How Long to Read Chasing the Rose

How Long Does it Take to Read Chasing the Rose?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 47 minutes to read Chasing the Rose by Andrea di Robilant

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

Description

The author of the best-selling A Venetian Affair now gives us a charming chronicle of his search for a fabled antique rose - a tale that takes us back to the time of Josephine Bonaparte, and looks into the future of this much beloved flower. In his 2008 biography of the great Italian lady Lucia Mocenigo (his great-great-great-great grandmother), Andrea di Robilant described a pink rose that grows wild on the family's former country estate. This led to an invitation for an audience with the humble but deeply knowledgeable doyenne of European roses, Sra. Eleonora Garlant. Could this unnamed rose possibly be the long-lost Rose Bichonne, a China rose that nineteenth-century growers cultivated but which had apparently disappeared since? In search of the identity of the anonymous rose, Di Robilant finds himself captivated by rose-o-philes through time - from Lucia and her dear friend Josephine Bonaparte to the brilliant Sra. Garlant, whose garden of nearly 1500 species is one of the most significant in Europe - and by the old roses themselves, each of which has a tale to tell. Illustrated in full colour, the book will delight rose lovers, European travelers, and amateur historians in equal measure.

How long is Chasing the Rose?

Chasing the Rose by Andrea di Robilant is 224 pages long, and a total of 56,896 words.

This makes it 76% the length of the average book. It also has 70% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Chasing the Rose Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 10 minutes to read Chasing the Rose aloud.

What Reading Level is Chasing the Rose?

Chasing the Rose 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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