It takes the average reader 6 hours and 40 minutes to read Villains of Yore by D. Lawrence-Young
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
Take some twenty wicked British villains. Add their dastardly crimes. Then include their miserable backgrounds. Mix in some nefarious conversations and combine all this together to produce an exciting collection of stories: Villains of Yore. This book describes in an entertaining way through conversations and facts how criminals from Richard Pudlicott (1303) up to the 20th Century Elephant Gang operated on the wrong side of the law to make their fortunes. Reading your way through these 700 years, you will come across well-known characters such as Dick Turpin, Burke and Hare and Moll Cutpurse, as well as some lesser known but equally nasty characters, including Colonel Thomas Blood, Mary Carleton and Jonathan Wild, the 'Thief-taker General'. "Villains of Yore" by D. Lawrence-Young will open your eyes to the criminal world and give you a completely new view on British social history.
Villains of Yore by D. Lawrence-Young is 394 pages long, and a total of 100,076 words.
This makes it 133% the length of the average book. It also has 122% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 9 hours and 6 minutes to read Villains of Yore aloud.
Villains of Yore is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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