dreamingdust's review
2.0
At first this was an interesting read, but as I read more the lustre has worn off. The author is focussing on his own narrative over historical detail and sometimes even facts.
This is especially egregious in the chapters about the early Middle Ages, wherein the fall of Rome is portrayed as hordes of bloodthirsty barbarians destroying something glorious without reason, while St. Augustine and the church hate time and science but need them to calculate Easter.
Someone got all their history from Gibbon's Rise and Fall. Very disappointing, am probably not going to continue reading.
This is especially egregious in the chapters about the early Middle Ages, wherein the fall of Rome is portrayed as hordes of bloodthirsty barbarians destroying something glorious without reason, while St. Augustine and the church hate time and science but need them to calculate Easter.
Someone got all their history from Gibbon's Rise and Fall. Very disappointing, am probably not going to continue reading.
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