lion and the Rose is book 2 of Kate Quinn's A Novel of the Borgias series: a 18-hour unabridged recording, read by Ronan Vibert, Maria Elena Infantino and Leila Birch, released January 7, 2014, on the Mystery and Historical (Fiction) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 18 hrs
- Narrated by
- Ronan Vibert, Maria Elena Infantino, Leila Birch
- Released
- January 7, 2014
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Mystery, Historical (Fiction), Mystery, Thriller & Horror
- Series
- A Novel of the Borgias #2
- ISBN
- 9780698150188
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Lion and the Rose as an audiobook?
The Lion and the Rose runs 18 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 12 hours.
Is The Lion and the Rose free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Lion and the Rose?
The Lion and the Rose is narrated by Ronan Vibert, Maria Elena Infantino and Leila Birch.
Is The Lion and the Rose worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 12 hours, saving 6 hours.