Here’s a review of this book, which I received through Thomas Nelson’s Booksneeze program…Free books for bloggers? Heck yes!
The first thing I noticed when I got this book in the mail is the size of the thing – much smaller than I expected! I was wondering if it was going to be a big fat dry biography (you know, the kind you read in high school that made you never want to touch another as long as you lived), but that was not the case at all. It seemed like the kind of book you could just sit down and knock out in an afternoon – which is exactly the kind of book it is. Being a non-fiction, some parts of it do drag a bit, but for the most part it’s an engaging read. John Perry gives a lot of information, without being to dry or stiff about it, or making you feel like you’re reading a textbook.
Great book for those who love history, and biographies.
(Side note, on the practical side: the book is paperback, but built in to the binding are inside flaps, like what you would find on the insert of a hardcover. Never seen this in a paperback before, but I really liked them. They made handy bookmarks; maybe that’s just my over-observant nerd brain talking)