Title: Blond is knowlegable, but his editor should be flogged
Review: The initial chapters are pretty decent, with many interesting anecdotes and parentheticals (which I seem to enjoy more than many other reviewers).Unfortunately, the general untidiness of Mr Blond's prose seems to build in a wave, until by the middle of the book (the chapter on Julius Ceasar), it's degenerated almost to the point of being incomprehensible. I've struggled through one additional chapter, the one on Augustus, and it doesn't seem to be getting better. It's uncertain whether I'll be able to finish a book that no longer seems to be printed in English. Really, I blame whoever failed to edit this book.Do yourself a favor - buy a different book.
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