How long does it take to read Black Hearts in Battersea?
Black Hearts in Battersea by Joan Aiken takes about 4 hours 31 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Part of Wolves Chronicles
Previous: The Wolves of Willoughby Chase Next: Nightbirds on Nantucket
About 4 hours 31 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1940. 246 pages, about 67,650 words. Written for children.
10 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 7 hours 31 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 31 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 49 minutes |
The page count is the median across 25 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Simon, the foundling from The Wolves of Willoughby Chase, arrives in London to meet an old friend and pursue the study of painting. Instead he finds himself unwittingly in the middle of a wicked crew's fiendish caper to overthrow the good King James and the Duke and Duchess of Battersea. With the help of his friend Sophie and the resourceful waif Dido, Simon narrowly escapes a series of madcap close calls and dangerous run-ins. In a time and place where villains do nothing halfway, Simon is faced with wild wolves, poisoned pies, kidnapping, and a wrecked ship. This is a cleverly contrived tale of intrigue and misadventure.
Subjects: Detective and mystery stories, Fiction, Juvenile fiction, Children's stories, Orphans, Kidnapping
