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Pros
The king of confidence tells the story of james strang. Strang was the successor of joseph smith for a portion of the fledgling * church. This is a part of * history you just never hear about, but it is truly fascinating.
The book also serves as a cautionary tale for our own age. The narrator for this audiobook version is absolutely incredible.
Cons
The author spends hundreds of pages denigrating the * religion. This book is nothing but a hack job aimed at the mormons.
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Meticulously researched, it features a compiex, often baffling, sometime infuriating lead character, taken directly from histor... Read More
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- This product had a total of 418 reviews as of our last analysis date on Dec 26 2022.
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Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The writing at times is overly flowery
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Focusing on james jesse strang who has not publicly named but assumes the leadership role is his
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
He claims joseph smith told him in a letter prior to smith’s assassination
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This is a book that reads like thriller fiction
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Yet the king of confidence is far from being just a tale of charismatic men
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I was surprised however given the vast research that lies behind this book that the author failed to cite very clear evidence from the chapter headed “tithing” in strang’s book of the law of the lord that the beaver island “saints” truly were engaged in at least some of the acts of piracy accredited to them by several newspapers of the day
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Consider “ of all the spoil which you take from your enemies a tenth shall ye render to the house of the lord your god and the treasury of the king that he who administers in holy things may remember you before god and the king’s arm may deliver you
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If ye do not this ye shall not go with a blessing and ye shall flee before your enemies and none shall deliver you” xlvi45
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