How long does it take to read Revelation?
Revelation by C. J. Sansom takes about 12 hours 1 minute to read at 250 words a minute.
Part of Shardlake series
Previous: Sovereign Next: Heartstone
About 12 hours 1 minute
A week or two of reading
First published 2008. 655 pages, about 180,125 words.
25 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 20 hours 1 minute |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 12 hours 1 minute |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 7 hours 30 minutes |
The page count is the median across 5 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
The first three Shardlake mysteries have won over critics and readers alike. In Revelation, Sansom's newest book in the series, the year is 1543 and King Henry VIII is wooing Lady Catherine Parr, a woman sympathetic to reform, whom he wants for his sixth wife- much to the dismay of Archbishop Cranmer and the embattled Protestant faction at court. Meanwhile, Matthew Shardlake is working to defend a teenage boy, a religious fanatic who is being held in the infamous Bedlam hospital for the insane. When an old friend of Shardlake's is murdered, he vows to bring the killer to justice. His search leads him back to Bedlam but also to Catherine Parr-and the dark prophecies of the Book of Revelation. As Bishop Bonner prepares to purge London of Protestants, Shardlake, with his assistant Jack Barak, uncovers a series of horrific murders that shake them all to the core. Revelation-the strongest novel in the series to date-is sure to delight Sansom's many fans and bring him to a wider audience.
Subjects: Mystery, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Serial murderers, Matthew Shardlake (Fictitious character), History
