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From the Camargue to the Alps: A Walk Across France in Hannibal's Footsteps by Bernard Levin

margaret21's review

2.0

This book disappointed me. I was looking forward to understanding more of Hannibal's astonishing journey across the Alps with an army and elephants, but after the first few pages, they hardly featured. Instead, we got Levin, aware of his classical education and Britishness. He was often vivid in his description of scenery and his vignettes made good reading too. But on the whole he was disparaging, pompous, pleased with himself. This had the makings of a fascinating book. But it wasn't.