How Long to Read The Pope's Rhinoceros

By Lawrence Norfolk

How Long Does it Take to Read The Pope's Rhinoceros?

It takes the average reader 9 hours and 43 minutes to read The Pope's Rhinoceros by Lawrence Norfolk

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

Description

The Pope's Rhinoceros is a vivid, antic, and picaresque novel spun around one of history's most bizarre chapters: the sixteenth-century attempt to procure a rhinoceros as a bribe for Pope Leo X. In February 1516, a Portuguese ship sank off the coast of Italy. The Nostra Senora de Ajuda had sailed fourteen thousand miles from the Indian kingdom of Gujarat. Her mission: to bribe the "pleasure-loving Pope" into favoring expansionist Portugal over her rival Spain with the most exotic and least likely of gifts -- a living rhinoceros. Moving from the herring colonies of the Baltic Sea to the West...

How long is The Pope's Rhinoceros?

The Pope's Rhinoceros by Lawrence Norfolk is 574 pages long, and a total of 145,796 words.

This makes it 194% the length of the average book. It also has 178% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Pope's Rhinoceros Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 13 hours and 16 minutes to read The Pope's Rhinoceros aloud.

What Reading Level is The Pope's Rhinoceros?

The Pope's Rhinoceros 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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