How long does it take to read The Queen's Fool?
The Queen's Fool by Philippa Gregory takes about 7 hours 20 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Part of The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels
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About 7 hours 20 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2003. 400 pages, about 110,000 words.
15 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 12 hours 13 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 7 hours 20 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 35 minutes |
The page count is the median across 8 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Henry VIII is dead, succeeded by his only legitimate son, nine year old Edward VI. Too young to rule, the realm is governed by a Regency Council, led by his uncle, Edward Seymour. Edward has continued his father's reformation of the church and Protestantism is becoming established, however England is still unsettled with rioting and rebellions common. Edward was close to and well loved by both of his half-sisters: the Catholic Princess Mary, daughter of Katherine of Aragon and the Protestant Princess Elizabeth, daughter of the executed Anne Boleyn. However he and his advisors were concerned that should he die without issue, his sister Princess Mary would return the country to Catholicism.
Subjects: Fiction, History, Jewish families, Jewish girls, Kings and rulers, Succession
