How Long to Read Spymaster: the Life of Maurice Oldfield (title Tbc)

How Long Does it Take to Read Spymaster: the Life of Maurice Oldfield (title Tbc)?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 20 minutes to read Spymaster: the Life of Maurice Oldfield (title Tbc) by Martin Pearce

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

Description

The extraordinary story of the most highly decorated British spymaster of the Cold War, Sir Maurice Oldfield. Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service (commonly known as the SIS or MI6), he was the first Chief to be named and pictured in the press, and often alleged by them to be the model for the screen versions of both Ian Flemingâe(tm)s M and John Le Carréâe(tm)s George Smiley. This major study of Oldfieldâe(tm)s life portrays one of the UKâe(tm)s most important and complex spies of the Cold War era. He was the first Chief of MI6 that hadnâe(tm)t come from an upper-class background or studied at Eton or Oxbridge. Rather, he was a farmerâe(tm)s son from a provincial grammar school who found himself accidentally plunged into the world of espionage by the outbreak of the Second World War. Oldfield was our man in Washington at the time of the Cuban Missile Crisis and the assassination of JFK, and was largely responsible for keeping Britain out of the Vietnam War. This is the fascinating life story of Maurice Oldfield, written by his nephew Martin Pearce, who remembers asking his uncle what he did for a job. 'Oh itâe(tm)s quite boring really, dear boy. Iâe(tm)m a kind of security guard at embassies,' was the reply...

How long is Spymaster: the Life of Maurice Oldfield (title Tbc)?

Spymaster: the Life of Maurice Oldfield (title Tbc) by Martin Pearce is 320 pages long, and a total of 80,000 words.

This makes it 108% the length of the average book. It also has 98% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Spymaster: the Life of Maurice Oldfield (title Tbc) Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 17 minutes to read Spymaster: the Life of Maurice Oldfield (title Tbc) aloud.

What Reading Level is Spymaster: the Life of Maurice Oldfield (title Tbc)?

Spymaster: the Life of Maurice Oldfield (title Tbc) is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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