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Just because you can READ a history book does not mean you can WRITE a history book. And some people shouldn't write at all, like this author.

The only reason I even attempted to read this book was to see how bad the train wreck was going to be. There will never be a train or train track here ever again. It was bad. It was beyond bad. If I were to go further with this I would be insulting the reader and wasting good words on junk.

First, the writing. Okay, it wasn't writing. It was a bad comedy act in print. Or an editorial hit piece against history. No, just a really bad comedy act trying too hard to be funny. You don't need to treat history as a subject that everyone hates and so the author decides to make it interesting by treating it as if everything was really just a punch line waiting to happen.

Two, well more on the writing, somewhat. History texts deal with, well, I don't know, history. At least, I thought so. I could be wrong. And that involves quoting sources, listing sources in a bibliography, stating facts, and if starting opinions, backing them up with support and quotes. And dealing with actual history, that's a big one. This was a giant book report on books the author read that he combined together and called it a book.

Three, I gave up on this book. It was just horrible. I just wanted to throw it across the room at all the snotty assumptions and lack of citations. It was giving me a headache.

All in all: DO NOT READ THIS BOOK. Save your money or the trip to the library. There are better books out there about this time in English history. Remember: just because you read a history book does not make you a historian.
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pacbox | 1 weitere Rezension | Jul 9, 2022 |
A comprehensive and darkly funny history of Magna Carta and alcoholic King John who made the charter happen.
 
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Jimbookbuff1963 | 1 weitere Rezension | Jun 5, 2021 |
From time to time I like to read something that goes against my own personal beliefs. I feel this is something necessary to challenge myself and I think it's always a good thing to look at opposing views. This book claims to demonstrate that diversity has been harmful for the UK and that in the last few decades politicians have known this but are too scared of the electorate to speak publically or do anything about it. The first thing I would say is that the title of the book is wrong, this book is primarily about immigration and not diversity. I wonder if the publishers forced this change to make it more palatable for the general public. The book is well written and has a clear direction, and this is why it gets two stars from me, I have tried to judge the book on it's quality without letting the message cloud my judgement too much. However, the biggest failing is that many of West's claims are just not properly back up with evidence. The odd study pops in from time to time but the sources are often questionable. There are also numerous occasions when West says something along the lines of "the increase of immigrant families has led to the quality of British schools and health care to fall" without backing it up. Just because someone makes a statement doesn't mean it is a fact and this happens all too often in this book. I won't deny that West raised some points which got me thinking and I would have liked him to dig deeper into them but this never happened.… (mehr)
 
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Brian. | Apr 9, 2021 |
Surprisingly good short book which described the pre-1066 period in England — the waves of people who lived there, the pre indo-Europeans, the britons and celts, Romans, the Anglo-Saxon invasion, and Viking and Danish invasions. Culminates in Alfred the Great and his grandson, the start of modern united England.
 
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