It takes the average reader 3 hours and 53 minutes to read Young Man with the Red Tie: A Memoir of Mandela and the Failed Revolution, 1960–63 by Bob Hepple
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Bob Hepple, a 29-year-old lawyer, is making his hazardous escape from South Africa into Bechuanaland, the neighbouring British Protectorate, in order to avoid being called as a state witness. He has acted as Mandela’s legal adviser and has been a lifeline to the underground leaders, with whom he was arrested on 11 July 1963 at Liliesleaf Farm, Rivonia, and detained without trial. He has managed, in Mandela’s words about him, to ‘outwit the enemy’, and now faces the bitter revenge of Dr Yutar, the state prosecutor. In this memoir of these dramatic events, Bob Hepple throws fresh light on the...
Young Man with the Red Tie: A Memoir of Mandela and the Failed Revolution, 1960–63 by Bob Hepple is 232 pages long, and a total of 58,464 words.
This makes it 78% the length of the average book. It also has 71% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 19 minutes to read Young Man with the Red Tie: A Memoir of Mandela and the Failed Revolution, 1960–63 aloud.
Young Man with the Red Tie: A Memoir of Mandela and the Failed Revolution, 1960–63 is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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