It takes the average reader 5 hours and 7 minutes to read A Rum Affair by Karl Sabbagh
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
A true story of a Scottish isle, an eminent professor, a lie, and an amateur botanist who saw the truth, by the author of Antisemitism Wars. In the 1940s, the eminent British botanist John Heslop Harrison proposed a controversial theory: that vegetation on the islands off the west coast of Scotland had survived the last Ice Age. His premise flew in the face of what most botanists believed—that no plants had survived the 10,000-year period of extreme cold. But Heslop Harrison had proof: the plants and grasses found on the isle of Rum. Harrison didn’t anticipate, however, an amateur botanist called John Raven, who boldly questioned whether these grasses were truly indigenous to the area, or whether they had been transported there. This is the story of what happened when a tenacious amateur set out to find out the truth, and how he uncovered a most extraordinary fraud. Praise for A Rum Affair “A breezy ride . . . informative and amusing.” —Washington Post Book World “An exciting scientific detective story.” —Times Literary Supplement
A Rum Affair by Karl Sabbagh is 298 pages long, and a total of 76,884 words.
This makes it 101% the length of the average book. It also has 94% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours to read A Rum Affair aloud.
A Rum Affair is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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