It takes the average reader 4 hours and 14 minutes to read For King and Another Country by Shrabani Basu
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
Over a million Indian soldiers fought in the First World War, the largest force from the colonies and dominions. Their contribution, however, has been largely forgotten. Many soldiers were illiterate and travelled from remote villages in India to fight in the muddy trenches in France and Flanders. Many went on to win the highest bravery awards. For King and another Country tells, for the first time, the personal stories of some of these Indians who went to the Western Front: from a grand turbanned Maharaja rearing to fight for Empire to a lowly sweeper who dies in a hospital in England, from...
For King and Another Country by Shrabani Basu is 252 pages long, and a total of 63,504 words.
This makes it 85% the length of the average book. It also has 78% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 47 minutes to read For King and Another Country aloud.
For King and Another Country is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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