How Long to Read The Golden Bees

How Long Does it Take to Read The Golden Bees?

It takes the average reader 8 hours and 20 minutes to read The Golden Bees by Theo Aronson

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

Description

Napoleon III, being accused on one occasion of having nothing of the Great Napoleon about him, replied with as much exasperation as wit, that he did, on the contrary, have his relations. This book is a domestic chronicle of the incredible Bonaparte family, a greedy, amorous, quarrelsome and hot-blooded Corsican clan who provided nineteenth-century Europe - and America - not only with two French emperors, but also with a dazzling assortment of pretenders and parvenus, statesmen and eccentrics, great ladies and adventuresses. Plumped on to the thrones of Europe by the career of Napoleon I, who probably took better care of his family than any conqueror in history, the Bonapartes survived the wreck of the two empires they ruled, buzzing around the honeypots of the continent with all the persistence of the imperial bees of Napoleon's crest. This is a personal history, not a political one. It is the family, with its eccentricities, vulgarities and fascinations manifesting themselves in generation after generation, which holds the centre of the stage. The great political, economic and military events of the time are heard dimly as 'noises off'. Napoleon I himself appears as son, brother, husband, father and above all as founder of a dynasty, rather than as a great public figure. But about the family, its feuds, its treacheries, its love affairs, its moments of greatness and of human tragedy, Mr Aronson seems to have missed not one good story, from the squabbles of Napoleon's rebellious sisters over the carrying of Josephine's train, to Hitler's remarkable deal with Petain for the return of the body of the Duke of Reichstadt to his father's tomb in the Invalides. Mr Aronson paints his family portrait with a wealth of detail based on many years of research with historical documents and original records, letters, memoirs and family diaries - for, in the end, no one seems to have been able to tell quite such a lurid tale about a Bonaparte as another Bonaparte.

How long is The Golden Bees?

The Golden Bees by Theo Aronson is 500 pages long, and a total of 125,000 words.

This makes it 169% the length of the average book. It also has 153% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Golden Bees Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 11 hours and 23 minutes to read The Golden Bees aloud.

What Reading Level is The Golden Bees?

The Golden Bees 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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