How long does it take to read History of the Conquest of Mexico?
William H. Prescott
History of the Conquest of Mexico by William H. Prescott takes about 13 hours 4 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 13 hours 4 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1843. 713 pages, about 196,075 words.
27 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 21 hours 47 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 13 hours 4 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 8 hours 10 minutes |
The page count is the median across 42 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
"The History of the Conquest of Mexico is William Prescott's epic account of Cortes's subjugation of the Aztec people, one that endures as a landmark work of nineteenth-century historiography and dramatic storytelling. Published in ten languages and republished at least two hundred times since its first publication in 1843, it presents a compelling view of the clash of civilizations that reverberates in Latin America to this day. The Conquest of Mexico, judged Prescott's biographer Harry Thurston Peck, is "one of the most brilliant examples which the English language possesses of literary art applied to historical narration," and literary critic Donald A. Ringe calls it "that rare type of book which satisfies fully the demands of both history and art.""--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects: History, Indians of Mexico, Conquest, Aztecs, Indians of mexico, history
