How long does it take to read The Ardent Lady Amelia?
The Ardent Lady Amelia by Laura Matthews takes about 4 hours 4 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 4 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1984. 222 pages, about 61,050 words.
9 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 6 hours 47 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 4 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 33 minutes |
The page count is the median across 3 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
While most young ladies hunted the safe haven of marriage, Lady Amelia Cameron passionately pursued danger. She was determined that her elder brother, Peter, should not be the only one to have the fun of battling a network of French spies and their English sympathizers--and Amelia set about capturing them with her dazzling beauty and promises she never meant to keep. But when Amelia launched her campaign to unmask the handsome, mocking, and most certainly suspect Lord Verwood, so ridiculously trusted by every man and so foolishly adored by every woman, she found that two could play at the game of tantalizing temptation. For instead of turning the head of this man of mystery and menace, Amelia was losing her heart...
Subjects: Fiction, Romance, Historical, Regency, Fiction, general