How long does it take to read The Colossus of Rhodes?
The Colossus of Rhodes by Caroline Lawrence takes about 4 hours 6 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Part of The Roman Mysteries
Previous: The Gladiators from Capua Next: The Fugitive from Corinth
About 4 hours 6 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2005. 224 pages, about 61,600 words. Written for children.
9 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 6 hours 51 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 6 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 34 minutes |
The page count is the median across 4 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
In 80 A.D., ten-year-old Roman sleuth Flavia and her friends sail from Corinth to Rhodes to try to stop a mysterious man who is kidnapping children and selling them into slavery.
Subjects: Kidnapping, Ocean travel, Slavery, Fiction, History, Seven Wonders of the World
