How long does it take to read The Eagle of the Ninth?
Rosemary Sutcliff, C. Walter Hodges
The Eagle of the Ninth by Rosemary Sutcliff, C. Walter Hodges takes about 4 hours 42 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
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About 4 hours 42 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1954. 256 pages, about 70,400 words. Written for children.
10 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 7 hours 49 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 42 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 56 minutes |
The page count is the median across 38 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
A young centurion ventures among the hostile tribes beyond the Roman Wall to recover the eagle standard of the Ninth, a legion which mysteriously disappeared under his father's command.
Subjects: Rome, history, fiction, Children's fiction, Adventure and adventurers, fiction, Soldiers, fiction, Juvenile fiction, Fiction
