How long does it take to read Napoléon?
Napoléon by Georges Lefebvre takes about 11 hours 7 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 11 hours 7 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1935. 606 pages, about 166,650 words.
23 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 18 hours 31 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 11 hours 7 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 6 hours 57 minutes |
The page count is the median across 20 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
At the time when Napoleon Bonaparte assumed control of France, Europe and the French Revolution had been at war for over seven years, and except for a brief interruption, this conflict was to last until 1815. The 18 Brumaire did not in itself mark the end of an epoch. It might be more logical to say that the period of peace which followed the Treaty of Amiens was the dividing point between two eras. True, when considering the internal history of France, one sees that the coup d'état of Brumaire opened the way for the restoration of personal power. In this respect, the contrast between the Napoleonic and Revolutionary periods is well defined, but their essential unity cannot be ignored. It was to the Revolution that Bonaparte owed his marvellous destiny. He was able to force himself upon republican France precisely because an internal necessity fated that country to dictatorship as long as the partisans of the Old Regime strove to re-establish the monarchy with the help of foreign powers. - Introduction.
Subjects: Histoire, Histoire militaire, History, History, Military, Military History, Rois et souverains
