Title: A comic book with picture words
Product review: What a disppointment. The book may wallow in 5 star reviews but where is the beef? I felt I was in 5th Grade Ancient History class with Sister Emiliana droning on as I was peeking at the scantily clad people in the illustrations. There is no depth to this book which extols one of the most brutal societies the world has ever known (Sparta) which was, luckily, defeated later on in history. To all those good folks who raved about this valiant effort to write "history" I recommend any book by Mary Renault. It's interesting that none of the reviewers have made this (Greek) connection. This book is a sham disguised as "classy" -- sort of like that Cave of the Bear Clan book that did the secretary book-of-the-week run as a "classic." Save your pennies. Get Mary Renault.
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