I bought this book because I thought it would be a good supplement for my historiography class. It was not. I thought the book was boring, and I hate to say that and give it such a low rating when apparently everyone else thought it was amazing. This is my personal opinion though, so if this is something you are interested in, by all means, check it out. It was well written and contained some interesting facts about famous historians, which was entertaining enough. I just didn't get into it, and I think I misunderstood what it was meant to be about when I bought it, which facilitated my disappointment.