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How long does it take to read Byzantium?

John Julius Norwich

Byzantium by John Julius Norwich takes about 7 hours 28 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

About 7 hours 28 minutes

A weekend read

First published 1988. 407 pages, about 111,925 words.

15 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 12 hours 26 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 7 hours 28 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 4 hours 40 minutes

The page count is the median across 10 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

Subjects: History, Byzantine empire, history, Istanbul (turkey), history

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