How long does it take to read Alexander the Great?
Philip Freeman
Alexander the Great by Philip Freeman takes about 7 hours 10 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 7 hours 10 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2011. 391 pages, about 107,525 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 57 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 7 hours 10 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 29 minutes |
The page count is the median across 1 edition, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
In the first authoritative biography of Alexander the Great written for a general audience in a generation, classicist and historian Philip Freeman tells the remarkable life of the great conqueror.
Subjects: Kings and rulers, Generals, Biography, History
