How long does it take to read Sharpe's Waterloo?
Richard Sharpe & the Waterloo Campaign, 15 June to 18 June 1815 (Richard Sharpe's Adventure Series #20)
Sharpe's Waterloo by Bernard Cornwell takes about 7 hours 2 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 20 of Richard Sharpe
Previous: Sharpe's Revenge
About 7 hours 2 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1990. 384 pages, about 105,600 words.
15 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 11 hours 44 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 7 hours 2 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 24 minutes |
The page count is the median across 21 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Bernard Corwell, author of Sharpe's Company, Sharpe's Seige, and Sharpe's Revenge, continues the saga of Lt. Col. Richard Sharpe in this, his final adventure. Just as he comes face-to-face with his estranged wife and her lover at a grand society ball, news comes that the British-Prussian link is under attack. In the Battle of Waterloo, Sharpe once again plays a pivotal role in the outcome of a great British triumph.
Subjects: Fiction, Richard Sharpe (Fictitious character), Military History, Historical Fiction, Fiction, historical, general, Fiction, action & adventure
