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Thorough.

Revisado: 05-16-24

Material is thorough and exhaustive of much of the period. The reader’s pronunciation of Acre bothered me throughout for some reason but that didn’t affect my review. Writer had an air of ‘I know more than you’ when discussing other scholars which sometimes came across as arrogant. Other than those little things the rest of the experience was an extensive walkthrough of the entire military and political history of all the crusades.

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Inspiring

Revisado: 04-10-24

Very inspiring. I don’t see how or why anyone would doubt him. He led a pious life from start to finish.

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Factual

Revisado: 03-26-24

If you’re interested in finding out for yourself what the K says this is the book for you. Gives a lot of context!

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Honest

Revisado: 03-17-24

If you are a fundamentalist evangelical who believes in the literal interpretation of the Bible you may be in for some uncomfortable listening… On the other hand if you are a Christian who wants to understand more about the scripture from which all faith is derived, who isn’t scared to look the horse in the mouth, and wants to challenge your faith and see where you stand, then this is the book for you.

As a former Atheist who pities my former comrades, I was confronted with many things I didn’t want to hear, however it doesn’t shake my faith in the Lord. I know that regardless of where the scripture came from, living a Christian life is the best life there is for me. Read it, and you decide.

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You don’t know the civil war

Revisado: 06-05-23

Until you’ve listened to or read all three of these volumes. They read like a novel and the reader obviously enjoys what he is talking about and provides just the right amount of drama to go along with the tone of the book. Superb!

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Perfect combo are of info and storytelling

Revisado: 04-14-23

For anyone who hasn’t watched Ken Burns The Civil War; do it, and see this author appear over 100 times and you will love this book even more once you understand who you are reading.

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Good but accusatory

Revisado: 03-23-23

I’ll preface this by stating I believe all of what was said however I don’t find that this is a good way to convince any Protestant to convert. The tone of the reader sounds like a machine. The tone of the writing gives a ‘holier than thou’ connotation. The reasons, logic of, and ideas about dogma are stated very plainly without much background. In essence I got ‘the church is infallible because it is infallible.’ There were light reasons and basic arguments about it but in no way did the author give his reasons for being catholic in a sense that would drive any hardline Protestant to think about converting. I’ve been catholic my whole life and even I felt as though the author thinks he’s better than me because he understands more about the church. Though this wasn’t the intention the overall tone and themes point to this subconscious belief in my opinion; which is just that, an opinion. It is a good book for Catholics who may be confronted with a lot of questions from Protestants they are unable to answer about why we do certain things. In that respect it did give 40 good answers to these questions such as ‘why do you believe you need a priest to absolve you of your sins?’ If that’s what you need right now then this is the book for you. But beware that the answers you give based on this book will result in more questions than answers for your Protestant inquisitors.

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Awesome!

Revisado: 02-24-23

I listened to this after a 100+ hour reading of the catholic Bible and it served as a great way to understand a lot of what I had heard in the vernacular!

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Decent

Revisado: 02-22-23

The tone and story writing are definitely of someone moving about the higher auspices of the elite educational institutions of America. Not exactly what I was expecting though well written. More like a scholarly journal of researched ghost stories I’d find in JSTOR than just a collection of local folklore. Author seems to be defending his interest in the subject by portraying skepticism at every possible juncture.

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Great female perspective!

Revisado: 02-21-23

A wonderful summary of Catholics on the North American continent from a female perspective! The reader likes to attempt some different accents from time to time though lol

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