Hannibal: Enemy of Rome

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Summary: An easy and enjoyable read.
Review: This book is perfect for those who want detail, but not to the extreme. In an attempt to get a better understanding of Hannibal the author goes for his own trek across the alps (albiet he is driving and has no elephants). It is not a long read and is very well written. Ideal for those who need an introduction to Hannibal.

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Summary: Takes you along with Hannibal
Review: Very good first hand account of Hannibal's journey. Well written, detailed, and packed with info. Great Read.

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Summary: The words of someone against the book of Hannibal
Review: While reading this book I'm thinking, is this really necessary? We all know that Hannibal was a great guy and what he did was incredible but in this book the narrator just makes you want to never hear the word Hannibal again! Though he did put in a lot of great information and he really made it seem like you were in the battles. Everything was boring until they were in the mountains and the Gaul's started to attack that is when it really gets good. Then he would talk about some other thing or himself and it was like were did my thrilling book go? He would talk about his journey and how it related to Hannibal. Well, we really don't care about what he thought we just want to read it and try to understand all of those big words that we don't know yet. This book was definitely made for college students that majored in history, not a ninth grader. But then again there would be another battle and you could understand why he did this and what his strategy was. During this I thought that maybe there was some hope for this book, but you know us if we had a choice in reading this or another we would choose the other book.