Thank you to Simon Books at Simon & Schuster for my copy!

This book was so extensively researched that every page you could tell the thought and care that was put into it. The author, Eve Fairbanks, is highly educated on the things she wrote and we wouldn’t want it any other way. You’d think this was a slow read but in reality it went by almost too fast, the history reading like a novel instead of the textbook you’d imagine. I was discovering so many things I had no clue of while reading and it’s opened my eyes to an entirely different culture. Which is always a plus. I think this is a fantastic addition to anyone’s library and I hope more people will give it a chance and discover how enthralling it was.