About This Book
A wide-ranging & highly readable history of Latin between the sixteenth & twentieth centuries - a period when it dominated the civic & sacred worlds of Europe and, arguably, the entire western world. Latin explores the institutional contexts in which the language was adopted & transmitted as well as...
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10h 54m
slow reader
180 WPM
7h 51m
average reader
250 WPM
5h 36m
fast reader
350 WPM
📖 117,700 words📅 16 days at 30 min/day
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Reading time
7 h 51 min
at 250 words per minute
Audiobook (1.5x)
8 h 43 min
at 1.5x narration speed
Audio 1x
13 h 5 min
Audio 2x
6 h 32 min
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- 📅16 days reading 30 min/day
- 🚇16 commutes of 30 min each