How long does it take to read Secret Service?
the making of the British intelligence community
Secret Service by Christopher M. Andrew takes about 11 hours 21 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 11 hours 21 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1985. 619 pages, about 170,225 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 55 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 11 hours 21 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 7 hours 6 minutes |
The page count is the median across 4 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
Subjects: History, Intelligence service, Great Britain, Politics and government, Histoire, Grande-Bretagne
