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North Africa (Traveller's History of North Africa)

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Over all, I've found the Traveller's History series of books to be a bit hit or miss. All are good at providing a good deal of the history of a nation or region, but some do so in a manner that is too dry or terse to make for enjoyable reading. Not so A Traveller's History of North Africa. Covering the land that makes up modern-day Morocco, Tunisia, Libya and Algeria, Barnaby Rogerson does a fantastic job of telling the history of the land and its peoples from the Neolithic era through the Roman Empire and into the 1990s. It is a fascinating tale of survival, conflict, and change that gives a wonderful insight into the historical forces that have shaped the region and its people.

I ordered this book a couple of weeks ago, and enjoyed reading the first chapter, but pages began falling out in large chunks, so I returned it. Thanks to Amazon's excellent return policy, I had a new copy in 2 days. However, after reading just a few pages more, pages began falling out again. I will return the second copy and have already ordered an older printing of the same book in hopes that it is bound better.
What I was able to read was interesting and very well written. Hopefully the next copy will hold together long enough for me to finish reading it.
The info for the defective copies:
Publisher: Interlink Publishing Group
Published: June 15, 2000