heliofoe's review

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dark informative inspiring slow-paced

4.0

I love that the book is about two women who have otherwise not been written about much. I remember then from reading Gregory of Tours in university, but didn't know this much.

The themes and framing of the historical facts into a story is very well done. However, it does mean that's as a historical exercise I was left wanting to know more about the sources. The 6th century has very limited textual evidence and it's necessary to extrapolate from contextual evidence. I'd just like more clarity on where some of the evidence comes from.

As a trade history book though it's very fun, and I absolutely need a good movie about this.

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alisonvh's review

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adventurous challenging dark informative medium-paced

5.0

This book is so good and I learned so much! Everyone should read it.

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