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Ten Great Events in History

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Now that history has become big business, it can be a little difficult to find historical perspectives that are produced for the light reader, but not for entertainment value. The biggest moments in history up until this book was published haven't changed, but it is interesting to see the subtle ways we view history today as compared with the time of the author.

This is how all history books should be! Really interesting colorful detail.. Most of these Great Events were new to me and very amazing to read. Only problem is I wish the book was better organized and had a proper contents page? If you want to skip ahead to the next Great Event it was hard to find. But still very good writing. :)

I usually don't read much of historical literature, however this was a treat. I love a good story and this is exactly what you get. It is a bit long at times, however it's still a great read in my eyes.

Just finished this book and I absolutely loved it. The writer uses a easy flowing conversational style and intersperses multiple long passages of classic poetry to help bring the events he has chosen to life. His list is not one I expected and included such things as the seige of Leydon and the battles between the French and British for control of India. A very enjoyable read.

Keep in mind that this is a free Kindle version of a book from 1887. The views are of someone from quite a while back. Also no illustrations.

James Johonnot has picked 10 great events in history to discuss in 2,728 locations.

Greeks vs. Persians
Crusades
Swiss vs. Austrians
Scotland
Columbus
Netherlands vs. Spanish
Armada
Pilgrims
India - interesting that he considers that India was best ruled by England. Doubt the Indians thought so.
Lexington and Bunker Hill

If you have any interest in history, I would definitely say pick this up. There were four of these that I didn't know that much about, so a worthwhile read for me as a history buff.

Now that history has become big business, it can be a little difficult to find historical perspectives that are produced for the light reader, but not for entertainment value.

I purchased this item for my uncle who loves books about history. He got a number of books for christmas but chose this one first and he really liked it. He received it in plenty of time for christmas (which is surprising because I ordered it at the last minute).

The events themselves were interesting but I found myself noticing the large number of misspellings, the overly poetic language, etc.
For a book to be published with this large number of misspellings and grammatical errors is poor scholarship.
I was not impressed.

Being a history major, I don't agree with most of the events he chose as being "great events". They were all significant events in history, but I think he could have chosen more significant events to highlight (but this is more of a personal opinion). It was also very hard for me to read it because it felt more like I was reading a college paper rather than a published work. The over use of some words and weird descriptions (why say "twenty and second year of his life" when you can say, 22 years old?) were distracting for me. I came to a point when it was so distracting that I had to move on from what he was trying to say to finally reach the point of the idea he was conveying. Personal opinions, but I would not recommend the book.

I'm really glad I didn't pay for this, mostly useless book. Poorly written, diffecult read, should have sampled it first.