Sadly this edition is missing all of the color plates that are present in the paper versions, and salt is rubbed in the wound with each of the many references to a specific plate. Hypertext links on the footnotes and within the text are scant compensation. Excellent text, but only two stars for this edition because of the missing plates.

It is an excellent summary of the history of Christianity, providing me with a lot of facts I was not aware of before. The author links the past with the present, developments two thousands years which still resonate today. Thanks to the information provided I understand now where the differences between the Catholic Church and the Protestant denominations/churches on one side and in particular the Catholic Church and mainstream society are coming from. It may be a book which challenges somebodies belief system but after all that is what books are made for.

It is a huge let down that this iBook version doesn't seem to have figures except the maps. Once in a while the author refers to Plate XX for the photo of a church etc, but I can't find it in the ebook. Am I missing something?