The book is very Anglo-European centric. Sir Edward believed that this would have been tragic, that the Northern Europeans, being destined to rule the world might have forever placed under the Godless rule of the Persian empire to the detriment of all peoples for all time. This kind of criteria is not popular - or more specifically, Not Politically Correct in todays time. Still his descriptions of the battles are quite good, somewhat more clear than a lot of today's writers. I found this book to be easy to read and quite informative.
Historians can only write from their own perspective.
To do otherwise would be impossible. I think you all know the answer to that. Creasy's book is timeless and the little modern men who judge him on today's idea of right and wrong are really no more significant than maggots. Historians can only write from their own perspective. To do otherwise would be impossible.