It takes the average reader 5 hours to read Blood on the Thistle - The heartbreaking story of the Cranston family and their remarkable sacrifice by Stuart Pearson & Robert G Mitchell
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Blood on the Thistle is an examination of the life and times of a remarkable Scottish family, the Cranstons of Haddington, East Lothian. It focuses on a period from about 1880, when the young, hard-working parents, Alec and Lizzie Cranston, arrived in Haddington, through to 1920, when the family they had produced, torn apart by the effects of the Great War, broke up as its surviving members pursued separate lives around the globe.Out of seven sons who served in the First World War, four died and two more were horrifically wounded; only one, the youngest, returned home physically unscathed....
Blood on the Thistle - The heartbreaking story of the Cranston family and their remarkable sacrifice by Stuart Pearson & Robert G Mitchell is 300 pages long, and a total of 75,000 words.
This makes it 101% the length of the average book. It also has 92% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 49 minutes to read Blood on the Thistle - The heartbreaking story of the Cranston family and their remarkable sacrifice aloud.
Blood on the Thistle - The heartbreaking story of the Cranston family and their remarkable sacrifice is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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