How long does it take to read Ungrateful Daughters?
Maureen Waller
Ungrateful Daughters by Maureen Waller takes about 8 hours 34 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 8 hours 34 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 2002. 467 pages, about 128,425 words.
18 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 14 hours 16 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 8 hours 34 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 5 hours 21 minutes |
The page count is the median across 6 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
In 1688, the birth of a Prince of Wales ignited a family quarrel and a revolution. James II's drive toward Catholicism had alienated the nation and his two staunchly Protestant daughters by his first marriage, Mary and Anne. They are the "ungrateful daughters" who usurped their father's crown and stole their brother's birthright. Seven prominent men sent an invitation to William of Orange -- James's nephew and son-in-law -- to intervene in English affairs. But it was the women, Queen Mary Beatrice and her two stepdaughters Mary and Anne, who played a key role in this drama. - Jacket flap.
Subjects: Kings and rulers, Family, Succession, History, Biography, Queens
