How long does it take to read Assegai?
Assegai by Wilbur Smith takes about 8 hours 52 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Part of The Courtney Novels series
Previous: The Triumph of the Sun
About 8 hours 52 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 2009. 484 pages, about 133,100 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 47 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 8 hours 52 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 5 hours 33 minutes |
The page count is the median across 17 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
By 1913, Leon Courtney has become a big game hunter in British East Africa. One of his clients is a German industrialist and military weapons manufacturer. From Von Meerbach's mistress, Leon learns about a conspiracy that would unite part of the Kaiser's army with the survivors of the Boer War against British forces in Africa.
Subjects: Africa, fiction, Fiction, thrillers, espionage, Fiction, historical, general, Fiction, action & adventure, Safaris, Germans
