How long does it take to read The Mark of the Horse Lord?
The Mark of the Horse Lord by Rosemary Sutcliff takes about 4 hours 38 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 38 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1965. 253 pages, about 69,575 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 44 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 38 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 54 minutes |
The page count is the median across 13 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Bearing an uncanny resemblance to the now blind displaced King of the Scots, former gladiator and slave Phaedrus impersonates the Horse Lord to regain from the Picts the control of the Scottish kingdom.
Subjects: Fiction, Gladiators, History, Kings, queens, rulers, Slavery, Children's stories
