Completing this work was a struggle, not from the historiography but rather from poor performance. Trying to finish this work was akin to listening to fingernails scrape a blackboard. The narrator couldn’t pronounce German words or French words even with the skill of a first semester student in high school. He was not much better with English words. The poor quality of narration greatly impaired appreciation of the author’s work. Buy the book and read it. Avoid the narrated book unless you are a masochist.