How Long to Read Mummies, Cannibals and Vampires

How Long Does it Take to Read Mummies, Cannibals and Vampires?

It takes the average reader 12 hours and 37 minutes to read Mummies, Cannibals and Vampires by Richard Sugg

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

Description

Mummies, Cannibals and Vampires charts in vivid detail the largely forgotten history of European corpse medicine, when kings, ladies, gentlemen, priests and scientists prescribed, swallowed or wore human blood, flesh, bone, fat, brains and skin against epilepsy, bruising, wounds, sores, plague, cancer, gout and depression. One thing we are rarely taught at school is this: James I refused corpse medicine; Charles II made his own corpse medicine; and Charles I was made into corpse medicine. Ranging from the execution scaffolds of Germany and Scandinavia, through the courts and laboratories of Italy, France and Britain, to the battlefields of Holland and Ireland, and on to the tribal man-eating of the Americas, Mummies, Cannibals and Vampires argues that the real cannibals were in fact the Europeans. Medicinal cannibalism utilised the formidable weight of European science, publishing, trade networks and educated theory. For many, it was also an emphatically Christian phenomenon. And, whilst corpse medicine has sometimes been presented as a medieval therapy, it was at its height during the social and scientific revolutions of early-modern Britain. It survived well into the eighteenth century, and amongst the poor it lingered stubbornly on into the time of Queen Victoria. This innovative book brings to life a little known and often disturbing part of human history.

How long is Mummies, Cannibals and Vampires?

Mummies, Cannibals and Vampires by Richard Sugg is 737 pages long, and a total of 189,409 words.

This makes it 249% the length of the average book. It also has 231% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Mummies, Cannibals and Vampires Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 17 hours and 15 minutes to read Mummies, Cannibals and Vampires aloud.

What Reading Level is Mummies, Cannibals and Vampires?

Mummies, Cannibals and Vampires 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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