"Excellent!"
This book lit a fire in me and my painting is improving as a result. I can't recommend the book highly enough.
"The best history book that I've ever heard"
I'm blown away by this book. It fills in a huge gap of human history. How did China learn of Europe, Europe of China? Gunpowder, printing, the compass... and this is just scratching the surface of the impact that the Mongols had. The narration was fabulous. The story was fabulous. I wish that I could give the book more than five stars.