India: A History
★★★★★Read Feb 1, 2015
Hate to be so negative, but I only managed a third of the book before I totally lost interest and quit. Bought this to read ahead of a trip to India. It started off strong and I'm glad I read the section on Ashoka. But then it got deep in the weeds of the details of specific princes who are only remembered for one specific thing. Too much detail, not enough story. In retrospect I probably wanted the 200 page history of India, not the 600 page one.
Goodreads readers give it 3.92★, from 4,192 ratings. I gave it 1★, −2.9, where I'm usually −0.9: I liked it less than most.
Readers call it History, India, Asia, World History, Indian Literature, Ancient History, Historical, Politics.