How long does it take to read The Rise and Fall of the British Empire?
Lawrence James
The Rise and Fall of the British Empire by Lawrence James takes about 12 hours 54 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 12 hours 54 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1994. 704 pages, about 193,600 words.
26 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 21 hours 31 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 12 hours 54 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 8 hours 4 minutes |
The page count is the median across 3 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
Subjects: Colonies, Decolonization, History, Great britain, history, Great britain, politics and government, Great britain, colonies
