How long does it take to read Mark of the Plague?
Mark of the Plague by Kevin Sands takes about 9 hours 42 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 9 hours 42 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 2016. 529 pages, about 145,475 words. Written for children.
20 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 16 hours 10 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 9 hours 42 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 6 hours 4 minutes |
The page count is the median across 4 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
As the plague decimates London in 1665 and an assassin threatens the apothecary's life, apprentice Christopher Rowe and his faithful friend Tom, following a trail of puzzles, riddles, and secrets, risk their lives to untangle the heart of a dark conspiracy.
Subjects: Conspiracies, Apprentices, Juvenile fiction, Fiction, Plague, Supernatural