How long does it take to read Sharpe's Company?
Richard Sharpe and the siege of Badajoz, January to April 1812
Bernard Cornwell, Frederick Davidson
Sharpe's Company by Bernard Cornwell, Frederick Davidson takes about 5 hours 12 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 13 of Richard Sharpe
Previous: Sharpe's Battle Next: Sharpe's Sword
About 5 hours 12 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1982. 284 pages, about 78,100 words.
11 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 8 hours 41 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 12 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 15 minutes |
The page count is the median across 23 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Bold, professional, ruthless - hero and man of actionThe Complete Sharpe Collection with a new introduction by the authorIt was a hard winter. For Richard Sharpe it was the worst he could remember. He had lost his command to a wealthy man – a man with money to buy the promotion Sharpe coveted. And from England came his oldest enemy – the ruthless, indestructible Hakeswill – utterly intent on ruining Sharpe.But Sharpe is determined to change his luck. And the surest way is to lead the bloody attack on the impregnable fortress town of Badajoz, a road to almost certain death – or unimagined glory...
Subjects: Fiction, Richard Sharpe (Fictitious character), Military History, Sieges, History, Historical Fiction
