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A review by bookfever
The Story of the World in 100 Moments: The ambitious new book by the bestselling author of The Story of the British Isles by Neil Oliver
4.0
I knew that The Story of the World in 100 Moments would be a great read and I was not disappointed. I've been wanting to read a Neil Oliver book for ages since I've only seen some of his documentaries but not read any of his books before and I'm glad my first one could be this epic.
First of all, I can't imagine how difficult it had to be to pick 100 moments from history from all around to world for this book. Neil Oliver points out that the moments he picked are definitely his personal choices and other people, whether they're historians or not, might very well pick other things. And this is true. I probably would've switches some moments with others that I think mattered more but even so this was a fantastic book to read.
I was also pleasantly surprised by the beautiful writing. I had no idea the author had such a lovely prose. It was just a joy to read, really. Reading these chapters one after the other also made me realize just how connected our moments in history really were, from the beginning of civilization to our current modern times. It's pretty extraordinary when you think about it. The chapters were fairly short (just as I like em!) so I flew through this book in no-time. It was an unputdownable read!
First of all, I can't imagine how difficult it had to be to pick 100 moments from history from all around to world for this book. Neil Oliver points out that the moments he picked are definitely his personal choices and other people, whether they're historians or not, might very well pick other things. And this is true. I probably would've switches some moments with others that I think mattered more but even so this was a fantastic book to read.
I was also pleasantly surprised by the beautiful writing. I had no idea the author had such a lovely prose. It was just a joy to read, really. Reading these chapters one after the other also made me realize just how connected our moments in history really were, from the beginning of civilization to our current modern times. It's pretty extraordinary when you think about it. The chapters were fairly short (just as I like em!) so I flew through this book in no-time. It was an unputdownable read!