It Ended Badly

When I was earning my degree in history, it went like this: tome after boring ass tome of history that SHOULD have been exciting but was not. If you were VERY lucky, you would chance on a prof who, like Wright, knew all the really interesting bits and shared them. I'm not sure how this would stand up if quoted in a scholarly article, and I actually winced when I looked at the works cited at the end (oh boy, all of the blogs and .coms as references) but let us pretend we did NOT see any of that and focus on the fact that for one entire weekend I was entranced reading all about these crazy ass people. ENTRANCED.

Read it. For fun. Then split into groups and discuss. Also, this would a great book club pick. It has something for everyone in it.