Age of Kings (Great Ages of Man)
Book description
Sketches the traits of the 17th century and its strengths and weaknesses
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1 author picked Age of Kings (Great Ages of Man) as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Another series. When I was a kid, Time-Life Magazines ran a kind of book club. My family had several complete sets—The Seafarers, The Old West, the Science Library. We used to joke that Time-Life Books were the source of all knowledge. 21 titles in the Great Ages of Man series cover the entire span of civilization from ancient Mesopotamia to the 20th Century, each an overview of its period. For The Last Viking I used Barbarian Europe and Byzantium, but Age of Kings is my favorite; I’ve always been fascinated by the violent, glorious 17th…
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