How long does it take to read The Second World War?
The Second World War by Winston S. Churchill takes about 13 hours 16 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 13 hours 16 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1941. 724 pages, about 199,100 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 7 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 13 hours 16 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 8 hours 18 minutes |
The page count is the median across 76 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Never before in history have there been combined in one man the character, the political leadership, the military perception and the eloquence which our generation has known in Winston Churchill. It is no wonder that when it was announced that he would write the history of the Second World War, there arose throughout the world an interest and excitement caused by no other publication of this century. The six volumes of The Second World War fulfilled the highest expectations with which they were awaited. But the great length of the work and its necessary cost has prevented many thousands from reading and owning this great history. Now the heart of the work appears in one volume. The abbreviation has been made with the utmost skill, resulting in a unified, dramatic story of the world's greatest ordeal. Perhaps the glory of Sir Winston's prose is even heigtened by the omission of details necessary for the record but of less interest to the general reader. Memoirs of the Second World War will be read and treasured by a vast number of people who do not yet know this drama written imperishably by one of its greatest actors. - Jacket flap.
Subjects: Personal narratives, British, British Personal narratives, Great Britain, Military leadership, Command of troops, Prime ministers
