How long does it take to read Madselin?
Madselin by Norah Lofts takes about 4 hours 5 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 5 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1976. 223 pages, about 61,325 words.
9 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 6 hours 49 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 5 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 33 minutes |
The page count is the median across 5 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Although not a stranger to the raw realities of her medieval world, Madselin, being of royal descent, has grown up a bit shallow, willful and self-absorbed. At the age of 17, she becomes the wife of an aging Saxon lord only to find herself, in the space of a few short days, mourning the loss of her husband, land, title, and friends. The novel opens in the winter of 1067, 16 months after the French victory at the Battle of Hastings. Now a widow, Madselin is hiding in a convent from the Norman usurpers who have brutally murdered her husband and taken over the little farming community. Rolf, armorer of William the Conqueror, has been rewarded with a fiefdom for his loyal service. Despite his lack of noble pedigree, he is now lord of the manor that once belonged to Madselin's husband. And while conscious of his social inferiority, his rough upbringing has given him highly honed survival instincts, and beneath his calm aloofness lies a quick mind and strong heart. Norah Lofts spins a fascinating tale of suspense in medieval England with an exciting and unexpected finale.
Subjects: Fiction, History, Middle Ages, Great britain, fiction
