How long does it take to read Helen of Troy?
Helen of Troy by Margaret George takes about 12 hours 45 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 12 hours 45 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 2006. 695 pages, about 191,125 words.
26 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 21 hours 14 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 12 hours 45 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 7 hours 58 minutes |
The page count is the median across 5 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
A lush, seductive novel of the legendary beauty whose face "launched a thousand ships"Daughter of a god, wife of a king, prize of antiquity's bloodiest war, Helen of Troy has inspired artists for millennia. Now Margaret George, the highly acclaimed bestselling historical novelist, has turned her intelligent, perceptive eye to the myth that is Helen of Troy.Margaret George breathes new life into the great Homeric tale by having Helen narrate her own story. Through her eyes and in her voice, we experience the young Helen's discovery of her divine origin and her terrifying beauty. While hardly more than a girl, Helen married the remote Spartan king Menelaus and bore him a daughter. By the age of twenty, the world's most beautiful woman was resigned to a passionless marriage—until she encountered the handsome Trojan prince Paris. And once the lovers flee to Troy, war, murder, and tragedy become inevitable.In Helen of Troy, Margaret George has captured a timeless legend in a mesmerizing tale of a woman whose life was destined to create strife—and destroy civilizations.
Subjects: Greek Mythology, Fiction, Trojan War, Historical Fiction, Greeks, Helen of Troy (Greek mythology)
