History of the Oratorio The Oratorio in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries Book

An excellent historic text. If you choose to read it, you must keep that in mind. Dr. Williams, on the eve of Trinidad independence, was convinced that his nation must have it's own history published. Dr. Williams then wrote it as the true historian that he was. Very well researched and thorough. The downsides for me was that it was extremely dry, despite how informative it was. It is also shaded with Dr. Williams convictions, as espoused in his PNM party's platform of the day, that many, if not most, of the problems in Trinidad were a result of poor British governance during the colonial period. For anyone wishing to study the history of Trinidad and Tobago, it is a must read. But, for the leisurely historian, it can be a cumbersome read to finish.