It takes the average reader 9 hours and 4 minutes to read Kingmakers: The Invention of the Modern Middle East by Shareen Blair Brysac
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A brilliant narrative history tracing today’s troubles back to the grandiose imperial overreach of Great Britain and the United States. Kingmakers is the gripping story of how the modern Middle East came to be, as told through the lives of the Britons and Americans who shaped it. Some are famous (Lawrence of Arabia and Gertrude Bell); others infamous (Harry St. John Philby, father of Kim); some forgotten (Sir Mark Sykes, Israel’s godfather, and A. T. Wilson, the territorial creator of Iraq). All helped enthrone rulers in a region whose very name is an Anglo-American invention. The aim of this...
Kingmakers: The Invention of the Modern Middle East by Shareen Blair Brysac is 528 pages long, and a total of 136,224 words.
This makes it 178% the length of the average book. It also has 166% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 12 hours and 24 minutes to read Kingmakers: The Invention of the Modern Middle East aloud.
Kingmakers: The Invention of the Modern Middle East is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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