How long does it take to read A Time to Dance, a Time to Die?
the extraordinary story of the dancing plague of 1518
John Waller
A Time to Dance, a Time to Die by John Waller takes about 4 hours 54 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 54 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2008. 267 pages, about 73,425 words.
10 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 8 hours 10 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 54 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 4 minutes |
The page count is the median across 1 edition, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
The true story of a wild dancing epidemic that brought death and fear to a 16th-century city, and the terrifying supernatural beliefs from which it arose.
Subjects: History, Chorea, Epidemiology, Disease Outbreaks, Social conditions, Epidemic Chorea
