From Dawn to Decadence
by Jacques Barzun
Taste attributes: historicaldocumentaryslowfresh & originalheavyrealisticintricatelinearbig & variedemotive & stirringsocial commentary
Boxlist takeExpect a realistic, weighty non-fiction book, slow-burning rather than fast. Best if you like depth over escapism.
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Pace: slow · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: intricate · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
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4.0 / 5
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About This Book
"Highly regarded here and abroad for some thirty works of cultural history and criticism, master historian Jacques Barzun has now set down in one continuous narrative the sum of his discoveries and conclusions about the whole of Western culture since 1500.".
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- Author
- Jacques Barzun
- Published
- 2000
- Pages
- 896
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- Open Library
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