How long does it take to read The Decline and Fall of the British Aristocracy?
David Cannadine
The Decline and Fall of the British Aristocracy by David Cannadine takes about 14 hours 54 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 14 hours 54 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1990. 813 pages, about 223,575 words.
30 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 24 hours 51 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 14 hours 54 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 9 hours 19 minutes |
The page count is the median across 6 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
At the outset of the 1870s, the British aristocracy could rightly consider themselves the most fortunate people on earth: they held the lion's share of land, wealth, and power in the world's greatest empire. By the end of the 1930s they had lost not only a generation of sons in the First World War, but also much of their prosperity, prestige, and political significance. Deftly orchestrating an enormous array of documents and letters, facts, and statistics, David Cannadine shows how this shift came about--and how it was reinforced in the aftermath of the Second World War. Astonishingly learned, lucidly written, and sparkling with wit, The Decline and Fall of the British Aristocracy is a landmark study that dramatically changes our understanding of British social history.
Subjects: Nobility, History, Nobleza, Noblesse, Histoire, Historia
