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Justinian's Flea by William Rosen
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it was ok
bookshelves: biography, history, health, disease, culture, mid-east, europe, pre-19th-century, politics, read-2013, war, audiobooks

I learned a lot about late antiquity and Justinian's reign from this book, but the writing style is distractingly weird! Very incohesive! Way too many analogies made between things like the Roman Empire and like, outer space? WTF? The audiobook was narrated by a guy with the flattest monotone EVER, which didn't help. And for the love of all things holy, please stop anthropomorphizing/dramatizing/personifying the plague bacillus. So. Insanely. Annoying. It is not a "demon." It is a BACTERIA. I really don't see why this is so hard.
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Reading Progress

May 20, 2013 – Started Reading
May 20, 2013 – Shelved
June 6, 2013 – Shelved as: biography
June 6, 2013 – Shelved as: history
June 6, 2013 – Shelved as: health
June 6, 2013 – Shelved as: culture
June 6, 2013 – Shelved as: disease
June 6, 2013 – Shelved as: mid-east
June 6, 2013 – Shelved as: europe
June 6, 2013 – Shelved as: pre-19th-century
June 6, 2013 – Shelved as: politics
June 6, 2013 – Shelved as: read-2013
June 6, 2013 – Shelved as: war
June 6, 2013 – Shelved as: audiobooks
June 6, 2013 – Finished Reading

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