Comments on: Review: 12 Books that Changed the World, Melvyn Bragg

By: Veens

Veens — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 06:28:41 +0000

No, I don’t think I like his choices and definitely not my type of book.

By: Meghan

Meghan — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 21:01:34 +0000

Ashamed to say that one didn’t even occur to me! As I’m thinking about it, the list dissatisfies me more and more.

By: heidenkind

heidenkind — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 20:30:54 +0000

What I find “interesting” is that there’s twelve books and only one of them is by a woman. And I also take issue with many of his other choices. The magna carta and the Rules of Football, really? Utterly ridiculous.

By: The Kool-Aid Mom

The Kool-Aid Mom — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 15:22:48 +0000

I love lists like this, so I had to crawl out of my hole and check it out. I’m with you on the football book. Bleh. How exactly does a sports book change anything other than the sports world? I’d be particularly interested in the Wealth of Nations book, though. And, of course, I’m with you on Shakespeare Everyone knows a little Shakespeare, even if they don’t know to whom the credit goes, and Skakespeare drew a LOT from the Bible, so he hits two of the twelve with Willie

By: zibilee

zibilee — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 14:27:09 +0000

I am not sure I would like this book, and just from looking at Bragg’s choices, I can’t say I would be really all that thrilled with this one. It does sound as though it has some interesting ideas in it, but a few of the choices you highlight don’t do anything to stir me at all. Great review on this one. I am glad I got the chance to see what this book had to offer through your review!

By: cbjames

cbjames — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 14:19:52 +0000

I think if you’re talking about books you should stick to books. Magna Carta is a cop-out. And nothing by Karl Marx? Didn’t he do all of his major work while living in England?

Nor the Doomsday Book? Probably as influencial on English history as the Magna Carta was, and it’s an actual book, too.