How long does it take to read Sharpe's Trafalgar?
Sharpe's Trafalgar by Bernard Cornwell takes about 5 hours 22 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 4 of Richard Sharpe
Previous: Sharpe's Skirmish Next: Sharpe's Rifles
About 5 hours 22 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2000. 293 pages, about 80,575 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 57 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 22 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 21 minutes |
The page count is the median across 12 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
PerfectBound e-book exclusive extra: "Sharpe's Skirmish: Richard Sharpe and The Defence of Tormes, August 1812," a short story.Sharpe's Trafalgar is a dazzling nautical adventure that finds ensign Richard Sharpe in the middle of one of history's most spectacular naval engagements: the battle at Cape Trafalgar off the coast of Spain, in 1805.
Subjects: Richard Sharpe (Fictitious character), Military History, Fiction, History, Military, Naval History, Historical Fiction
