Ratings Breakdown
Rated 4.6 by 5,216 people
Pros from Reviews
- Great primer
- Approachable
- Comprehensive
- Entertaining tales
- Extensive collection of sources
- Provides education and appreciation of art
- Includes references to sources
- Imbues creativity
Cons from Reviews
- Omissions and oversimplifications
- Long and rambling sentences
- Not an easy read
- Historical introduction ruins excitement
- Heavy verbiage
- Difficult to register the stories
- Not what I expected
- Better books available
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