Books by G.J. Meyer
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review 1: "Not as seen on TV." This book made me think of how much do I really know about the Borgias and is it true or a gossip? After all a lie told 100 times becomes a truth.../ Dobrze i ciekawie napisana, miło się czyta. Charakter epoki w rozdziałach o tle historycznym oddany w ciekawy...
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review 1: I knew they were bad -- I just never imagined the scope of their depravity! There was no hesitation to sentencing opponents to death, and there were SO many! Here also is our old friend murder in the name of religion. It seems Jesus and his cohorts have killed many, many more ...
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review 1: I love good revisionist history, and this one knocks the Whig version of Tudor history for a six. I especially liked the technique of alternating between historical narrative and 'background' excurses. Meyer is a journalist turned historian, which means he has a commanding use of...