How long does it take to read Sharpe's Sword?
Richard Sharpe and the Salamanca Campaign, June and July 1812
Bernard Cornwell, Frederick Davidson
Sharpe's Sword by Bernard Cornwell, Frederick Davidson takes about 5 hours 51 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 14 of Richard Sharpe
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About 5 hours 51 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1983. 319 pages, about 87,725 words.
12 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 9 hours 45 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 51 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 39 minutes |
The page count is the median across 20 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Having forced their way into spain in 1812, the british plan a battle that will be more decisive then any that has gone on before during the fight in spain in terms of strategic effects. Meanwhile captain Sharpe finds himself in the middle of the secret war. So far he has been lucky in surviving dangerous situations, but now he comes closer to death than ever before and his comrades can only hope he is not beyond the point of what is possible
Subjects: Fiction, Richard Sharpe (Fictitious character), History, Military, Military History, Soldiers, Sharpe, Richard (Fictitious character)
