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Title: Ethnocentric Victorian transcript of classic sources
Review: This book doesn't add much more knowledge about the life of Belisarius than what can be obtained from classical sources. However, it might be interesting for the reader studying the ethnocentric views of the Victorian backbencher who wrote it.The book is peppered with allusions to "north versus south" and "west versus east", the former being always simple, frugal, booming, manly, while the latter being degenerate, decadent, jealous.In particular the Italians, according to the author, didn't produce a thing of value since classical Roman times, aside, of course, of those northern Italians of non-Mediterranean descent.My advice for those looking for an introductory text on Belisarius: read "the Count Bellisarius" novel by Robert Graves. Although some facts are inaccurate, it presents more information than this book, but in a more entertaining way and without the arrogance.
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