How long does it take to read Admiral Hornblower in the West Indies?
C. S. Forester, C. S. Forrester
Admiral Hornblower in the West Indies by C. S. Forester, C. S. Forrester takes about 5 hours 52 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 5 hours 52 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1956. 320 pages, about 88,000 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 47 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 52 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 40 minutes |
The page count is the median across 99 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
As commander-in-chief of His Majesty's ships and vessels in the West Indies, Admiral Hornblower faces pirates, revolutionaries, and a blistering hurricane in the chaotic aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars.
Subjects: Fiction, Naval History, Admirals, History, Fiction, general, Fiction, historical, general
