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The Queen and I by Sue Townsend

The Queen and I: Audiobook

Book 1 of the Queen and I series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Queen and I runs 7.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Angela Thorne (about 5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

7.5listening hrs
Fictionstore shelf
2015released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 7.5 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Queen and I at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day15 days
1 hour / day8 days
2 hours / day4 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×5 days

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

What our data says

  • At 7.5 hours, it is shorter than 67% of the 62,518 Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on The Queen and I Series

This is book 1. Books 1 to 2 run 20.5 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1The Queen and I7.5 hrs
2Queen Camilla13 hrs

About as long, on the Fiction shelf

8,595 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 Queen and I is book 1 of Sue Townsend's Queen and I series: a 7.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Angela Thorne, released June 4, 2015, on the Fiction shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
7.5 hrs
Narrated by
Angela Thorne
Released
June 4, 2015
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Fiction
Series
The Queen and I Series #1
ISBN
9781471293597

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Queen and I as an audiobook?

The Queen and I runs 7.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5 hours.

Is The Queen and I free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Queen and I?

The Queen and I is narrated by Angela Thorne.