Find something more modern

If I remember correctly, the hard copy version of this book was pubished in the 1970s. Not to sound too condescending or prejudiced towards past eras, but this book is turgid. It feels like a university undergraduate's key resource.

That may be no bad thing. It is accurate and throws facts and events at you at a steady rate.

However, it doesn't bring a tumultuous era to life!

Modern history retelling is now communicated more like a soap-opera, it may be overdone but, in many ways, it is no bad thing. This book moves from event to event, fact to fact, person to person, without anything feeling more significant than the last. Huge events are often over very quickly. This might be historically accurate, but it misses the opportunity to hook into the aspects that people connect with - events that are culturally significant, the bigger picture, interesting characters and interpersonal drama.

Having become used to a more modern and engaging retelling of history this audiobook falls flat. It is a textbook, not a journey,

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