http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005-2007 by the authors Thu, 26 Jun 2008 00:16:46 EDT http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2006/09/18/193551.php#comment-728851 The Battle of Lepanto, Philip II, Don Juan de Austria (Jeronimo, Jeromin), and The Spanish Renaissance period in general have a peculiar flavor and in many cases overlooked or down sized by the propaganda of many counties who hated Spain for many reasons. To many English readers Lepanto is lost beneath the waves of indifference. I feel the book is very much dressed from the residues of the negative Spain perspective. For the reader there is only a badly served plate of nothing good to say about Philip II and a good Venice dessert. I would advise readers to search out Phillip of Spain by Henry Kamen and continue further study. On the other hand, I find the book shallow and does not challenge the reader to conceptualize the historical moment and poorly limits itself by comfortably bringing The Battle of Lepanto as seen through the limited vision of the author. For fast food service, Wikipedia has a better offering. 728851@blogcritics.org Thu, 26 Jun 2008 00:16:46 EDT