How long does it take to read De Gaulle?
Jean Lacouture
De Gaulle by Jean Lacouture takes about 11 hours 31 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 11 hours 31 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1965. 628 pages, about 172,700 words.
24 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 19 hours 11 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 11 hours 31 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 7 hours 12 minutes |
The page count is the median across 30 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
The second volume of Jean Lacouture’s acclaimed biography of Charles de Gaulle opens with the creation of the Fourth Republic in the aftermath of World War II and with the election of de Gaulle―the voice of Free France, the savior of the nation in war―as president of France. But the internal contradictions of the new constitution soon forced de Gaulle to resign, leaving France to a succession of short-lived and generally ineffective coalition governments. In 1958, with the outbreak of the bitter colonial war in Algeria, destiny beckoned again. De Gaulle offered himself as a mediator and in short order became president of the Council of Ministers, then president of the Firth Republic.
Subjects: Biography, Diplomatic history, France, France. Armee - Biography, France. Armée, Generals
