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The Steel Beneath the Silk by Patricia Bracewell

The Steel Beneath the Silk: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Steel Beneath the Silk runs 15.6 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Rachel Atkins (about 10.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

15.6listening hrs
Historical (Fiction)store shelf
2021released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 15.6 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Steel Beneath the Silk at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day32 days
1 hour / day16 days
2 hours / day8 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×11 days

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What our data says

  • At 15.6 hours, it runs longer than 88% of the 13,430 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf

1,280 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 Steel Beneath the Silk is an audiobook by Patricia Bracewell: a 15.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Rachel Atkins, released March 2, 2021, on the Historical (Fiction) and Historical (Romance) shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
15.6 hrs
Narrated by
Rachel Atkins
Released
March 2, 2021
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Historical (Fiction), Historical (Romance)
ISBN
9798986385129

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Steel Beneath the Silk as an audiobook?

The Steel Beneath the Silk runs 15.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10.4 hours.

Is The Steel Beneath the Silk free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Steel Beneath the Silk?

The Steel Beneath the Silk is narrated by Rachel Atkins.

Is The Steel Beneath the Silk worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10.4 hours, saving 5.2 hours.