How long does it take to read The Second Empress?
The Second Empress by Michelle Moran takes about 6 hours 34 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 6 hours 34 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2012. 358 pages, about 98,450 words.
14 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 10 hours 56 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 6 hours 34 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 6 minutes |
The page count is the median across 7 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Empress Josephine's family has been called to Napoleon's court for the terrible news that he intends to divorce his wife of thirteen years, who has failed to provide an heir, and take a younger bride, the Austrian Princess Marie-Louise. For his new wife, it is a horrible duty she must take on in her father's name: she must leave her love and family behind for an older man with whom she has nothing in common. And for Napoleon's sister, it is yet another woman stealing her brother's attention. She's spent years attempting to control his power and this distraction is the biggest threat she's ever faced. It's time to fight ...
Subjects: Young women, Fiction, History, Court and courtiers, Courts and courtiers, Fiction, historical, general
