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How long does it take to read The Raven and the Rose?

Susan Wiggs

The Raven and the Rose by Susan Wiggs takes about 9 hours 23 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

About 9 hours 23 minutes

A week or two of reading

First published 1991. 512 pages, about 140,800 words.

19 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 15 hours 39 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 9 hours 23 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 5 hours 52 minutes

The page count is the median across 5 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

One of Napoleon's mercenaries sent to conquer the Hospice of St. Bernards, Daniel Severin falls in love with Lorelei du Clerc, the illegitimate daughter of King Louis XVI, who is cloistered there. THE LAST THING HE EXPECTED WAS TO LOVE HER THE RAVEN Daniel Severin--A ruthless mercenary with a heart of stone, he has been sent to the Hospice of Saint Bernard's, high up in the Swiss Alps, with a deadly mission. THE ROSE Lorelei du Clerc--A woman raised by the holy men of Saint Bernard's, she knows little of the world beyond the mountains, yet her very existence threatens the foundations of Napoleon Bonaparte's ever-widening empire. THE RAVEN AND THE ROSE In the face of an approaching army and its fiercely determined leader, Lorelei and Daniel risk everything for a love that should never have begun, but now can never be denied.

Subjects: Fiction, History, Fiction, general, Historical Romance, Fiction, romance, historical, Romance

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