Conan O'Brien
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And I had already been a fan of history, but I read this book and I've gone back and read it many times since.
And it's just kind of a beautiful...
very accurate account of not only what happened, but the kinds of personalities that were involved.
And it just brought what could have been a really dry historical account to life.
And I realized you can do that with anything.
Do you know what I mean?
Any story can be told in a very dry, boring way.
Or if you've got a really talented writer and storyteller, they can tell it in an amazing way.
And that book was really powerful for me.
You're going to read it.
It's just a great book.
And if it was just fiction and wasn't about...
How the battle really unfolded.
It's just filled with amazing characters.
I think Shara died shortly after he wrote it.
But it's just fantastic.