Scott Wozniak's Reviews > The Fall of Carthage

This book seemed to be written for an audience of historians, not general readers. I wanted a very thorough book, that's not the complaint. But I didn't want him to spend time discussing the various historical approaches to each portion of the history and comment on them. I wanted him to pick what he believed to be the most credible and tell me that tale.

So, instead of what could have been a really gripping narrative, this came across as dry and slow. Even the truly epic battles (the world's largest naval battle still to this day) were interrupted by discussions of the different theories on the ship design and the actual tactics were skimmed over.

The actual history is fascinating, so it wasn't all bad. But the presentation wasn't as good as I've gotten in other historical books.