The Lost Empress: Audiobook
Book 4 of the Jefferson Tayte Genealogical Mystery series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Lost Empress runs 9.2 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Simon Vance (about 6.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 9.2 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 19 days |
| 1 hour / day | 10 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 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 9.2 hours, it is shorter than 66% of the 13,430 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Jefferson Tayte Genealogical Mystery
This is book 4. Books 1 to 3 run 28.5 hours before it; books 1 to 7 run 66.2 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | In the Blood | 10.9 hrs |
| 2 | To The Grave | 8.8 hrs |
| 3 | The Last Queen of England | 8.8 hrs |
| 4 | The Lost Empress | 9.2 hrs |
| 5 | Kindred | 9.5 hrs |
| 6 | Dying Games | 8.9 hrs |
| 7 | Letters from the Dead | 10 hrs |
More narrated by Simon Vance
Simon Vance narrates 793 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 8,393 hours in all.
- Dune: Book One in the Dune Chronicles
- Dune Messiah: Book Two in the Dune Chronicles
- Fire & Blood (HBO Tie-in Edition): 300 Years Before A Game of Thrones
- The House in the Woods
- The Girl in the Spider's Web: A Lisbeth Salander Novel
About as long, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf
2,801 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 Lost Empress is book 4 of Steve Robinson's Jefferson Tayte Genealogical Mystery series: a 9.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Simon Vance, released October 21, 2014, on the Historical (Fiction) and Mystery, Thriller & Horror shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 9.2 hrs
- Narrated by
- Simon Vance
- Released
- October 21, 2014
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Historical (Fiction), Mystery, Thriller & Horror
- Series
- Jefferson Tayte Genealogical Mystery #4
- ISBN
- 9781491549209
How to listen to The Lost Empress free
New members at audiobooks.com get three free audiobooks with the trial.
Separately, the store's catalog carries more than 10,000 audiobooks that are always free to stream.
Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Lost Empress as an audiobook?
The Lost Empress runs 9.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.1 hours.
Is The Lost Empress free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Lost Empress?
The Lost Empress is narrated by Simon Vance.