A review by peterthomazin
At the Edge of the World? 3000 BC–AD 1603 by Simon Schama

3.0

Simon Schama has a very particular style of writing, which is pretty casual and light for a historian. His insights are not always the accepted ones you may have come across before. All this makes for an interesting read. What I found more difficult to get used to was the tendency to focus on specific topics with a great deal of the surrounding events by contrast out of focus. I can't help but believe this makes for a good television script and a slightly odd book. Enjoyable though.