How long does it take to read A Clare Darcy Trilogy?
A Clare Darcy Trilogy by Clare Darcy takes about 11 hours 2 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 11 hours 2 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1979. 602 pages, about 165,550 words.
23 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 18 hours 24 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 11 hours 2 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 6 hours 54 minutes |
The page count is the median across 1 edition, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Clare Darcy is hailed as "the new Georgette Heyer," and her novels of life in Regency England are called "lively, romantic, enchanting" and "fun." In this trilogy, three of her most memorable stories are again available—in one convenient volume. Lady Pamela is the story of an impulsive, high-spirited girl who sets out to restore the Family Honour by locating a memorandum from the Foreign Office that was entrusted to her grandfather and suddenly missing from his files. Instead, Lady Pamela Frayne finds a dashing adversary in the person of the high-handed Lord Dalven, an ardent Spanish Marquis, a villainous foreign agent and more intrigues, both romantic and political, than she had bargained for. In Victoire, a clever plot to extract money from the Marquis of Tarn is foiled by spunky Victoire Duvemay. In the process, her good name is compromised, and, as a gentleman. Tarn feels it his duty to marry her. But no courtship that takes place during the height of the London Season can run smoothly, and Victoire's is beset by a rival for Tarn's love, an engaging officer from her own past, and an envious cousin who plots to inherit Tarn's title. Allegra concerns the plight of lovely Allegra Herrington, left penniless and homeless by the death of her father. She is at first determined to accept the offer of marriage from her distant cousin, Sir Derek, who has inherited her father's estate and title. But when she hears rumors that he has proposed out of charity, Allegra refuses him and sweeps off to Brussels with her sister to earn her living as a schoolmistress. However, the battle of Waterloo and the persistent Sir Derek complicate her plans for independence. All three novels are written in Miss Darcy's usual delightful style and are full of the plot twistings, period background details, and lively aristocratic characters that people her stories.
Subjects: Romance, Waterloo, Bonaparte, Fiction
