Review: Not that great!
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 01 10, 2013
I received this magazine as a Christmas present from my wife.  I enjoy history and love anecdotal literature.  I found the BBC History Magazine to be okay but not great.  It took a little to figure out how to properly read it on a Kindle, as it is laid out starting with the editorial page, moves to the comment page and then progresses along through the various sections of the magazine.  If you want to get into the meat of the magazine and know exactly what is being discussed in the issue, you need to go from the table of contents and to navigate from there.  While the December 2012 issue dealt with a number of interesting topics, I found that some of the articles weren't handled properly or as thoroughly as I would have liked. In particular, I disliked the article comparing `The Hobbit' and Anglo-Saxon England.  While much of the world of `Middle Earth' appears to be like `Dark Ages' England, I would have rather read an article dealing specifically with every day life and the role of the citizenry in Anglo-Saxon England, rather than skimming through an article that has tied the topic to an upcoming popular film in hopes of garnering interest.My other complaint is the inclusion of image descriptions throughout the magazine.  If you don't intend to include the images in the Kindle version, get rid of the image descriptions.  These are disruptive and annoying.I intend to continue reading the magazine to see if it improves but unless some of the formatting issues are resolved I don't think I will keep this magazine.