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Review title: Tedium par excellence!
Product review: The study of history has it's fascination for the modern reader to understand what happened in these far flung places of the past. Certainly history has it's dull moments, but if you enjoy reading about political intrigue or war, history can be a better read than any fiction. One would think the rise and fall of the Ottoman Empire would give an author/historian the ability to produce a masterful work giving the material content, sadly, that is lacking. Finkel can't even make war and intrigue interesting. This is one of the most tedious history books I have ever read. Sure, it is loaded with facts, but with an incoherent writing style that jumps from place to place and concerns the reader with every non-important minute detail, it makes for a difficult read. I would not recommend this book.
