Tim Bryars

An interesting and instructive book, but one that falls short of what I was hoping for, on two counts. First, the maps are too small. Some has that reflects the fact that I am an older person with older eyes, but even when I put on 3X glasses and used a magnifying glass there were many maps where I missed a lot of detail. There are reasons why many atlases are oversized. Second, this is definitely the 20th century seen from Britain. There are some maps of areas outside the British Isles (many of which deal with former colonies) but the focus is resolutely British. For map freaks like me, the book is well worth having, but I really wish that it had been larger scale -- in both senses of the word.… (más)