It takes the average reader 6 hours and 50 minutes to read Britain’s Second Embassy to China by Caroline Stevenson
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
Lord Amherst’s diplomatic mission to the Qing Court in 1816 was the second British embassy to China. The first led by Lord Macartney in 1793 had failed to achieve its goals. It was thought that Amherst had better prospects of success, but the intense diplomatic encounter that greeted his arrival ended badly. Amherst never appeared before the Jiaqing emperor and his embassy was expelled from Peking on the day it arrived. Historians have blamed Amherst for this outcome, citing his over-reliance on the advice of his Second Commissioner, Sir George Thomas Staunton, not to kowtow before the...
Britain’s Second Embassy to China by Caroline Stevenson is 404 pages long, and a total of 102,616 words.
This makes it 136% the length of the average book. It also has 125% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 9 hours and 20 minutes to read Britain’s Second Embassy to China aloud.
Britain’s Second Embassy to China is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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