Reviews for Seek the Frozen Lands: Irish Polar Explorers 1740-1922

The average rating for Seek the Frozen Lands: Irish Polar Explorers 1740-1922 based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2019-04-18 00:00:00 Robert Senecal While this book says it's like a biography of Edward VI's reign, I felt that he only really shone in the third chapter where we got to read more about him. Most of the other time, the book is about the adults who really powered through these policies and helped shape Edward's religious beliefs as he grew up. It was a very enjoyable read, albeit dense at times, but it's definitely a book I'd reread when I wanted to refresh my memory on the English Reformation.

Review # 2 was written on 2020-01-01 00:00:00 Joseph Malatesta This is less a biography of Edward VI than an academic study of the course of the English Reformation during Edward's six-year reign. Edward VI himself barely warrants a mention in this volume, as the momentum behind religious reform was managed almost entirely by the adults on his council, men such as Cranmer, Somerset and Northumberland. While an excellent look at the religious changes enacted in this period, MacCulloch excludes or hardly alludes to other significant events during Edward's rule, making this a very narrow history of his reign.