How long does it take to read The Sins of the Father?
The Sins of the Father by Jeffrey Archer takes about 7 hours 20 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 2 of The Clifton chronicles
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About 7 hours 20 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2012. 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 23 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
It is only days before Britain declares war on Germany. Harry Clifton, hoping to escape the consequences of a family scandal, and realizing he can never marry Emma Barrington, has joined the Merchant Navy. When a German U-boat sinks his ship, Harry and a handful of sailors are rescued by the SS Kansas Star, among them an American named Tom Bradshaw. That night, when Bradshaw dies, Harry seizes a chance to bury his past―by assuming the man's identity.
Subjects: Family secrets, Families, History, British, Fiction, England, fiction
