Nosemonkey’s Reviews > The Mediterranean and the Mediterranean World in the Age of Philip II, Volume I > Status Update
Nosemonkey
is on page 353 of 642
"Although it is rather a temptation to rewrite history, it is after all only a game, a method of argument by which we attempt to familiarise ourselves with an immense subject that sometimes evades our grasp."
This is as good a description of this incredible book as I can come up with. This is knowledge acquired by sedimentary accretion - layer upon layer slowly building over time. Not to be rushed.
— Oct 27, 2019 12:59PM
This is as good a description of this incredible book as I can come up with. This is knowledge acquired by sedimentary accretion - layer upon layer slowly building over time. Not to be rushed.
Like flag
Nosemonkey’s Previous Updates
Nosemonkey
is on page 387 of 642
Forgot I'd never finished reading this, dipped back in, and it really is astonishing in its detail and breadth. Page upon page upon page of tiny asides that build into an appreciation of an entire era. No idea how this level of research can be arranged into so coherent a book.
— Apr 12, 2023 03:23PM
Nosemonkey
is on page 325 of 642
Detail piled upon detail, leading to overall impression. Dense and daunting at times (not least due to untranslated passages of Italian, Latin, Spanish, and others), but calming, engrossing.
— Aug 27, 2017 11:08AM
Nosemonkey
is on page 165 of 642
Slow due to work, but still hugely enjoyable and broad. Warning: keep an atlas / Google alongside to check where all the places are...
— Feb 03, 2015 02:54PM
Nosemonkey
is on page 50 of 642
Finally found volume one at a reasonable price, and damn is it good. Astonishingly broad in scope, yet wonderfully readable. History at its best.
— Jan 27, 2015 02:40PM
