How long does it take to read Dreadnought?
Britain, Germany, and the coming of the great war
Robert Massie Freeman
Dreadnought by Robert Massie Freeman takes about 18 hours 28 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 18 hours 28 minutes
A long haul
First published 1991. 1,007 pages, about 276,925 words.
37 days (about 6 weeks) at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 30 hours 46 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 18 hours 28 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 11 hours 32 minutes |
The page count is the median across 12 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Describes the diplomatic minuets and military brinkmanship as Germany grew to be a continental superpower at the end of the nineteenth century and became a threat to Great Britain's naval superiority and isolationist policies.
Subjects: History, Causes, Dreadnought (Battleship), Politics and government, Battleships, Germany. Kriegsmarine
