How Long to Read Leonardo, His Life and Works

How Long Does it Take to Read Leonardo, His Life and Works?

It takes the average reader 6 hours and 45 minutes to read Leonardo, His Life and Works by Robert Payne

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

Description

“... (Payne) has the gift, as does John Keegan, of using prose to elevate facts, figures, dates and events into the realms of the dramatic.” —Book Reviewer Based on entirely fresh primary research. Leonardo presents important new information and perspectives on one of the most interesting men and greatest geniuses of all time. The following are only a few of the new and controversial findings offered by Payne in this highly readable book. The portrait of a bearded man universally accepted as a self-portrait is actually a drawing of Leonardo’s father. The subject of the Mona Lisa was not the wife of a merchant but the Duchess of Milan. (Among the illustrations in the book are two earlier, seldom-seen Mona Lisas.) Leonardo was not the son of a peasant woman, as it is generally thought he was, but of a high-born woman. Payne paints an extraordinarily convincing Picture of Leonardo not only as a giant of his age, but also as a man, human, real, simple and natural. Besides dispelling many myths about him, the author places his subject realistically in his own time—the summit of the Italian Renaissance with its wars and sudden upheavals, its unsurpassed artists and architects, its ambitious and often warring princes. Leonardo is a meticulously accurate book and it reads like a swiftly paced novel.

How long is Leonardo, His Life and Works?

Leonardo, His Life and Works by Robert Payne is 396 pages long, and a total of 101,376 words.

This makes it 134% the length of the average book. It also has 124% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Leonardo, His Life and Works Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 9 hours and 13 minutes to read Leonardo, His Life and Works aloud.

What Reading Level is Leonardo, His Life and Works?

Leonardo, His Life and Works 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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