Turncoat's Drum: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Shadow on the Crown series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Turncoat's Drum audiobook runs 11.4 hours unabridged, narrated by Paul Mclaughlin (about 7.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 11.4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 23 days |
| 1 hour / day | 12 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 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 11.4 hours, it runs longer than 74% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Shadow on the Crown
This is book 1. Books 1 to 6 run 68.9 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Turncoat's Drum | 11.4 hrs |
| 2 | Storming Party | 10.3 hrs |
| 3 | King's Men Crow | 12.2 hrs |
| 4 | Harvest of Swords | 12.4 hrs |
| 5 | Stand by the Colours | 8.7 hrs |
| 6 | Black Tom's Red Army | 14 hrs |
More narrated by Paul Mclaughlin
Paul Mclaughlin narrates 18 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 169 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
2,754 Literary 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
Turncoat's Drum is book 1 of Nicholas Carter's Shadow on the Crown series: a 11.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Paul Mclaughlin, released April 22, 2021, on the Suspense and Literary Fiction shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 11.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- Paul Mclaughlin
- Released
- April 22, 2021
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Suspense, Literary Fiction
- Series
- Shadow on the Crown #1
- ISBN
- 9788726869750
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Turncoat's Drum audiobook?
Turncoat's Drum runs 11.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.6 hours.
Is the Turncoat's Drum audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Turncoat's Drum?
Turncoat's Drum is narrated by Paul Mclaughlin.
Is Turncoat's Drum worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.6 hours, saving 3.8 hours.