It takes the average reader 4 hours and 57 minutes to read Wellington's Spies by Mary McGrigor
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
Intelligence was just as important in the Napoleonic Wars as it is today. Then there was only one way of obtaining it by spies and informers. The Author uses first hand accounts of three of Wellingtons most daring and successful Intelligence Officers. The three men, all of Scottish descent, were very different in character. One was killed in action and another taken prisoner and after narrowly avoiding summary execution made a dramatic escape. There is a romantic angle too.Their stories skillfully interwoven against the backdrop of the brutal Peninsula War where atrocities were common place....
Wellington's Spies by Mary McGrigor is 288 pages long, and a total of 74,304 words.
This makes it 97% the length of the average book. It also has 91% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 46 minutes to read Wellington's Spies aloud.
Wellington's Spies is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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