by G.J. Meyer
This book is bad. It reeks, it is derogatory to its subjects, it insults the reader, and the author is pushing his own agenda here. I really wanted to like this one, and went into it with some optimism that I could learn something new. But no, the author is fixated on religion here, especially in wh...
Let me start off by saying I didn't think I'd read a history book more readable than books written by Alison Weir. I was wrong, but this was also written by a journalism major as opposed to a historian, so that may have something to do with it. I liked the chapters that explained the cultural reas...