Guilherme Ferreira Ferreira itibaren Vellore, Andhra Pradesh 517589, India
This is an interesting book. Why? It teaches young children about the consequences of their actions when they are wrong. It has a good message about telling the truth and not blaming others. We can tell from this book that Rudy learnt his lesson by never blaming anyone again. Great illustration and beautiful bold colors by RM Smith which helps bring the story to life. I highly recommend this book. Disclosure of Material Connection: I received this book free from the Author to review and giveaway on my blog. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255.
The 1930s, from this distance at least, feels like the last time you could go somewhere in the world and it would be really different, plus there was still an aristocratic class with the money and free time to meander around the world with all the positive and negative results of amateur exploration. The actual writing of the book is odd and varied and quite modernist - Paul Fussell (who I will be adding to my booklist before long) says The Road to Oxiana is to travel writing what Ulysses is to the novel and The Wasteland is to poetry - a pretty heady claim! Byron was specifically in pursuit of certain kinds of Islamic architecture and art that were relatively underrated at the time by the European academic world (have a look at all the photos on this page - http://depts.washington.edu/silkroad/... - to get an idea of what he was after. Funny and casually erudite.
It was a good book. I couldn't put it down, but I still think the comic book version of the series is better because this is just the novelization of the Infinite Crisis mini-series and not all the tie-ins to the series.