bobsburgers23

The story of Baron von Ungern is wild - there are so many things in here that I had a hard time with believing that were the bibliography not so through, I would think things were exaggerated. Mr. Palmer had a hard job in front of him and I think he did a good job. It's always hard to do a history of an individual, especially when that person lived to destroy stuff, but he managed to bring together a reasonable amount of information.

I really appreciated more the context given to Ungern's exploits. Palmer characterized Mongolia well at the time, and those parts were more enjoyable. Ungern seems like an insane sadist, and it was hard for me to keep reading about his exploits. The book reads quickly though, and I think even Palmer himself was starting to get tired of how awful Ungern was by the end, but the story is so captivating that you want to know how it ends.