How long does it take to read The Secrets of Vesuvius?
The Secrets of Vesuvius by Caroline Lawrence takes about 3 hours 39 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Part of The Roman Mysteries
Next: The Thieves of Ostia
About 3 hours 39 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2001. 199 pages, about 54,725 words. Written for children.
8 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 6 hours 5 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 39 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 17 minutes |
The page count is the median across 5 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Ten-year-old Flavia and her friends encounter the Roman admiral Pliny before making a journey to her uncle's farm near Mt. Vesuvius, where they try to solve a riddle, reunite a family, and get out of the path of a natural disaster.
Subjects: Riddles, Adventure and adventurers, Juvenile fiction, Antiquities, Fiction, Lost children
