How long does it take to read Sword Song?
the battle for London
Sword Song by Bernard Cornwell takes about 7 hours 2 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 4 of The Saxon Stories
Previous: The Lords of the North Next: The Burning Land
About 7 hours 2 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2007. 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 14 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
The fourth in the bestselling Alfred series from number one historical novelist, Bernard Cornwell.Our hero, Uhtred, has been made Governor of London. This fourth book in the series will mostly be set in London and will cover Alfred's building of fortified towns to hold Wesssex and his push into Mercia.
Subjects: Fiction, History, Alfred, in fiction, Saxons in fiction, Great Britain in fiction, Saxons
