How Long to Read Seventy-One Years Of A Guardsman’s Life [Illustrated Edition]

How Long Does it Take to Read Seventy-One Years Of A Guardsman’s Life [Illustrated Edition]?

It takes the average reader 9 hours and 43 minutes to read Seventy-One Years Of A Guardsman’s Life [Illustrated Edition] by General Sir George Wentworth Alexander Higginson GCB GCVO

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Description

[Illustrated with over two hundred and sixty maps, photos and portraits, of the battles, individuals and places involved in the Crimean War] At a regimental gathering following Sir George Higginson’s funeral one officer remarked to another that no-one could remember the regiment without Sir George present. It is hardly surprising as General Sir George Wentworth Alexander Higginson GCB, GCVO had lived for 101 years, the longest of any British General, and as the title of his autobiography indicates the majority of those years in the Grenadier Guards. General Higginson’s life seemed to be in fact two lives; the first in active service with the British army, he would see action in many parts of the world. He would achieve great fame as a hero of the Crimean War and his reminiscences of which forms the greater part of this volume. The Author travelled out to the Crimea as adjutant of the 3rd Battalion; and fought at the battles at Alma, Balaklava and Inkerman at which he was greatly distinguished. His details of the siege and fall of Sebastopol are among the best that survive. He details in full the filthy unsanitary conditions, inept command, and cholera that the British soldiers had to endure, not to mention the shot and shell of tens of thousands of Russian soldiers. Following his military retirement in 1893 at the ripe age of 67 and then embarked on career as advisor to Queen Victoria, travelling dignitary as far afield as America and Russia and figurehead of the regime. A renowned and statesmanlike figure he died in 1927 mourned by all who knew him. A fascinating autobiography.

How long is Seventy-One Years Of A Guardsman’s Life [Illustrated Edition]?

Seventy-One Years Of A Guardsman’s Life [Illustrated Edition] by General Sir George Wentworth Alexander Higginson GCB GCVO is 581 pages long, and a total of 145,831 words.

This makes it 196% the length of the average book. It also has 178% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Seventy-One Years Of A Guardsman’s Life [Illustrated Edition] Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 13 hours and 16 minutes to read Seventy-One Years Of A Guardsman’s Life [Illustrated Edition] aloud.

What Reading Level is Seventy-One Years Of A Guardsman’s Life [Illustrated Edition]?

Seventy-One Years Of A Guardsman’s Life [Illustrated Edition] is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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