Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Athelstan: The Making of England by Tom Holland

1 review

elerireads's review against another edition

funny informative fast-paced

3.5

Not so much the story of Athelstan as of his creation of England. Cool to learn some history I literally knew nothing about and the writing was really good - "Men who had thought by means of sorcery to take on the form and ferocity of a wolf pack now themselves wetted lupine jaws" is one of my new favourite sentences ever. 

I had this book hyped up to me a lot and whilst I did enjoy it, I don't think it lived up to the hype.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Violence