How long does it take to read The Lie of 1652?
Patric Tariq Mellet, Patric Mellet
The Lie of 1652 by Patric Tariq Mellet, Patric Mellet takes about 6 hours 46 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 6 hours 46 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2020. 369 pages, about 101,475 words.
14 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 11 hours 17 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 6 hours 46 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 14 minutes |
The page count is the median across 2 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
"In this radical critique of established pre-colonial and colonial history, Mellet centres land dispossession, the destruction of livelihoods and the brutality of slavery in South Africa. Drawing on scholarly work and his own experience of searching for identity, Mellet provides a bold new perspective on the loss of land and belonging. Characters such as Autshumao, Krotoa and Doman come to life in the story of the founding of a port at Cape Town - over 50 years before Jan van Riebeeck arrived"--Provide by Publisher.
Subjects: Social history, Colonies, History, Slavery, Colonial Labor laws and legislation, Colonial influence
