Title: Great companion piece to "Islands in the Sea of Time" series
Product review: I used this book as a reference-companion while reading S. M. Stirling's "Islands in the Sea of Time" alternate history trilogy. After I started reading the series, I found I did not know as much about the late bronze age as I thought I did. I don't suppose that should have been a big surprise, but it was. A friend loaned me his copy of "Collapse of the Bronze Age"; it made all the difference. Granted, Stirling's fictional account (of modern-day Natucket, plus some Coast Guard ships, being snatched back to approx. 1200 BC) soon diverted from "known" history (by the actions of his characters), but I found I was still in need of a guide. Stirling uses many historical personages and locations in the novels, often referring to them by names only scholars would know and not those we all learned in high school. I'm sure Robbins' book stands well on its own. I just thought some of you might like to know one of its other uses.
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