This overview of four powerful leaders of the 16th century reads like a blog. In some ways that is nice. It is easy to read and doesn't get into too many details. On the other hand, it also includes opinions and outright errors. Despite the fact that this is supposed to be about four men, it felt li...
Concise But Well-Written History The fall of Constantinople in 1453 ended what the population always identified as the Roman Empire, but has become known as the Byzantine Empire that John Julius Norwich thought had been given a bad reputation in “the West”. In “A Short History of Byzantium” Norwi...
Epic read but it deserves more pictures and better detailed maps though. Waiting for Volume 2: The Apogee to make its way to my local library. Interests sparked for possible next reads in my history shelf: The Goths, the Persian empire, early christianity (which is something I have been meaning to...
bookshelves: epistolatory-diary-blog, nonfiction, published-2013, winter-20132014 Recommended to ☯Bettie☯ by: Laura Recommended for: BBC Radio Listeners Read from December 15 to 20, 2013 BOTWBBC description: This new book contains the letters sent from aristocrat, society darling and actress o...
I was a little worried about reading this book, since it spans over 2000 years and the last time I read a book that spanned centuries of time and covered large areas, it didn't work out well. This book manages to tell the reader about 2000 years worth of Popes, monarchy and history without it being ...
A well researched look at the fascinating history of the "other" Norman conquest, from the initial influx of the Normans as mercenaries, through the rise of the de Hautvilles, to the eventual founding of the Kingdom of Sicily.Some of the periods covered are not well documented in history, and certai...
This is history the way you always wished it could be but never is. It is a scarcely-believable catalogue of violent deaths (try being pierced at close range by hundreds of arrows until you bleed slowly to death), sexual intrigues (one Empress had specially-trained geese to peck corn from her nethe...
Very disappointed in the book. The author's writing is amateurish, or he is trying too hard to come down to the level he suspects his readers to be on. He does a lot of supposing. Maybe this happened, maybe that happened, or it could have even been this way. I think if you are that unsure, you shoul...
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