How long does it take to read Battle Flag?
Battle Flag by Bernard Cornwell takes about 8 hours 25 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 3 of Starbuck Chronicles
Previous: Copperhead Next: The Bloody Ground
About 8 hours 25 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1995. 459 pages, about 126,225 words.
17 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 14 hours 2 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 8 hours 25 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 5 hours 16 minutes |
The page count is the median across 18 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Distinguished at the Battle of Cedar Mountain, Confederate Captain Nate Starbuck's career is jeopardized once again by the suspicion and hostility of his brigade commander, General Washington Faulconer. The outcome of this vicious fight drastically changes both men's fortunes and propels AX into the ghastly bloodletting at the Second Battle of Manassas.Evocative and historically accurate, Battle Flag continues Bernard Cornwell's powerful series of Nate's adventures on some of the most decisive battlefields of the American Civil War.
Subjects: Fiction, Historical Fiction, History, English fiction, United States, War stories
