It takes the average reader 6 hours and 27 minutes to read The Villas of Pliny from Antiquity to Posterity by Pierre de la Ruffinière du Prey
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Pierre de la Ruffinière du Prey traces the influence of Pliny the Younger as a continuous theme throughout the history of architecture. First he looks at what Pliny considered to be the essential qualities of a villa. He then discusses the many buildings Pliny inspired: from the Renaissance estates of the Medici, to papal summer residences near Rome, to Thomas Jefferson's Monticello, and the home of former Canadian prime minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau. Equally important to du Prey's study are the many designs by architects past and present that remain on paper. These imaginary restitutions...
The Villas of Pliny from Antiquity to Posterity by Pierre de la Ruffinière du Prey is 377 pages long, and a total of 96,889 words.
This makes it 127% the length of the average book. It also has 118% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 8 hours and 49 minutes to read The Villas of Pliny from Antiquity to Posterity aloud.
The Villas of Pliny from Antiquity to Posterity is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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