How long does it take to read Ramage and the Drum Beat?
Ramage and the Drum Beat by Dudley Pope takes about 4 hours 57 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 57 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1967. 270 pages, about 74,250 words.
10 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 8 hours 15 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 57 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 6 minutes |
The page count is the median across 6 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
Subjects: Ship captains, Officers, Fiction, Great Britain. Royal Navy, Great Britain, Naval History
