The Story of the Jews: Finding the Words

Reluctantly, I feel I must mark this as a 2 for me because, much as I learned so much from reading it, I did not like the book. When Mr Schama presents on TV, I find that sometimes I am riveted by his presentation but at others I struggle to stay awake. Sadly, though this book is packed with knowledge, too often I found my eyes closing because of the way it was all presented.

I came to this book with little real knowledge/understanding of the history of the Jewish people. Perhaps, if I had had a little more to begin with I would have enjoyed this book more.