How long does it take to read A Place of Greater Safety?
A Place of Greater Safety by Hilary Mantel takes about 15 hours 59 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 15 hours 59 minutes
A long haul
First published 1992. 872 pages, about 239,800 words.
32 days (about 5 weeks) at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 26 hours 39 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 15 hours 59 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 10 hours |
The page count is the median across 21 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
A spellbinding, epic novel which recounts the events between the fall of the Ancient Regime and the peak of the Terror, as seen through the eyes of the French Revolution's three protagonists – Georges-Jacques Danton, Maximilien Robespierre and Camille Desmoulins, men whose mix of ambition, idealism, and ego helped unleash the darker side of the Revolution's ideals and brought them eventually to their own tragic ends. Critically acclaimed upon first publication, 'A Place of Greater Safety' is one of Mantel's most celebrated works of fiction.
Subjects: France, Historical Fiction, Fiction, History, Fiction, historical, France, fiction
