How long does it take to read The Great Sea?
The Great Sea by David Abulafia takes about 15 hours 46 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 15 hours 46 minutes
A long haul
First published 2011. 860 pages, about 236,500 words.
32 days (about 5 weeks) at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 26 hours 17 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 15 hours 46 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 9 hours 51 minutes |
The page count is the median across 2 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
Subjects: History, Civilization, Intercultural communication, Mediterranean region, history
