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Post by Carl LaFong on Jan 7, 2023 14:39:26 GMT
www.dailymail.co.uk/home/books/article-11603887/A-magnificent-new-book-Simon-Sebag-Montefiore.htmlThe World: A Family History by Simon Sebag Montefiore (Weidenfeld £35, 1344pp) Sex and savagery! Poisoned concubines, kings hacked to death by their sons, eyeballs gouged, genitals ripped off — a magnificent new book by Simon Sebag Montefiore Simon Sebag Montefiore tries to encapsulate the whole of human history The writer covers everything from the first footsteps on a beach modern war Since the year dot life has been cheap, wars frequent, human sacrifice a regular practice and revenge, of the cruellest kind, a feast for the imagination Feologild Oakes
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Post by politicidal on Jan 8, 2023 16:53:08 GMT
I read his book on the Romanovs a while back.
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Post by Carl LaFong on Jan 8, 2023 17:13:22 GMT
I read his book on the Romanovs a while back. Enjoy it? I believe I saw the BBC TV series based on that book.
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Post by politicidal on Jan 8, 2023 17:19:10 GMT
I read his book on the Romanovs a while back. Enjoy it? I believe I saw the BBC TV series based on that book. Eh to be honest, I found it a chore, though whenever it got to someone whom I find fascinating like Peter Great, I regained interest.
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Post by Jep Gambardella on Jan 9, 2023 19:12:02 GMT
www.dailymail.co.uk/home/books/article-11603887/A-magnificent-new-book-Simon-Sebag-Montefiore.htmlThe World: A Family History by Simon Sebag Montefiore (Weidenfeld £35, 1344pp) Sex and savagery! Poisoned concubines, kings hacked to death by their sons, eyeballs gouged, genitals ripped off — a magnificent new book by Simon Sebag Montefiore Simon Sebag Montefiore tries to encapsulate the whole of human history The writer covers everything from the first footsteps on a beach modern war Since the year dot life has been cheap, wars frequent, human sacrifice a regular practice and revenge, of the cruellest kind, a feast for the imagination Feologild Oakes It does sound interesting, but at 1344 pages I think I'll pass!
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