How long does it take to read The Icon and the Axe?
The Icon and the Axe by James H. Billington takes about 14 hours 25 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 14 hours 25 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1966. 786 pages, about 216,150 words.
29 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 24 hours 1 minute |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 14 hours 25 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 9 hours |
The page count is the median across 10 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Interpretive history of Russian thought and culture designed to provide new information and interpretation and not merely to codify an already established consesus. The period under discussion is the last six hundred years, during which time Russia has emerged as a distinctive civilization.
Subjects: Intellectual life, History, Vie intellectuelle, Kultur, Geschichte, Cultuur
