How long does it take to read Excalibur?
a novel of Arthur
Excalibur by Bernard Cornwell takes about 8 hours 6 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 3 of The Warlord Chronicles
Previous: Enemy of God
About 8 hours 6 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1997. 442 pages, about 121,550 words.
17 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 13 hours 30 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 8 hours 6 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 5 hours 4 minutes |
The page count is the median across 23 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
A story of love, war, loyalty and betrayal, EXCALIBUR begins with the failure of Lancelot's rebellion and the ruin of Arthur's marriage to Guinevere. The Saxons, sensing the disunity of the Britons, seize the chance to destroy Arthur. The climax of the war comes with the legendary triumph at Mount Badon, and Arthur's great victory. But the promises he made then come back to haunt him after the years of peace and glory.
Subjects: Fiction, Kings and rulers, Arthur, in fiction, Britons in fiction, Great Britain in fiction, Britons
