How Long to Read Coup D'œil at Belœil and a Great Number of European Gardens

How Long Does it Take to Read Coup D'œil at Belœil and a Great Number of European Gardens?

It takes the average reader 5 hours to read Coup D'œil at Belœil and a Great Number of European Gardens by Charles Joseph prince de Ligne

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Description

Charles-Joseph, seventh Prince de Ligne, Field marshal, Grandee of Spain, Knight of the Golden Fleece, sovereign of the minuscule county of Fagnolles in the Ardennes, and author of the Coup d'Oeil sur Beloeil, was born in 1735. Claiming descent from Charlemagne, intimate with royalty from Paris to Vienna to St. Petersburg, he traveled widely, associating with such luminaries as Madame de Sta�l, Voltaire, Frederick the Great, and Rousseau until the eighteenth-century douceur de vivre came to an abrupt halt with the French Revolution. Forced to flee his Belgian estates, he became an exile in Vienna, where he died in 1814, having attempted to support himself by writing. But Ligne's real passion was for his garden at Beloeil, which he described as he lay dying as "the handsomest garden in Europe . . . if it weren't for Versailles." This new critical edition presents the 1795 version of Ligne's masterwork, his garden treatise on Beloeil and the great gardens of Europe. Designed by Wolfgang Lederer and elegantly illustrated from sources Ligne himself might have known, this extensively annotated translation will introduce a new generation of readers to Ligne's intelligence and wit as well as his ideas on gardens. The charm and vivacity of the Prince's anecdotes and pithy observations lead one through his own beloved gardens to a Grand Tour of European culture in the eighteenth century. "These pages were composed in happy days, when the world was not sullied with crime and when our blood and tears had not been shed. I wrote names then that I no longer have the strength to utter. Now everything is altered. But that does not change the intent of my work, which was simply to give counsel and example to others. These are not the tales of a traveler but rather the precepts of a gardener."--Preface to the First Edition

How long is Coup D'œil at Belœil and a Great Number of European Gardens?

Coup D'œil at Belœil and a Great Number of European Gardens by Charles Joseph prince de Ligne is 295 pages long, and a total of 75,225 words.

This makes it 100% the length of the average book. It also has 92% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Coup D'œil at Belœil and a Great Number of European Gardens Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 51 minutes to read Coup D'œil at Belœil and a Great Number of European Gardens aloud.

What Reading Level is Coup D'œil at Belœil and a Great Number of European Gardens?

Coup D'œil at Belœil and a Great Number of European Gardens is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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