How long does it take to read The Virgin's Lover?
The Virgin's Lover by Philippa Gregory takes about 8 hours 5 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Part of The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels
Previous: The Queen's Fool Next: The Constant Princess
About 8 hours 5 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 2004. 441 pages, about 121,275 words.
17 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 13 hours 29 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 8 hours 5 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 5 hours 3 minutes |
The page count is the median across 5 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
As a new queen, Elizabeth I faces two great dangers. The French threaten to invade Scotland. But more perilous still is her passion for the convicted traitor, Robert Dudley. Dudley is already married. Amy, his wife, refuses to set her beloved husband free to marry the queen, but she cannot prevent him from becoming the favourite of the plotting, pleasure-seeking court. Yet the queen must marry. Her wisest councillor, William Cecil, knows it must be for policy, not for passion; meanwhile, Elizabeth’s uncle hates Dudley and swears he will murder him rather than have him as part of the royal family. Behind the triangle of loves, the factions take up their places: the Protestants, the priests, the assassins, the diplomats and the moneymakers. Then, someone acts in secret, and for Elizabeth, Dudley and the emerging kingdom, nothing will be as planned.
Subjects: Fiction, History, Murder victims, Royal Favorites, Biographical fiction, Historical fiction
