It takes the average reader 6 hours and 25 minutes to read The Beacon at Alexandria by Gillian Bradshaw
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
In the Fourth Century A.D., independent and determined young Charis is forbidden to become a doctor because she is a woman. Disguising herself as a eunuch she flees Ephesus for Alexandria, then the center of learning. There she apprentices to a Jewish doctor but eventually becomes drawn into Church politics and is forced once again to flee. She serves as an army doctor at a Roman outpost in Thrace until, kidnapped by barbarian Visigoths, she finds her destiny to heal and also to be a woman and a wife.
The Beacon at Alexandria by Gillian Bradshaw is 376 pages long, and a total of 96,256 words.
This makes it 127% the length of the average book. It also has 118% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 8 hours and 45 minutes to read The Beacon at Alexandria aloud.
The Beacon at Alexandria is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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