The Assassins
by Bernard Lewis
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Author: Bernard LewisEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2002-11
ISBN: 0465004989
Number of pages: 176
Publisher: Basic Books
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Book Review: <yawn> Very Dry, Very Boring.
Summary: 2 Stars
The subject matter is utterly fascinating yet the author has achieved something that is usually hard to do: take a rich and fascinating history of a strange and amazing cult, then bog its story down in tedious and annoying narrative. In otherwords, he may be a good researcher, but as a writer he's piss-poor. WE, the layman public, want to read an account of the Assassin Order, not petty details interlaced with utterly droll wordsmithing.
Goes to show you that whomever published this had their head up their ass. I'm very disappointed. Bypass this one!
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