However, there are certain aspects of the book which could have been done better, ie proof reading, using better writing style and more adjectives, fact checking, spelling, removing certain "presentational styles" (ie constantly putting costs, place names, etc in brackets which breaks up the narrative) and more photographs.

A series of maps would have been a great help and rather than constantly putting the different spellings in brackets, why not have another appendix?

On the whole, a good read let down by some very basic mistakes hence only 4 stars