That's what Robin Lane Fox calls the Bible, whose mix of facts and fiction he traces in this densely written book, which he describes as "a historian's view of the Bible". Covering everything from Genesis to Revelations, he makes it clear where the various authors get their history wrong (almost a...
History books are not my usual reading material, but I managed to stay awake through this one and found it enjoyable and informative.
There are parts that are brilliant. Others glide over huge parts of history like the reader obviously knows all about it. Lane Fox spends a lot of time on the fall of the Republic, the Civil Wars (Julius, Mark Antony, Octavian, etc) then spends only a few chapters on the whole post Octavian/Augustus...
The concept is interesting, but the book is a little dull. There really isn't anything too new in the book. It provides good background and some interesting theories, but it :shrugs:. It's not the thriller the cover advertises.
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