Status Updates From The Fall of Rome

The drink of the Goths was wine, beer, and mead. Christian men had not yet been seduced by the oriental impostors tea and coffee; the nothing drinks. They knew that only the drink that moves itself, that undergoes a form of metamorphosis or fermentation, can be the resurrection and the life

Interesting so far, but like with Lafferty's historical fiction book "Okla Hannali" I would have liked annotations and citations on some of the historic statements made.

I am used to Lafferty's short fiction, and have read some of his novel-length works. It would be interesting to see how he handles non-fiction.