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Kathleen Stankiewicz(520 days)
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Bought this book for my daughter and being a die hard twilight fan she loved it. We highly recommend this book for any twilight fan.
“Twilight and History” offers an entertaining and informative insight into Stephenie Meyer’s “Twilight” from a historical point of view. In “Twilight and History,” the authors delve into the histories of several characters. Edward, Bella, Jasper, Alice, Emmett, Jacob, and other characters receive acknowledgement. The characters of “Twilight” come from different time periods and thus experienced completely different lives. Along with vastly different histories to examine, “Twilight and History” offers different authors’ insights. For example,Elizabeth Baird Hardy delves into the life of a Civil War soldier in her chapter “Jasper Hale, the Oldest Living Confederate Veteran.” In the chapter, she perfectly eximplifies Jasper’s place in his past life. If 19th century soldiers do not stir interest, perhaps, a small history of asylums,such as in Grace Loiacono and Laura Loiacono’s “Better Turned than ‘Cured,’” might peek curiosity. “Twilight and History” offers something to hold any historical reader’s attention. At times, the characters garner a chapter focusing solely on his or her period of history and the effects experienced by the character because of living in that time. In other chapters, the authors treat characters as a whole unit backdropped against a particular time period. This allows readers to gain an understanding of how the Cullens and other characters, such as the Volturi, experienced and express history as seperate beings and as a whole.
“Twilight and History” made an absolutely brilliant book. After reading the book, I feel that I know more about varied historical topics. As a fan of “Twilight,” I loved examining the characters as historical figures. In particular, I loved learning about the history of Civil War soldiers, asymlums, and of vampires in folklore. I give “Twilight and History” five out of five stars and would recommend it to any “Twilight” fan who holds an interet in history. DJ
Well written college level book. It tells the history of many of the saga’s characters and how the history of our real world compares to the Twilight world. I reminded me so much of my college books that I expected a test at the end of each chapter. I learned a lot, though, and loved it.
This was a fun and even fascinating book comparing our beloved Twilight characters and their backstories with actual historic events. I loved it! It makes history more exciting to read about.
When I picked this up, I was hoping to at least solve some of the history fail from the original Twilight saga it was based on. I was very shocked to see that a lot of the history “facts” in the fictional novels was incorrect. In the original Twilight saga, Dr. Cullen’s backstory was full of factual holes, but in this book the unbiased research uncovers the truth.
Personally I reckon that this book was excellently written, and I found it to be an amusing read. I reckon my favorite parts were about Jasper and Dr. Cullen. This book had taken some of background of the vampires and compiled factual research to how the character would have lived.
This is a excellent companion book to the original Twilight Saga.
This book picks up where Stephenie Meyer leaves off. After all, we’d never get around to finding out what happens to Bella in the modern day if the author had taken the time to explore the detailed back tales of her immortal cast of characters. Now we get a chance to read about the parts she had to leave out.
In the introduction of Twilight and History, there’s a timline that shows major life events of the Twilight characters plotted against world events like the English Civil War or the publication of Bram Stoker’s Dracula. It’s startling to see this visual representation of just how long some of the vampires have been around. But it’s even more fun to read what professionally trained historical experts have to say about the life and times of the Cullens and their associates.
The individual articles go deeply into the lives the characters might have lived and the past cultures that influenced them. The two articles focused on Edward really helped me know what sort of world he grew up in and how it shaped his personal moral code and romantic ideals. At the same time, reading about the real history of the Quileute people and their interactions with whites and the US government gave me a lot of insight into Jacob’s drives and expectations.
For me, though, the most fascinating article was the one about how the Volturi lived during the renaissance. I like Italian history, and it was a treat for me to go back over places and events I’d studied many times, only now imagining them from a vampire’s perspective.
Taking the small morsels of history that Stephenie Meyer sprinkles through the Twilight saga and bringing them out in full and accurate detail make this book a delightful companion to the original series.
I downloaded it and am about half-way through. So far, really fascinating use of historical backdrops to explore the lives and cultures of the Twilight characters. You learn about the cultures that Carlisle, Jasper, Emmett, Alice, and Edward grew up in, and I thought that the chapter on the Volturi was pretty amusing. They certainly have Aro’s number. Haven’t started the section on the Quileutes yet.
The authors note where Stephenie Meyer got some details incorrect, sure. But most fans are going to like this book. If you like history, anyway. A fun way to learn some new history AND more about Twilight and your favorite characters. I’m enjoying it.
A shame the reviewer below didn’t even read this book before writing up the long post on how Meyer got it incorrect in Twilight.
This is a very excellent book, not just because it’s about Twilight, but because it gives you a bases in history. I really loved reading it because it was very fascinating to delve into the character backgrounds and see the differences between history and “imagined history”. I highly recommend this book to all Twi-hards or Fanpires (which ever you prefer) and everyone else who likes history../
Rating
Bought this book for my daughter and being a die hard twilight fan she loved it. We highly recommend this book for any twilight fan.
Rating
“Twilight and History” offers an entertaining and informative insight into Stephenie Meyer’s “Twilight” from a historical point of view. In “Twilight and History,” the authors delve into the histories of several characters. Edward, Bella, Jasper, Alice, Emmett, Jacob, and other characters receive acknowledgement. The characters of “Twilight” come from different time periods and thus experienced completely different lives. Along with vastly different histories to examine, “Twilight and History” offers different authors’ insights. For example,Elizabeth Baird Hardy delves into the life of a Civil War soldier in her chapter “Jasper Hale, the Oldest Living Confederate Veteran.” In the chapter, she perfectly eximplifies Jasper’s place in his past life. If 19th century soldiers do not stir interest, perhaps, a small history of asylums,such as in Grace Loiacono and Laura Loiacono’s “Better Turned than ‘Cured,’” might peek curiosity. “Twilight and History” offers something to hold any historical reader’s attention. At times, the characters garner a chapter focusing solely on his or her period of history and the effects experienced by the character because of living in that time. In other chapters, the authors treat characters as a whole unit backdropped against a particular time period. This allows readers to gain an understanding of how the Cullens and other characters, such as the Volturi, experienced and express history as seperate beings and as a whole.
“Twilight and History” made an absolutely brilliant book. After reading the book, I feel that I know more about varied historical topics. As a fan of “Twilight,” I loved examining the characters as historical figures. In particular, I loved learning about the history of Civil War soldiers, asymlums, and of vampires in folklore. I give “Twilight and History” five out of five stars and would recommend it to any “Twilight” fan who holds an interet in history. DJ
Rating
Well written college level book. It tells the history of many of the saga’s characters and how the history of our real world compares to the Twilight world. I reminded me so much of my college books that I expected a test at the end of each chapter. I learned a lot, though, and loved it.
Rating
This was a fun and even fascinating book comparing our beloved Twilight characters and their backstories with actual historic events. I loved it! It makes history more exciting to read about.
Rating
When I picked this up, I was hoping to at least solve some of the history fail from the original Twilight saga it was based on. I was very shocked to see that a lot of the history “facts” in the fictional novels was incorrect. In the original Twilight saga, Dr. Cullen’s backstory was full of factual holes, but in this book the unbiased research uncovers the truth.
Personally I reckon that this book was excellently written, and I found it to be an amusing read. I reckon my favorite parts were about Jasper and Dr. Cullen. This book had taken some of background of the vampires and compiled factual research to how the character would have lived.
This is a excellent companion book to the original Twilight Saga.
Rating
This book picks up where Stephenie Meyer leaves off. After all, we’d never get around to finding out what happens to Bella in the modern day if the author had taken the time to explore the detailed back tales of her immortal cast of characters. Now we get a chance to read about the parts she had to leave out.
In the introduction of Twilight and History, there’s a timline that shows major life events of the Twilight characters plotted against world events like the English Civil War or the publication of Bram Stoker’s Dracula. It’s startling to see this visual representation of just how long some of the vampires have been around. But it’s even more fun to read what professionally trained historical experts have to say about the life and times of the Cullens and their associates.
The individual articles go deeply into the lives the characters might have lived and the past cultures that influenced them. The two articles focused on Edward really helped me know what sort of world he grew up in and how it shaped his personal moral code and romantic ideals. At the same time, reading about the real history of the Quileute people and their interactions with whites and the US government gave me a lot of insight into Jacob’s drives and expectations.
For me, though, the most fascinating article was the one about how the Volturi lived during the renaissance. I like Italian history, and it was a treat for me to go back over places and events I’d studied many times, only now imagining them from a vampire’s perspective.
Taking the small morsels of history that Stephenie Meyer sprinkles through the Twilight saga and bringing them out in full and accurate detail make this book a delightful companion to the original series.
Rating
I downloaded it and am about half-way through. So far, really fascinating use of historical backdrops to explore the lives and cultures of the Twilight characters. You learn about the cultures that Carlisle, Jasper, Emmett, Alice, and Edward grew up in, and I thought that the chapter on the Volturi was pretty amusing. They certainly have Aro’s number. Haven’t started the section on the Quileutes yet.
The authors note where Stephenie Meyer got some details incorrect, sure. But most fans are going to like this book. If you like history, anyway. A fun way to learn some new history AND more about Twilight and your favorite characters. I’m enjoying it.
A shame the reviewer below didn’t even read this book before writing up the long post on how Meyer got it incorrect in Twilight.
Rating
This is a very excellent book, not just because it’s about Twilight, but because it gives you a bases in history. I really loved reading it because it was very fascinating to delve into the character backgrounds and see the differences between history and “imagined history”. I highly recommend this book to all Twi-hards or Fanpires (which ever you prefer) and everyone else who likes history../