How long does it take to read The Last Lion?
The Last Lion by William Manchester takes about 14 hours 28 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 14 hours 28 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1983. 789 pages, about 216,975 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 7 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 14 hours 28 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 9 hours 2 minutes |
The page count is the median across 19 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
Subjects: biography, Politics and government, Prime ministers, Foreign relations
