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Bookpossum · 03-24-2013, 07:09 AM

I'm scampering along behind you all and am finding your comments very interesting.

I was thinking as I read that if it was fiction, it would have been dismissed as ridiculously fanciful that such a small number of Spaniards could overthrow such a huge and sophisticated empire. The Spaniards' luck with the timing of their arrival is breathtaking.

And I think it is beautifully written: Hemmings' scholarship is stunning and his research meticulous, yet it flows smoothly. fantasyfan, I like your idea of browsing the notes for the chapter before reading. I had been reading the chapter and then reading the notes, because it seemed a shame to keep on breaking into the narrative to read the footnotes. I'll try your system with my next chapter.

And I must say I am glad to have a book to handle rather than try to move back and forth in an ebook. The version I got turned out to be a hardcover copy that is one of the early editions, so I may be missing extra notes on later research that may have been done since the original book came out.

03-24-2013, 07:09 AM	#31
Bookpossum Snoozing in the sun Posts: 10,137 Karma: 115423645 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Melbourne, Australia Device: iPad Mini, Kobo Touch	I'm scampering along behind you all and am finding your comments very interesting. I was thinking as I read that if it was fiction, it would have been dismissed as ridiculously fanciful that such a small number of Spaniards could overthrow such a huge and sophisticated empire. The Spaniards' luck with the timing of their arrival is breathtaking. And I think it is beautifully written: Hemmings' scholarship is stunning and his research meticulous, yet it flows smoothly. fantasyfan, I like your idea of browsing the notes for the chapter before reading. I had been reading the chapter and then reading the notes, because it seemed a shame to keep on breaking into the narrative to read the footnotes. I'll try your system with my next chapter. And I must say I am glad to have a book to handle rather than try to move back and forth in an ebook. The version I got turned out to be a hardcover copy that is one of the early editions, so I may be missing extra notes on later research that may have been done since the original book came out.