How long does it take to read The Winter King?
a Novel of Arthur
The Winter King by Bernard Cornwell takes about 7 hours 59 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 1 of The Warlord Chronicles
Next: Enemy of God - Excalibur
About 7 hours 59 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1995. 435 pages, about 119,625 words.
16 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 13 hours 18 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 7 hours 59 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 59 minutes |
The page count is the median across 15 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Uther, the High King of Britain, has died, leaving the infant Mordred as his only heir. His uncle, the loyal and gifted warlord Arthur, now rules as caretaker for a country which has fallen into chaos - threats emerge from within the British kingdoms while vicious Saxon armies stand ready to invade. As he struggles to unite Britain and hold back the Saxon enemy, Arthur is embroiled in a doomed romance with beautiful Guinevere.
Subjects: Fiction, Kings and rulers, Britons, Arthurian romances, Adaptations, History
