About This Book
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The author of The Devil in the White City and Dead Wake delivers an intimate chronicle of Winston Churchill and London during the Blitz—an inspiring portrait of courage and leadership in a time of unprecedented crisis “One of [Erik Larson’s] best books yet . . . perfec...
Reading Time Estimates
15h 30m
slow reader
180 WPM
11h 10m
average reader
250 WPM
7h 59m
fast reader
350 WPM
📖 167,475 words📅 23 days at 30 min/day
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WPM
Reading time
11 hours 10 min
at 250 words per minute
Audiobook (1.5x)
12 hours 24 min
at 1.5x narration speed
Audio 1x
18 hours 37 min
Audio 2x
9 hours 18 min
That's about:
- 📅23 days reading 30 min/day
- 🚇23 commutes of 30 min each