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The Lion Wakes by Robert Low

The Lion Wakes: Audiobook

Book 1 of the Kingdom series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Lion Wakes runs 11.4 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by David Gonet (about 7.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

11.4listening hrs
Historical (Fiction)store shelf
2011released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 11.4 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Lion Wakes at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day23 days
1 hour / day12 days
2 hours / day6 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×8 days

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What our data says

  • At 11.4 hours, it runs longer than 62% of the 13,430 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf

3,391 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 Wakes is book 1 of Robert Low's Kingdom series: a 11.4-hour unabridged recording, read by David Gonet, released April 14, 2011, on the Historical (Fiction) and Westerns & War shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
11.4 hrs
Narrated by
David Gonet
Released
April 14, 2011
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Historical (Fiction), Westerns & War, Essays & Anthologies
Series
The Kingdom Series #1
ISBN
9780007436347

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Lion Wakes as an audiobook?

The Lion Wakes runs 11.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.6 hours.

Is The Lion Wakes free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Lion Wakes?

The Lion Wakes is narrated by David Gonet.

Is The Lion Wakes worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.6 hours, saving 3.8 hours.