How Long to Read A Lady's Peninsular War Experiences

How Long Does it Take to Read A Lady's Peninsular War Experiences?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 20 minutes to read A Lady's Peninsular War Experiences by Elizabeth Lady Holland

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Description

Perspectives on Spain in wartime by a strong 'new' woman of her age There can be no doubt that the socialite Elizabeth Vassall Fox was a remarkable woman. Initially married to Sir Godfrey Webster, a man 20 years her senior, she bore him five children, but by the time of their divorce in 1797 she was already pregnant again-by her lover, the Whig politician Henry Fox (3rd Baron Holland). They immediately married and Elizabeth bore seven more children to her new husband. Both Elizabeth and her husband admired Napoleon Bonaparte. Henry Fox's political status gave him a roving commission and made him and his redoubtable spouse party to much information not necessarily available to the public at the time. Fox's travels, accompanied by Elizabeth, took him to Spain at the time of the Peninsular War, and it is this period that makes Lady Holland's journal so fascinating. As an independently minded woman of high social standing Elizabeth wrote directly-and often scathingly-about the people and events she experienced or which came to her notice in consequence of her husband's position. This is interesting to modern students of the period not only as a rare female perspective, but also because much contemporary writing of the period has come from military gentlemen who might be relied upon to be guarded in their written views for the sake of good form or because discretion was-in the presence of the powerful-always the better part of valour. By contrast Elizabeth Holland's often acerbic observations and fearless judgements may occasionally verge upon gossip, but are nonetheless historically valuable. Leonaur editions are newly typeset and are not facsimiles; each title is available in softcover and hardback with dustjacket; our hardbacks are cloth bound and feature gold foil lettering on their spines and fabric head and tail bands.

How long is A Lady's Peninsular War Experiences?

A Lady's Peninsular War Experiences by Elizabeth Lady Holland is 200 pages long, and a total of 50,000 words.

This makes it 67% the length of the average book. It also has 61% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read A Lady's Peninsular War Experiences Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 33 minutes to read A Lady's Peninsular War Experiences aloud.

What Reading Level is A Lady's Peninsular War Experiences?

A Lady's Peninsular War Experiences is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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