How long does it take to read The Priory of the Orange Tree?
The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon takes about 15 hours 33 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Part of The Roots of Chaos
Next: A Day of Fallen Night
About 15 hours 33 minutes
A long haul
First published 2018. 848 pages, about 233,200 words.
32 days (about 5 weeks) at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 25 hours 55 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 15 hours 33 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 9 hours 43 minutes |
The page count is the median across 9 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
A world divided. A queendom without an heir. An ancient enemy awakens. The House of Berethnet has ruled Inys for a thousand years. Still unwed, Queen Sabran the Ninth must conceive a daughter to protect her realm from destruction – but assassins are getting closer to her door. Ead Duryan is an outsider at court. Though she has risen to the position of lady-in-waiting, she is loyal to a hidden society of mages. Ead keeps a watchful eye on Sabran, secretly protecting her with forbidden magic. Across the dark sea, Tané has trained to be a dragonrider since she was a child, but is forced to make a choice that could see her life unravel. Meanwhile, the divided East and West refuse to parley, and forces of chaos are rising from their sleep.
Subjects: Assassins, Magic, Imaginary places, Courts and courtiers, Dragons, Fiction
