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Historical Accuracy
Customers have mixed opinions on the historical accuracy of Dynasty: The Rise and Fall of the House of Caesar by Tom Holland. While some praise the book for its well-researched and engaging narrative, others express concerns about the author's interpretation of certain historical figures and events. Overall, the book is seen as a compelling retelling of Roman history, but with varying degrees of skepticism regarding its factual accuracy.
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Quality
Amazing characters that use and abuse power on an operatic scale.
I liked this book and ended up buying some more of his other books which have all proved to be of similar high quality, well re... Read More
Deadly and dangerous times for those aspiring for power.
This is not a good book for first-timers.
Price
I therefore waited until this got to the bargain paperback stage before reading it.
Shipping
I listened to the audible version, it did a good job at transporting back to the time.
Tom holland delivers in much the same way he did with persian fire and rubicon.
Packaging/appearance
However, there is a diagram of rome showing the forum at the top of the capitoline hill.
Competitiveness
In a way i was right, this is more graves than gibbon and once more there is nothing radically new.
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- Our engine has discovered that over 90% high quality reviews are present.
- This product had a total of 1,584 reviews as of our last analysis date on Oct 3 2024.
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Tom holland delivers in much the same way he did with persian fire and rubicon
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It reads almost like a story and not real history
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The characters and place are well fleshed out
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Im not qualified to say how thoroughly researched this book is so i refer to mary beard who has commended tom holland before
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The book covers a lot of material and of course it feels compressed
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The books shortcoming is that it doesnt offer new interpretations or even mention that there are alternative opinions
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
It is in much the same vein as its predecessor but is much longer and therefore contains more of the juicy stuff
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There were so many different interesting episodes it was hard to keep track
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