How Long to Read The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World [Didactic Press Paperbacks]

How Long Does it Take to Read The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World [Didactic Press Paperbacks]?

It takes the average reader 7 hours and 16 minutes to read The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World [Didactic Press Paperbacks] by Edward Creasy

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

Description

Undoubtedly the most famous work of military history of the nineteenth century, Edward S. Creasy's Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World has been read and re-read for close to 150 years. It is not only the authoritative account of each battle that makes Creasy's work such a classic-it is his command of narrative, his interest in human struggle, his profound deductions as to effects of the battles, and his striving after truth. Furthermore, his selections seem as wise and well-considered today as when Fifteen Decisive Battles first appeared in 1851: Nobody since has made better ones, nor given us better accounts. Apart from the scholarship and literary skill of Creasy's book, there is another reason it has endured: Creasy was essentially fair-minded. He had been a judge, and when he became England's great military critic and historian, he maintained a thoroughly judicial attitude. He was not a British partisan, nor French, nor German-he was a cosmopolitan observer of great events.Out of 2300 years, Creasy only found fifteen battles which he called decisive in the highest sense. He chose them not for the number of killed and wounded, nor for their status in myth and lore, but because they fundamentally changed the course of world history. In doing so, he made his book a miniature military history of the western world, a classic that will repay continued study for generations to come, as it has for generations.

How long is The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World [Didactic Press Paperbacks]?

The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World [Didactic Press Paperbacks] by Edward Creasy is 426 pages long, and a total of 109,056 words.

This makes it 144% the length of the average book. It also has 133% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World [Didactic Press Paperbacks] Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 9 hours and 55 minutes to read The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World [Didactic Press Paperbacks] aloud.

What Reading Level is The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World [Didactic Press Paperbacks]?

The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World [Didactic Press Paperbacks] 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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