How Long to Read The Rose of Weenen

How Long Does it Take to Read The Rose of Weenen?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 3 minutes to read The Rose of Weenen by Alessandro Palmas

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

Description

This book contains a personal experience of a trip through Africa in the 60s and the related stories deriving from those experiences, and my arrival first in Rhodesia and later in South Africa were I lived for a long period of time. It is also a cronicle of the discovery of a new route around Africa made by the Portuguese sailors of the 16° century in search of a direct access to the lucrative markets of the spices of the Far East and the following events that took the Dutch representatives of the company VOC to found the Colony of the Cape of Storms later renamed by the British Empire, Cape of Good Hope. It also recounts the odissey of the Dutch settlers that in search of freedom from the hated British dominion travelled across Southern Africa in search of a new home and in the process had to fight the native tribes of those lands and live some tragic experiences that finally took them to fund the Nation of South Africa.Related to this story is also one episodethat made me discover the existence of the Valdese religious community that had a part in this facts.The tragic story of Teresa Viglione a member of the Valdese community born in the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope, that lived a short love story ended in tragedy with a her Young Boer lover, during the "great trek" Great Voyage taken by this community in search of a new home. And also unknown to many, the important part that the Italian community had in the Birth of the South African nation. The closing part of the book deals with present day multiracial South Africa and the challenges this nation is facing after the dream of a Rainbow nation envisaged by Nelson Mandela seems to be on the brinx of failure.

How long is The Rose of Weenen?

The Rose of Weenen by Alessandro Palmas is 242 pages long, and a total of 60,984 words.

This makes it 82% the length of the average book. It also has 75% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Rose of Weenen Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 33 minutes to read The Rose of Weenen aloud.

What Reading Level is The Rose of Weenen?

The Rose of Weenen 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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