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Title: Example of a Historian Who Hates His Subject
Review: A World Lit Only By Fire is a good example of how NOT to write a history. Manchester's spin on the medieval world is wholy biased: unhelpful to the casual reader, and downright insulting to medievalists. I read this many years ago, as a senior in high school, and was appalled even then by the haughty demeanour of this author as he looked down on medieval people from the 20th century, making no effort to hide his sensationalist writing and willfull misinterpretation. I shudder to see that it still sits on many bookstore shelves today.
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