How long does it take to read A Spy Among Friends Kim Philby And The Great Betrayal?
Ben Macintyre, John Lee, John le Carré
A Spy Among Friends Kim Philby And The Great Betrayal by Ben Macintyre, John Lee, John le Carré takes about 7 hours 2 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 7 hours 2 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2014. 384 pages, about 105,600 words.
15 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 11 hours 44 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 7 hours 2 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 24 minutes |
The page count is the median across 13 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Kim Philby was the greatest spy in history, a brilliant and charming man who rose to head Britain's counterintelligence against the Soviet Union during the height of the Cold War, while he was secretly working for the enemy. Nobody thought he knew Philby like Nicholas Elliott, Philby's best friend and fellow officer in MI6. But Philby was secretly betraying his friend. Every word Elliott breathed to Philby was transmitted back to Moscow, along with those of James Jesus Angleton, head of the CIA.
Subjects: Spies, Espionage, russian, Secret service, great britain, Friends and associates, Biography, Soviet Espionage
