Disheveled Peasant

Great passive listening

Revisado: 03-30-25

This was far better than the TV series and definitely worth some passive listening.
The performance was good enough

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Decent Listen

Revisado: 02-27-25

Only issue is similar voices for many characters, but in all honesty, I shouldn’t complain. Great story, awesome if you can get on the cheap, and sweet to follow now that the TV series is around

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Prequel to 1776

Revisado: 02-18-25

To fully grasp the American Revolution, you have to understand The French and Indian War. And to fully understand The French and Indian War, you’ve gotta read this book. Spectacular in its scope, this is a must read for folks interested in Colonial history.

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Brilliant! Roberts Crushes Once Again

Revisado: 01-10-25

Andrew Roberts is a master biographer. He continues his awesomeness with "Churchill", an epic and well written book.
My ONLY criticism is that Roberts often excuses Churchill's flaws. Rather than just rolling with it, he needs to justify such that I think I only counted about 5-9 things Churchill ever did "wrong".
Here's a made up example. Churchill ate too much butter. Roberts: Everyone ate a lot of butter. My thinking is that Roberts should just roll with it.

Also, i think Roberts goes too easy on Churchill's ardent colonialism. I have no strong views, but think that would have been a subject matter that could have been more readily taken up simply than "He was born in the Victorian Age...."
Anyway, it's a brilliant book. You'll learn a lot and for 1 credit?! It's a steal

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Epic and Brilliant

Revisado: 12-10-24

The story is brought to life brilliantly. Superb narration—anyone that doesn’t give that a 5 has no clue regarding the value of the art. Great listen

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Very comprehensive

Revisado: 04-11-24

This audiobook combines two of Kershaw’s other Hitler books “Hubris” and “Nemesis” into one.
The biography is comprehensive and well written.
The reader butchers German pronunciation a bit too frequently, but if you don’t speak German you likely won’t notice or care.

If you’re looking for a biography of a mad man, this fits the bill. Pairs very well with the book “Blitzed” too. That book provides the drug induced lunacy side that we miss in this tome.

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Gets Repetitive

Revisado: 10-11-23

Author starts strong and then just repeating over and over ad infinitum how terrible fiat is.
The irony is that I agree with everything Ammous said, but it just got so boring because the introduction of new themes and ideas was minimal vs the ongoing attack on fiat (which I agree, sucks).

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Give it a few hours, and then you have excellence

Revisado: 10-06-23

It takes a bit to get used to the performance, but once the book gets going, the historical research is the best. Eric Foner, knows the ins and outs like the CFO of a company knowing the financials. The guy crushes it with respect to detail and historical insight.

This is not a book about the war per se, but very much a book revolving around Lincoln’s thoughts and blacks and slavery pre-1865.

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Excellent Story and Fantastic Narration

Revisado: 09-21-23

The story is well written, but the narration brings everything to life. Brilliant job on each. Very highly recommend as the author does a wonderful job taking us from MLK’s grandparents to April 4, 1968 without skipping a beat.

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Great Info, but Terribly Executed

Revisado: 09-05-23

I wanted to love this book, really, I did. Unfortunately the book skips around a lot, phrases are repeated on numerous occasions ("the bankers lost lots of their wealth and their reputations were destroyed"), and the coherency is just bad.
The narrator quotes passages but uses the same tone, making it hard to recognize a quote vs. the author's own words.

The book was likely an OG best seller because it was novel and addressed a topic others had not. However, there are now lots of books on manias and bubbles. This classic can now be retired.
For a similar theme check out " A History of Interest". Same themes, but significantly better written.

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