![]() ![]() ![]() Such books can be read quickly, and only become difficult when they lack lucidity or encounter particularly complex material. That last remark requires further clarification: I usually read popular science, and occasionally a novel. The book was enjoyable though not easy reading. Thus I came to Simon Sebag Montefiore’s 700 page biography of Josef Stalin. (Please recommend some in the comments!). I’ve been trying to catch up for a while now, and decided that a few choice biographies of twentieth century figures would be a good place to start. From year 9 we could choose between history and geography, and thus the last time I was in a history class, I was 12 years old. In high school I had two years of Australian history, which for anyone interested can be summarised in one line: Aboriginals hunter-gather, the British somehow see the south of Wales, Federation (1901), Bodyline (1933) and the Gatting ball (1993). I had some smatterings of myth and cliche in primary school – people in the middle ages thought the earth was flat, the early European explorers of Australia found things a bit difficult etc. ![]()
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