A review by toad_maiden
The Adventures of Alexander Von Humboldt by Andrea Wulf

4.0

Interesting and beautiful. The only reason this loses a star is for the sometimes-confusing layout of text and for the treatment of Von Humboldt's servant, Jose. The author's note at the end of the book makes clear that they made the decision to conflate the often-unnamed servants from Von Humboldt's notes into a single character, which I'm not sure was the right way to treat this issue. Other than these mild concerns, however, this was a lovely read.