How long does it take to read France?
The Dark Years
Julian Jackson
France by Julian Jackson takes about 12 hours 21 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 12 hours 21 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 2001. 674 pages, about 185,350 words.
25 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 20 hours 36 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 12 hours 21 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 7 hours 43 minutes |
The page count is the median across 4 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
"In this study of Occupied France, Julian Jackson examines French experiences of occupation during the 'Dark Years' of 1940-1944. Pulling together previously separate histories of occupation, resistance, and collaboration, he presents a definitive history of the period. The book ranges from the politics of Marshal Petain's regime to the experiences of the ordinary French people, from surrender in 1940 to the purges of liberation. The author restores the organized Resistance to a more central role than has been customary in recent years and presents a social history of the resistance which takes in the roles of foreigners, women, Jews, and peasants. He uncovers the long term roots of the Vichy regime in political and social conflict and cultural crisis stretching back to the Great War and concludes by tracing the lasting legacy and memory of occupation since 1945"--Jacket.
Subjects: France, History
