How long does it take to read The Nature of History?
Arthur Marwick
The Nature of History by Arthur Marwick takes about 5 hours 52 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 5 hours 52 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1970. 320 pages, about 88,000 words.
12 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 9 hours 47 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 52 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 40 minutes |
The page count is the median across 14 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Developed for students and general readers looking for a concise guide to the methods and purposes of historical study, this book seeks to explore the nature of historical evidence, to show how history comes to be written and to offer a basis on which "good" history can be distinguished from "bad."
Subjects: Historiography, Geschichtsschreibung, Geschichtswissenschaft, Geschiedfilosofie, History, Methodology
