It takes the average reader 9 hours and 4 minutes to read The Secret Wife of Louis XIV by Veronica Buckley
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Françoise d'Aubigné, marquise de Maintenon and secret wife of the Sun King, Louis XIV, was born in a bleak French prison in 1635, her father a condemned traitor and murderer, her mother the warden's seduced daughter. A timely pardon and a hopeful Caribbean colonial venture failed to mend the family's fortunes, and Françoise was reduced to begging in the streets. Yet, armed with beauty, intellect, and shrewd judgment, she was to make her way to the center of power at Versailles, the most opulent and ambitious court in all Europe. At fifteen, she was married off to the forty-two-year-old...
The Secret Wife of Louis XIV by Veronica Buckley is 528 pages long, and a total of 136,224 words.
This makes it 178% the length of the average book. It also has 166% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 12 hours and 24 minutes to read The Secret Wife of Louis XIV aloud.
The Secret Wife of Louis XIV is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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