How long does it take to read The Curse of the Pharaohs?
The Curse of the Pharaohs by Elizabeth Peters takes about 6 hours 33 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 2 of Amelia Peabody series
Previous: Crocodile on the Sandbank Next: The Mummy Case
About 6 hours 33 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1981. 357 pages, about 98,175 words.
14 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 10 hours 55 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 6 hours 33 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 5 minutes |
The page count is the median across 17 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
One of the best-loved of mystery writers weaves another tale of intrigue featuring Amelia Peabody and Radcliffe of Crocodile on the Sandbank. This time the willful and witty duo must catch a murderer at an excavation of an ancient Egyptian tomb.
Subjects: Fiction, Amelia Peabody (Fictitious character), Women archaeologists, Archaeologists' spouses, Feminists, Mystery
