How long does it take to read The Silver Branch?
Rosemary Sutcliff, Charles Keeping
The Silver Branch by Rosemary Sutcliff, Charles Keeping takes about 4 hours 14 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Part of Eagle of the Ninth
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About 4 hours 14 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1957. 231 pages, about 63,525 words. Written for children.
9 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 7 hours 4 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 14 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 39 minutes |
The page count is the median across 21 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
A young Roman army medical officer, sent to Britain during the period of waning Roman rule, befriends a kinsman with whom he shares an adventure of intrigue, exile, and underground activity with the Lost Ninth Legion.
Subjects: Treason, Juvenile fiction, Soldiers, History, Fiction, Children's fiction
