Figures of history
This is another book from Durant, which brings his Civilization series to the popular audience. He show the reader the major themes of history through the lives of some of its most influencial figures.
Some of the major topics include: ancient China (Confuscious), ancient Egypt (the Pharoahs), the Old Testament (the Prophets) classical Greece (Plato), the Roman Empire (the Emperors), the New Testament(Christ), the Renaisance (da Vinci), the Catholic Church (the Popes), the Reformation (Luther), and the scientifc revolution(Bacon).
As always, reading Durant is a humbling experience, to learn how the debates and trials of modern times have been played out countless times before in our past. This is a good book, but I prefered Will and Ariel's book "The Lessons of History".
