a laborious read

Was not familiar with author's writing style, more so with his appearances on TV, but I wish I would have been. I'm just a couple of chapters into it and it's been tough. Too many direct quotes for one thing. It's almost as if he's trying to show how much research he did and it is difficult to keep the narrative going. Inundated with information, which seems superfluous. I'm not sure what I expected, but this is not it. Vary disappointed, especially when compared with Toland, D'Este et al

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