The Royal Succession: Audiobook
Book 4 of the Accursed Kings series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Royal Succession runs 10 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Peter Joyce (about 6.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 10 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 20 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 10 hours, it is shorter than 56% of the 13,430 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Accursed Kings
This is book 4. Books 1 to 3 run 27.9 hours before it; books 1 to 7 run 74.4 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Iron King | 11 hrs |
| 2 | The Strangled Queen | 8.5 hrs |
| 3 | The Poisoned Crown | 8.4 hrs |
| 4 | The Royal Succession | 10 hrs |
| 5 | The She Wolf | 13.1 hrs |
| 6 | The Lily and the Lion | 11.8 hrs |
| 7 | The King Without a Kingdom | 11.7 hrs |
More narrated by Peter Joyce
Peter Joyce narrates 87 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,041 hours in all.
- Magician
- The King's Buccaneer
- Prince of the Blood
- Krondor: The Betrayal
- Shadow of a Dark Queen
About as long, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf
3,439 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 Royal Succession is book 4 of Maurice Druon's Accursed Kings series: a 10-hour unabridged recording, read by Peter Joyce, released January 2, 2014, on the Historical (Fiction) and Westerns & War shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 10 hrs
- Narrated by
- Peter Joyce
- Released
- January 2, 2014
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Historical (Fiction), Westerns & War, Historical (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
- Series
- The Accursed Kings #4
- ISBN
- 9780007540969
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Royal Succession as an audiobook?
The Royal Succession runs 10 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.7 hours.
Is The Royal Succession free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Royal Succession?
The Royal Succession is narrated by Peter Joyce.
Is The Royal Succession worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 6.7 hours, saving 3.3 hours.