| Rating: | ★★★★ |
| Category: | Books |
| Genre: | History |
| Author: | Mark Steel |
I know Mr Steel from his radio and TV lectures on various famous people. He takes a humourous, but historically accurate view on things.
This book is obviously about the French revolution. It covers the whole history and characters. He can be flippant at times, but it's a fairly easy read. There is a lot to take in and I found myself getting confused by the various factions at time, but then it was a confusing time. Tragic too.
If all history was written this way, more people would read it. It was certain more fun than Gleick's Isaac Newton.
One thing it has done is to put me off royalty even more than I was before.
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