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vortimer's review against another edition
5.0
I had some misconceptions going into this one, due to the Game of Thones style branding, but I found this a compelling overview of the Middle Ages. Plus, I learnt why the Middle Ages is called the Middle Ages - it never occurred to me to ask!
missyreads's review against another edition
dark
informative
4.0
This was a dense discussion of a time period I knew very little about. I don’t know how much information I retained, but it was an interesting listen.
bookwoman1967's review against another edition
4.0
While very approachable to the general public, at over 600 pages this is certainly geared to the reader who is already interested in medieval history. I listened to the audio version read by the author and liked it a lot (authors reading their own works are hit or miss in my opinion). Dan Jones ranges far outside the usual British realm in this history, to draw in a more diverse cast of characters. My favorite quote, although I forget to what it referred: "By the standards of any age, this was a hot mess."
cj_lovesbooks's review against another edition
4.5
For a non-fiction history book that covers such a vast amount of information, I found this book to be easily digestible.
I liked how it was broken into chapters and then further divided within the chapters. It made it easy to tackle such a large book. And I found it had a narrative tone to make the book read more as story telling than straight fact reciting.
It was definitely a good overview and there are many topics that I definitely want to dive more into.
I liked how it was broken into chapters and then further divided within the chapters. It made it easy to tackle such a large book. And I found it had a narrative tone to make the book read more as story telling than straight fact reciting.
It was definitely a good overview and there are many topics that I definitely want to dive more into.