How long does it take to read A Heritage of Shadows?
A Heritage of Shadows by Peter O'Donnell takes about 5 hours 51 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 5 hours 51 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1983. 319 pages, about 87,725 words.
12 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 9 hours 45 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 51 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 39 minutes |
The page count is the median across 6 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Hannah McLeod is eighteen, lovely, and alone in Paris. She earns her modest wages working as a waitress in a small cafe, and hides from everyone the horrifying truth about her past. Only Toby Kent, the painter who occupies the garret next to Hannah's, knows her shameful secret. Suddenly, to avoid an encounter with the French police, Hannah is forced to flee to England, the homeland she hoped never again to see. And her worst fears are realized when she finds herself the pawn in a bitter struggle between two cruel and wealthy men. Her chances for survival depend on two things. The kindness of a handsome stranger. And her own considerable courage...
Subjects: Fiction, Gothic, Historical, Romance, Suspense
