How long does it take to read Captain Alatriste?
Captain Alatriste by Arturo Pérez-Reverte takes about 4 hours 24 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
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About 4 hours 24 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1996. 240 pages, about 66,000 words.
9 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 7 hours 20 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 24 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 45 minutes |
The page count is the median across 45 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Wounded seventeenth-century Spanish soldier Alatriste works as a swordsman-for-hire in Madrid, but when his latest job takes an unexpectedly deadly turn, he realizes he is in the employ of one of the Spanish Inquisition's most dangerous figures.
Subjects: Fiction, Swordsmen, History, Seventeenth century, Captain Alatriste (Fictitious character), Powieść przygodowa hiszpańska
