Very well explained stories, documented and put in their historical context. But the style of the writer is painful. It sounds like Michelet saw again and corrected by Viollet-Le-Duc. Too bad!
This series of 10 stories is of particular interest including the exalted and passionate story of Champollion and the little known story of Georg Elser who mounted an attack against Hitler which failed very little. The story of Dracula the Impaler is
