How long does it take to read Freedom at Midnight?
Dominique Lapierre, Larry Collins
Freedom at Midnight by Dominique Lapierre, Larry Collins takes about 10 hours 20 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 10 hours 20 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1975. 564 pages, about 155,100 words.
21 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 17 hours 14 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 10 hours 20 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 6 hours 28 minutes |
The page count is the median across 48 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
The end of an empire. The birth of two nations. Seventy years ago, at midnight on August 14, 1947, the Union Jack began its final journey down the flagstaff of Viceroy’s House, New Delhi. A fifth of humanity claimed their independence from the greatest empire history has ever seen—but the price of freedom was high, as a nation erupted into riots and bloodshed, partition and war. Freedom at Midnight is the true story of the events surrounding Indian independence, beginning with the appointment of Lord Mountbatten of Burma as the last Viceroy of British India, and ending with the assassination and funeral of Mahatma Gandhi. The book was an international bestseller and achieved enormous acclaim in the United States, Italy, Spain, and France. This edition contains 20 black-and-white photos, five maps, a full bibliography, extensive notes, and a dedication from Dominique Lapierre to the memory of his longtime writing partner Larry Collins.
Subjects: Politics and government, History, Politics/International Relations, History / India, Autonomie et mouvements indépendantistes
