The Rival Queens: Catherine de' Medici, Her Daughter Marguerite de Valois, and the Betrayal that Ignited a Kingdom: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Rival Queens: Catherine de' Medici, Her Daughter Marguerite de Valois, and the Betrayal that Ignited a Kingdom runs 16 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Suzanne Toren (about 10.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 16 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 32 days |
| 1 hour / day | 16 days |
| 2 hours / day | 8 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 11 days |
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What our data says
- At 16 hours, it runs longer than 90% of the 5,224 History & Culture audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Suzanne Toren
Suzanne Toren narrates 399 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 4,287 hours in all.
About as long, on the History & Culture shelf
313 History & Culture 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 Rival Queens: Catherine de' Medici, Her Daughter Marguerite de Valois, and the Betrayal that Ignited a Kingdom is an audiobook by Nancy Goldstone: a 16-hour unabridged recording, read by Suzanne Toren, released June 23, 2015, on the History & Culture and Women shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 16 hrs
- Narrated by
- Suzanne Toren
- Released
- June 23, 2015
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- History & Culture, Women, Europe
- ISBN
- 9781478955610
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Rival Queens: Catherine de' Medici, Her Daughter Marguerite de Valois, and the Betrayal that Ignited a Kingdom as an audiobook?
The Rival Queens: Catherine de' Medici, Her Daughter Marguerite de Valois, and the Betrayal that Ignited a Kingdom runs 16 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10.7 hours.
Is The Rival Queens: Catherine de' Medici, Her Daughter Marguerite de Valois, and the Betrayal that Ignited a Kingdom free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Rival Queens: Catherine de' Medici, Her Daughter Marguerite de Valois, and the Betrayal that Ignited a Kingdom?
The Rival Queens: Catherine de' Medici, Her Daughter Marguerite de Valois, and the Betrayal that Ignited a Kingdom is narrated by Suzanne Toren.
Is The Rival Queens: Catherine de' Medici, Her Daughter Marguerite de Valois, and the Betrayal that Ignited a Kingdom worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10.7 hours, saving 5.3 hours.