How long does it take to read The Mediterranean?
And the Mediterranean World in the Age of Philip II (Volume II)
Fernand Braudel, Sian Reynolds
The Mediterranean by Fernand Braudel, Sian Reynolds takes about 13 hours 26 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 13 hours 26 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1972. 733 pages, about 201,575 words.
27 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 22 hours 24 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 13 hours 26 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 8 hours 24 minutes |
The page count is the median across 10 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
The focus of Fernand Braudel's great work is the Mediterranean world in the second half of the sixteenth century, but Braudel ranges back in history to the world of Odysseus and forward to our time, moving out from the Mediterranean area to the New World and the other destinations of Mediterranean traders. Braudel's scope embraces the natural world and material life, economics, demography, politics, diplomacy.
Subjects: Mediterranean region, history, European History, Spanish History, History, Human geography, Physical geography
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