How long does it take to read Israel?
a history
Israel by Martin Gilbert takes about 13 hours 45 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 13 hours 45 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1998. 750 pages, about 206,250 words.
28 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 22 hours 55 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 13 hours 45 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 8 hours 36 minutes |
The page count is the median across 10 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Martin Gilbert traces Israel's history from the struggles of its pioneers in the nineteenth century up to the present day. Along the way, he describes the defining moments in the history of the Jewish people, among them the Balfour Declaration of 1917; the United Nations Partition Resolution of 1947; and the founding of the State of Israel in 1948.
Subjects: History, Arab-Israeli conflict, Jews, Geschichte, Israel, history
