How long does it take to read The Chieftain Without a Heart?
The Chieftain Without a Heart by Barbara Cartland takes about 3 hours 17 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 17 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1978. 179 pages, about 49,225 words.
7 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 5 hours 28 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 17 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 3 minutes |
The page count is the median across 6 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
He fled his abusive father, a Scottish clan chieftain, as a youth, vowing never to return. His English mother's family took him in, and he earned his rightful place in London's glamorous society. He claimed he had no heart, cruelly discarding his lovers, the most intelligent and attractive women of the day. He felt nothing when notified of his father's death, but a note several months later hastens him to Scotland, where the only way to protect his clan is to marry a girl he's never met ..
Subjects: Fiction, Romance, Historical, Marriage of Convenience, fiction, History, Scotland, fiction, Arranged marriage, Fiction
