How long does it take to read The Heretic’s Apprentice?
The Heretic’s Apprentice by Ellis Peters takes about 4 hours 43 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 17 of The Cadfael Chronicles
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About 4 hours 43 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1989. 257 pages, about 70,675 words.
10 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 7 hours 51 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 43 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 57 minutes |
The page count is the median across 30 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
This book examines what true piety is. The main character is the apprentice of a man, now dead, who is suddenly accused of having been a heretic. In this book, Edith Pargeter (aka Ellis Peters), through her hero Brother Cadfael, examines where heresy overlaps with true inquiry. Her characters are vindicated for pondering the mysteries of Christianity, including the trinity.
Subjects: Fiction, Herbalists, Brother Cadfael (Fictitious character), History, Cadfael, Brother (Fictitious character), Fiction, mystery & detective, general
