Who's Your Favorite Historical Figure?

[abaris]

You mentioned not reading Tolkien?

I for one tried to read him. But his old fashioned and less than dynamic narrative killed it for me. He's constantly jumping back and forth between groups and timelines. You read a chapter and the next one starts with other characters at the time you had been three chapters before. That's rather the narrative style of the 19th century and not easily stomached by people growing up with different styles.