How long does it take to read A Duke in Danger?
A Duke in Danger by Barbara Cartland takes about 2 hours 56 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 2 hours 56 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1983. 160 pages, about 44,000 words.
6 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 4 hours 53 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 2 hours 56 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 50 minutes |
The page count is the median across 5 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
England, 1818. Lady Alvina Harling tore from her bedroom and along the corridor towards the master suite on the other side of the castle. She turned the handle and went into the small and elegant hall. There was one light flickering low in a sconce on the wall which guided her to the Duke of Harlington's bedroom door which she opened without knocking. The moonlight was diffusing the room with a magic iridescence which for the moment seemed almost blinding. Then she looked towards the bed and it appeared as if there was no one in it. The idea that Ivar Harling was already dead made Alvina feel a pain pierce her heart as if it was a dagger. In that moment of agony, she knew that she loved him....
Subjects: Fiction, Romance, Historical, Administration of estates, fiction, Inheritance and succession, fiction, Veterans, fiction
