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Rubicon

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Narrative Style

Customers are highly impressed by Rubicon's narrative style, with many praising its vivid storytelling and engaging prose. The author's ability to breathe life into historical events and characters is widely appreciated. However, a small group of readers found the writing style verbose and overblown.

Roman History

Customers are highly positive about "Rubicon" as an engaging and informative introduction to Roman history, with a focus on the rise and fall of the Republic. Some readers appreciate the comparisons drawn between ancient Rome and modern Western nations, while others enjoy the author's writing style and meticulous attention to detail. However, some readers note that the book covers a vast time period and can be dense at times.

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Readability

Customers have mixed opinions on the readability of "Rubicon" by Tom Holland. While some found it well-written, detailed, and informative, others mentioned finding it academically oriented with a heavy scholarly apparatus that required frequent use of a dictionary. Some readers appreciated the non-judgmental approach to historical figures while others found it dry and had difficulty reading large portions due to its academic nature or strong smell.

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Quality

Covering a period of almost 500 years in only 400 pages is no mean feat, but i believe holland does it superbly, getting into j... Read More

Big build up in the history up to that point.

Flung into the tiber, clogging the banks and bridges with pollution.

A lot of material but produced very well.

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That said, a good deal of scholarship has gone in to this book.

Shipping

Once you get into it, you are transported to the roman times.

Competitiveness

Very interested in comparisons of present us and ancient rome.

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roman, written, narrative, historical and great.

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This product had a total of 2,949 reviews as of our last analysis date on Aug 13 2024.