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Not great.

Revisado: 01-06-25

Better name eould be "Constantine and the Rise of the Roman Church".
Christendom is a misleading name, it truly does not cover that. Granted, it begins 300AD, but little to no back mention to the earliest of the church.
it begins with Constantine, and basically ends in 1300AD with Constantine.
No mention of the Coptic church, Ethiopian church.
Rome, and Constantine.
Little mention of the Eastern Orthodox, just a snip bit of the schism.
Follows a very monolithic line. Augustin barely mentioned. Aquinas just as a side.
Good detail to Saint Francis of Assisi and Dominique.
Author professes as I believe agnostic, he is Aldo the author. Very monotone, standard British voice, no emotion or depth.
I would argue, should a book be written by a believer, narrator should be at best on the fence.
And vice versa.
Finally, quite frankly you cannot cover true Christendom from 300-1300.
You must start 100AD to at least 1600AD. Preferably 1900AD.
That encompasses Christendom, before modernity.
Detailed, accurate, fair. Just not a book I'd personally read again.

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Good book, great narration.

Revisado: 04-06-22

A good addition to tge overall story of our civil war. Somethings missing in my opinion, specifically more in depth writing on the mistakes of the southern economy, though much of this is addressed culturally at the end.
Takes the veil off the idea that the Unions victory was inevitable.
A little too much ink spent on Chase.
All in all, a good story, wonderfully narrated, and a good addition of information on the a different aspect of the Civil War.

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A good overview

Revisado: 12-21-21

While not going into great detail, step by step, this is a solid broad overview of Rome.
What it was, what it did, etc.
If you're looking for an introduction to the Roman empire, here's your book.
Narrator was great.

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Good book of a great man.

Revisado: 12-09-21

Fair. Gives good credit to much of what Ike
accomplished as president.
A man more than a soldier, but with a soldiers heart.

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Repeat

Revisado: 04-24-21

entirely too much time spent on the minutiae of the second world war which is more than adequately covered buy more experienced and more nuanced historians, Anthony Beevor, Max Hastings, Winston Churchill.
I was hoping for a book that concentrated on the political maneuverings with in the Tehran Conference and Yalta that is not what this book is. Well narrated well written ill titled.

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Narrator needs some caffeine.

Revisado: 09-16-20

the sea battles of the second world war is an exciting story this narrator makes it a drudgery it's almost unbearable to listen to.
the thrilling Battle of Guadalcanal is turned into a recital on stereo instructions.

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excellent

Revisado: 04-11-20

lovely narration. captivating story. plenty of detail, without getting bogged down in minutiae. another masterpiece by Hastings

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Makes you think

Revisado: 09-21-19

Excellent narration. Well written book, covering much of the social and political aspects of the war, and aftermath.
Covers the war in a different way, and gives real insight into the evils of Stalin and the Soviets that were equal, if not greater than that of the Nazi's

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Best Churchill bio ever

Revisado: 01-30-19

fair, objective, critical and still the brilliance and amazing quality of Churchill pours from the story.

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Hard

Revisado: 06-07-18

Hard listening. As usual R.C. says much that we'd rather not hear. But we must hear these teachings.

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