How long does it take to read Heartstone?
Heartstone by C. J. Sansom takes about 11 hours 36 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Part of Shardlake series
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About 11 hours 36 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 2001. 633 pages, about 174,075 words.
24 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 19 hours 21 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 11 hours 36 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 7 hours 15 minutes |
The page count is the median across 7 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Summer, 1545. England is at war. Henry VIII's invasion of France has gone badly wrong, and a massive French fleet is preparing to sail across the Channel. As the English fleet gathers at Portsmouth, the country raises the largest militia army it has ever seen. The King has debased the currency to pay for the war.
Subjects: Matthew Shardlake (Fictitious character), Fiction, Lawyers, History, Lawyers, fiction, London (england), fiction
