Reviews for War and Society in Renaissance Europe, 1450-1620

The average rating for War and Society in Renaissance Europe, 1450-1620 based on 2 reviews is 4.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2019-11-07 00:00:00 Bego B.olivan It was good information - but if the paragraphs were more broken up it would be easier to read and take notes on.

Review # 2 was written on 2014-05-30 00:00:00 Darko Kelemin I first heard of Joan of Naples - under her "real" name, Giovanna - through Marjorie Bowen's historical novel, "The Sword Decides!" It captured my imagination, so - having also enjoyed two other volumes in Alexandre Dumas's Celebrated Crimes series - I expected great things from this. Well, a few parts here and there engaged me, but on the whole I found this a hard slog. Problems I had with it is having countless characters thrust upon me, extensive sections of dialogue that sound unnatural, and condensed third-person paragraphs that drag on far too long. I feel this would've worked better as full-blown historical fiction or as a "proper" biography. This is a biography written as though it was historical fiction. Although this worked fine with other episodes in the series, it fell flat with "Joan of Naples".