How long does it take to read Sharpe's Regiment?
Richard Sharpe and the invasion of France, June to November 1813
Bernard Cornwell, Frederick Davidson
Sharpe's Regiment by Bernard Cornwell, Frederick Davidson takes about 6 hours 27 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 17 of Richard Sharpe
Previous: Sharpe's Honour Next: Sharpe's Siege
About 6 hours 27 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1986. 352 pages, about 96,800 words.
13 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 10 hours 45 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 6 hours 27 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 2 minutes |
The page count is the median across 18 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Bold, professional, ruthless, hero and man of action'Going home? England? He did not want to go, but if the alternative was to watch a Battalion die that had earned its right to tramp down the roads of France, then he would go through hell itself. For his regiment and for its Colours that had flown through the cannon smoke of half a continent, he would go to England so that he could march into France. He would go home.'Sharpe's men are at risk of being wiped out - not by the enemy but by bureaucrats in Whitehall.There is rumour of fresh recruits being collected in England and Sharpe must go home to find them.Far from finding troops of brave and eager soldiers, Sharpe uncovers a nest of traitors, each determined in his way to destroy Sharpe's regiment.Not even the influence of the Prince Regent can protect Sharpe as he undertakes the most desperate gamble of his career.A Sharpe Adventure
Subjects: Fiction, Richard Sharpe (Fictitious character), Military History, Historical Fiction, Soldiers, Great britain, history
