Title: History as a Nitpicking Grind
Review: If you like your history told in broad strokes then don't read this. However, if you are interested in George Washington's household accounts or the weather then climb aboard.You will learn that Washington was particularly fond of "fresh fish" and his kitchen in Virginia contained "beef, lamb, roasting pig", wild duck, geese, turtle... plums, peaches, barrels of cider, brandy and rum by the gallon, and limes by the hundred, these to fend off scurvy."And I thought it was the British who were the "limeys"!This is a typical extract from this book which presents a bottom-up view of history with so much trivia and detail that it is impossible to see the forest for the trees.It also takes an approach to Washington that is more hagiographical than biographical.American patriots might love it. This foreigner who, incidentally was cheering on the American side in this conflict, was very disappointed.
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