Peter BrentCríticas

A classic account of adventurers and travelers in Arabia before the Saudi state

Kniha Petra Brenta Sága Vikingov upriamuje pozornosť na predkov dnešných Severanov - Dánov, Nórov a Švédov. Vikingská anabáza, plná dobyvačných vojen, ale aj objaviteľských ciest a kolonizačných úsilí, patrí zaručene medzi vrcholné etapy dejín Škandinávie.
Peter Brent stmelil rezonanciu starých severských ság a archeologických pamiatok v jednoliaty prúd histórie tohto národa a to formou pútavou, v úsudku triezvou. Jeho kniha je niečím na rozhraní literárneho faktu a odbornosti, plne zaujme čitateľa a poskytne mu solídne poznatky, umocnené vytríbenosťou štýlu.

Enjoyable exploration of physical hardships and shifting image of the European entry into Arabia. Witty and elegant writing if sometimes verging on the purple. Some of the biog sketches are perhaps too short to come alive.

1699 Charles Darwin "A Man of Enlarged Curiosity" by Peter Brent (read 14 Mar 1982) This biography published in 1981 I really found very enjoyable, even though I realize my scientific knowledge is far too limited to permit me to have any mental ability to deal with the finer points of Darwin's scientific writings. But I found the book consistently interesting, even though Darwin's life, after the voyage of the Beagle (1831-1836) was finished, was spent in doing nothing but his writing. I found the book just very well-done, even though its author appears, from the sketch on the jacket, to have no special credentials for writing on Darwin and his work.

This book is a bunch of baloney. It makes me laugh.½