Review: Written in History: Letters that Changed the World

Written in History: Letters that Changed the World by Simon Sebag Montefiore
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Started this books with great expectations after listening to an Intelligence Squared podcast about it.

It was probably due to this high expectations that I gave only a rating of 3/5 starts.

The book discloses several letters throughout history and explains the context when they were written in an interesting and some times compelling way.

Nonetheless, only an handful of them provide credit to the title of the book, others have some historic interest but just that and others looked more like personal life anecdotes of illustrious historic figures.

Saying that, the time reading was short, well spent and light-spirited.

However, before starting it you should consider the opportunity cost of such decision (i.e. have in mind other books you might want to read first)

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