Definitely very enlightening in a very interesting read, however, it seems at times like the author is trying to just fill pages. There is way too much on the background of for example Ulysses S Grant than is needed in a book on Chester a Arthur. additionally, I really felt like it gives a rather lazy account of reconstruction and the way the American public felt about Grant despite the corruption that was in his administration. In a book about a very corrupt political operative, Arthur, it’s odd that they insinuate the Grant was the same when in fact, Grant was never linked to anything.