Audio only
Length5h 2m
About this audiobook
LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2026
WINNER OF THE WATERSTONES DEBUT FICTION PRIZE
AN OBSERVER BEST DEBUT NOVELIST 2026
She is a curator who spends her time dressing the rooms of historic buildings to bring them to life. But in the lush private quarters of a medieval palace, she finds herself so transfixed by the reign of an almost-forgotten King that the edges of her life begin to blur.
He is a reluctant ruler with no hunger for power, rushed to the throne after the untimely deaths of his older brothers. But it isn't long before whispers begin to fly around the court. And with the growing belief that the King is not fit for the throne comes the idea that another might rule in his stead.
May We Feed the King dances between the lives of a historical subject who risks the future of his kingdom and a woman who turns to the past to hide from her present. Laced with desire and longing, it is a playful, stirring meditation on history and storytelling: on what makes a King 'Great', and a life meaningful.
Audiobook details
Rating★★★★ 3.8 (3.1K)
Includes Goodreads
GenreGeneral Fiction
Length5 hrs 2 mins
Narrated byIan Dunnet Jr., Sarah Barron
FormatAudiobook
Publish dateSep 3, 2026
LanguageEnglish
WhistlerAnn Patchett10h 45m4.6 (4.6K)$29 · $0.00
Demon CopperheadBarbara Kingsolver21h 3m4.5 (949.4K)$46 · $0.00
To Kill a MockingbirdHarper Lee12h 18m4.5 (7.4M)$29 · $0.00
Remarkably Bright CreaturesShelby Van Pelt11h 17m4.4 (1.7M)$29 · $0.00
Desperate MeasuresBrenda Jackson8h 59m4.7 (670)$28 · $0.00
This Side of Paradise - The Original 1920 Edition (Annotated)F. Scott Fitzgerald11h 30m4.6 (1.6K)$2 · $0.00
War LordBernard Cornwell13h 21m4.6 (33.1K)$33 · $0.00
The Great Gatsby: Original 1925 Edition (An F. Scott Fitzgerald Classic NovelFrancis Scott Fitzgerald4h 45m4.6 (9.3K)$18 · $0.00
Something Like LoveBeverly Jenkins10h 21m4.6 (2.7K)$29 · $0.00
Black History CollectionFrederick Douglass, Harriet Ann Jacobs, Booker T. Washington, W.E.B. Du Bois27h 9m4.6 (2.6K)$18 · $0.00
The Old Man and the Sea (Annotated)Ernest Hemingway4h 27m4.6 (1.4K)$2 · $0.00
White HotIlona Andrews13h 18m4.5 (136.9K)$5 · $0.00
The Ghost by the Billabong (The Matilda Saga, #5)Jackie French14h 58m4.6 (773)$33 · $0.00
Cast in BloodMichelle Sagara16h 35m4.6 (607)$33 · $0.00
The Captain Blood Trilogy (Annotated)Rafael Sabatini29h 20m4.6 (1K)$3 · $0.00
Ship of the Line (Annotated)Cecil Louis Troughton Smith11h 13m4.6 (1K)$2 · $0.00
The George Orwell CollectionGeorge Orwell24h 46m4.5 (14.4K)$12 · $0.00
Time RegainedMarcel Proust15h 38m4.5 (9.2K)$2 · $0.00
Driving ForceElle James4h 58m4.6 (407)$20 · $0.00
When God Calls the HeartBrian Bird, Michelle Cox3h 24m4.6 (439)$10 · $0.00
You may also like
Circle of ShadowsEvelyn Skye12h 9m3.6 (3.7K)$29 · $0.00
A passage to IndiaE. M. Forster11h 23m4.0 (211.1K)$2.30 · $0.00
Marie AntoinetteEvelyne Lever14h 34m4.2 (1.5K)$25
The Princess of ClevesMadame de La Fayette6h 17m3.5 (22.5K)$1 · $0.00
A Passage to IndiaE. M. Forster11h 2m4.0 (208.8K)$20
King LearWilliam Shakespeare3h 8m4.3 (276.2K)$15
King Richard the SecondWilliam Shakespeare2h 36m3.8 (28.3K)$18 · $0.00
Boris Godunov (Annotated)Alexander Pushkin1h 41m3.8 (3K)$1.99 · $0.00
HAMLETWilliam Shakespeare18h 20m4.3 (1.2M)$1 · $0.00
The IdiotFyodor Dostoevsky22h 31m4.3 (270.5K)$32
Rousseau and RevolutionWill Durant, Ariel Durant57h 17m4.4 (4.6K)$30
DemonsFyodor Dostoevsky28h 26m4.3 (171.1K)$4 · $0.00
The Prime Minister (The Classic Unabridged Edition) (Annotated)Anthony Trollope31h 23m4.1 (5.3K)$1.99 · $0.00
The Heir ApparentRebecca Armitage15h 7m3.7 (53.9K)$33 · $0.00
The Secret of Chanel No. 5Tilar J. Mazzeo7h 59m3.7 (2K)$26 · $0.00
The House of MirthEdith Wharton12h 19m4.1 (133.8K)$10 · $0.00
The SubmissionAmy Waldman12h 46m3.8 (14.6K)$25 · $0.00
King LearWilliam Shakespeare3h 6m4.2 (263.5K)$18 · $0.00
The Princess Casamassima (Annotated)Henry James24h 47m4.2 (15)$1.99 · $0.00
The Young Emperor, William II of GermanyHarold Frederic5h 46m$2 · $0.00