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How long does it take to read Gates of Fire?

an epic novel of the Battle of Thermopylae

Steven Pressfield

Gates of Fire by Steven Pressfield takes about 7 hours 43 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

About 7 hours 43 minutes

A weekend read

First published 1998. 421 pages, about 115,775 words.

16 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 12 hours 52 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 7 hours 43 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 4 hours 49 minutes

The page count is the median across 13 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

Godine 480.pr.Kr. kod Termopila (Vruća vrata) na sjeveru Grčke odigrala se najveličanstvenija bitka za slobodu tijekom čitave povijesti čovječanstva. U uskom planinskom prolazu iznad Egejskog mora sukobilo se 300 spartanskih vitezova s nadmoćnim snagama perzijskog kralja Kserksa. Od samog početka bilo je jasno da će Spartanci izgubiti bitku. Zašto su ipak bili spremni poginuti? Priča zarobljenog roba Kseona otkrit će tajnu tog podviga i poslati svima poruku o neuništivom dostojanstvu jednog naroda. Vatrena vrata epski su roman naturalističnih prizora bitaka zbog čije će vam se uvjerljivosti činiti da gledate raskošni holivudski film. (source: back-cover)

Subjects: Fiction, Historical Fiction, History, Fiction, historical, Fiction, war & military, Greece, fiction

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