How long does it take to read Murder Most Royal?
Murder Most Royal by Victoria Holt takes about 9 hours 56 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 9 hours 56 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1949. 542 pages, about 149,050 words.
20 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 16 hours 34 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 9 hours 56 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 6 hours 13 minutes |
The page count is the median across 21 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
In the court of Henry VIII, it was dangerous for a woman to catch the king’s eye. Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard were cousins. Both were beautiful women, though very different in temperament. They each learned that Henry’s passion was all-consuming–and fickle. Sophisticated Anne Boleyn, raised in the decadent court of France, was in love with another man when King Henry claimed her as his own. Being his mistress gave her a position of power; being his queen put her life in jeopardy. Her younger cousin, Catherine Howard, was only fifteen when she was swept into the circle of King Henry. Her innocence attracted him, but a past mistake was destined to haunt her.
Subjects: Fiction, History, Queens, Historical Fiction, Great britain, fiction, Fiction, historical, general
