A review by alicechris
Fierce Appetites: Loving, losing and living to excess in my present and in the writings of the past by Elizabeth Boyle

4.25

Brilliant! That this book flows so well whilst exploring such a range of content (the author's life in 2020 month by month, her life up to 2020, and of course medieval Ireland) is a testament to her skills as a writer and communicator - I came out of the book feeling a little jealous of her students! A lot of historians I've met are very interesting people but it's very much part of the discipline to remove yourself from your work, so I really enjoyed this style of writing and I hope it catches on. As an ex-historian left wondering what it was all for post-degree this was a reminder of how much I love history and the good that can be done (and the art that can be made) with it.