How Long to Read Statesman of Europe

How Long Does it Take to Read Statesman of Europe?

It takes the average reader 13 hours and 16 minutes to read Statesman of Europe by T. G. Otte

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

Description

'The lamps are going out all over Europe. We shall not see them lit again in our life-time.' The words of Sir Edward Grey, looking out from the windows of the Foreign Office at the end of August 1914, are amongst the most famous in European history, and encapsulate the impending end of the nineteenth-century world. The man who spoke them was Britain's longest-ever serving Foreign Secretary (in a single span of office) and one of the great figures of late Victorian and Edwardian Britain. Statesman of Europe describes the three decades before the First World War through the prism of his biography, which is based almost entirely on archival sources and presents a detailed account of the main domestic and international events, and of the main personalities of the era. In particular, it presents a fresh understanding of the approach to war in the years and months before its outbreak, and Grey's role in the unfolding of events. Yet Grey's life was not all public affairs, momentous as those were. He disliked being in London, much preferring country life at Fallodon, his family estate in Northumberland, and displayed none of the ambition of his contemporaries (or successors). He attended assiduously to his duties as director of the Great North Eastern Railway, one of the transformative enterprises in industry and communications of the period, and wanted to spend as much time as he could fishing. Apart from his memoirs, the only book he wrote was called The Charm of Birds. This hinterland gave quality to his judgements, and made his character attractive to his contemporaries. This important book is the definitive biography of one of the pivotal figures in European diplomacy, and a magnificent portrait of an age.

How long is Statesman of Europe?

Statesman of Europe by T. G. Otte is 769 pages long, and a total of 199,171 words.

This makes it 260% the length of the average book. It also has 243% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Statesman of Europe Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 18 hours and 8 minutes to read Statesman of Europe aloud.

What Reading Level is Statesman of Europe?

Statesman of Europe 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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