It takes the average reader 5 hours and 39 minutes to read The Murder of Bessie Sheppard by David Marshall
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In 1817 a young girl of no importance called Elizabeth Sheppard was murdered in Mansfield. An ex-soldier called Charles Rotherham, who had fought against Napoleon, was hanged for the crime - then history forgot about them both - yet the town erected a monument to this insignificant girl, not at her graveside, but at the site of her murder. Her grave remains unmarked. Her monument, though, includes details of the man hanged for the crime. The author re-investigated the murder using contemporary records and reconstructions and concludes that the hanged man could well have been innocent. No-one...
The Murder of Bessie Sheppard by David Marshall is 334 pages long, and a total of 84,836 words.
This makes it 113% the length of the average book. It also has 104% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 43 minutes to read The Murder of Bessie Sheppard aloud.
The Murder of Bessie Sheppard is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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