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It's a lot, as it should be

Revisado: 10-30-21

Excellent, detailed, well researched. It's a good book, but one I'm glad I listened to instead of trying to read. It's dense and occasionally plodding but all for the better understanding of the subject. Vital for understanding the modern world.

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Classic Bryson

Revisado: 05-28-21

if you know Bryson, you know this book is worthwhile. If you don't, well, give it a try. It's not my favorite of his work, buts it's typical of his style, wit, and overall entertainment value. Highly recommended.

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A fine, if biased, history

Revisado: 04-06-21

This is a relatively enjoyable listen, one that would make for a challengingly slow read. It covers a considerable stretch of history with a hard focus on the Hapsburgs and their territories. Which is to be expected, but the lack of context is occasionally jarring. The narrator does a fine job despite his complete inability to correctly pronounce Spanish words, and probably others. The most irritating aspect of the book is it's strong and sometimes laughable bias in favor of Hapsburgs rulers. Rady seems to rival Edmund Burke for monarchist sentiment. Once this is realized and understood, the book remains a useful overview of an often overlooked era of european history, at least from an American standpoint, so long as the author's conclusions are taken for what they are. Overall it's a dry book, with some flaws, but a useful one to have read. That said I'm not sure I'll walk away from it knowing a whole lot more than I did before, aside from the fact that one guy really, really likes the Hapsburgs.

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