ljrinaldi's review against another edition
4.0
I picked up this book, because of the lovely cover. For some reason, I thought it was a whole book of women warriors. And while there were women warriors, as shown below, they were the exception, rather than the rule.
The rest of the book was about the usual warriors, such as Genghis Khan, Alexander the Great, and Hannibal Barca, (as in the Hannibal that took elephants over the Alps to attack Rome).
Very informative discussion of weapons, and famous battles, such as Crécy, where the British beat the French with their long bowmen.
This would be of great interest to children and adults, that want to dip their toes into some of the cooler bits of ancient history.
Thanks to Netgalley for making this book available for an honest review.
The rest of the book was about the usual warriors, such as Genghis Khan, Alexander the Great, and Hannibal Barca, (as in the Hannibal that took elephants over the Alps to attack Rome).
Very informative discussion of weapons, and famous battles, such as Crécy, where the British beat the French with their long bowmen.
This would be of great interest to children and adults, that want to dip their toes into some of the cooler bits of ancient history.
Thanks to Netgalley for making this book available for an honest review.
theybedax's review against another edition
3.0
Beautiful and informative. Does a great job of intriguing the reader to go and research more.
frumiouslyalice's review against another edition
3.0
My only major issue is that it could have used more stuff outside of the Eurasian continent. The Mayan and Egyptian are as more widespread as it gets, but I suppose it just reflects the constant limitation of how we teach world history all the time. It's a fair cop, but society is to blame.
waywardtomes's review
4.0
I love these kinds of books I just wish it would have more people outside of the super popular ones. There were maybe 3 that I had never heard of and they weren't very in depth.
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