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Title: Misleading and biased
Review: This book is a big disappointment. This is not great O'Farrell "An Utterly Impartial History of Britain or 2000 Years of Upper-class Idiots in Charge" by any means.Author seriously pushes a silly theory and supports is with a rather biased selection ofhistorical facts.Simple example - he ignores the fact that Bible is considered as a reliable historical source at least since the nineteen century archeological discoveries, and ignores the fact that Bible is entirely "wine" culture a 1000 years before Greeks, beer is mentioned only twice, while wine and vineyards are in every chapter. Then he goes on to claim that the "Last Supper" (which was actually a Passover ritual with 4 cups of vine) was a strongly influenced by a cult of Bacchus...Come on - eating Guinea Pig at the Last Supper in Cuzco Cathedral is at least funny:[...]Enough said - but compare what he writes about coffee with other books, at least "Quick Silver"
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