Thanks Platt, Yes, some of what I read of his first book brought me pause along the same lines, but I'm still attracted to the idea of getting a quick and broad feel for figures whose lives I've not really studied in depth.
I think there is a little bit of "knock 'em off the ole pedestal" in us all, but if taking that factor into account, and not swallowing the author's conclusions completely, one can still derive a great deal of value from such a work. You get the common narrative from a different angle, you see the complete picture ( or more complete at least). And side-swipes at pompous intellectualism is always fun. John Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org/md/archives.html
