How Long to Read Adventurers And Exiles

How Long Does it Take to Read Adventurers And Exiles?

It takes the average reader 11 hours and 22 minutes to read Adventurers And Exiles by Marjory Harper

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

'The Scots have always been a restless people', says leading Scottish historian Marjory Harper 'but in the nineteenth century their restlessness exploded into a sustained surge of emigration that carried Scotland almost to the top of a European league table of emigrant exporting countries.' This is the first book to provide a comprehensive account of that 'Great Exodus'. In many ways it challenges the popular belief that the Scottish Diaspora were reluctant exiles. There were indeed those who went unwillingly through clearance, kidnapping or banishment. Orphans, and (frequently against their parents' wishes) children of destitute parents were exported into domestic service by well-meaning institutions. But there were also adventurers, many with fortunes to invest, who went full of hope - and many who left as a response to famine or destitution did so willingly, in the belief that they would improve their lot. There were temporary emigrants too, off for a season's railroad building or a stretch in the East India Company. ow were these people recruited? Where did they embark from, what was the voyage out like? Where did they go? And what happened when they got there? From the Highlands, Lowlands and islands to Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the Caribbean, Ceylon and India, Harper brings alive the experience of the Scottish emigrant. rawing and quoting from a vast range of contemporary letters, diaries, newspapers and magazines (some examples are attached), this rich, immensely detailed and hugely rewarding book tells the stories of emigrants from diverse backgrounds as well as looking at the wider context of restless mobility that has taken Scots to England and Europe from the middle ages on.

How long is Adventurers And Exiles?

Adventurers And Exiles by Marjory Harper is 659 pages long, and a total of 170,681 words.

This makes it 222% the length of the average book. It also has 209% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Adventurers And Exiles Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 15 hours and 32 minutes to read Adventurers And Exiles aloud.

What Reading Level is Adventurers And Exiles?

Adventurers And Exiles is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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