Javier Centellas’s Reviews > A Brief History of the Isle of Man > Status Update

Read the final chapter, Chapter 9: The Alternative History; Selected Myths and Mysteries. The world used to be so exciting and unknown. I hate living in modern society. Remember driving over the faery bridge on the A5 so I hope I don’t have bad luck. UFOs are cool too.

Read Chapter 8: Up to Now. World War One & Two history. Would have liked a little more about the internment camps but I already saw those in the museums. Liked the post WWII section but it felt rather short, but then again I suppose there's not much to talk about.

Read Chapter 7: The English, Emigration, and Entrepreneurs. Really cool hearing about the 19th century. Also love all the AP Euro references. Love the section on the trains, wish it was longer (I swear I'm not autistic). Would have liked more about the financial crash of 1900 in the last section but maybe that will get picked up on the next chapter. Also big fan of the nautical stuff (yo ho ho).

Read Chapter 5 (Two and a half centuries of Stanleys)

Read Chapter 4: The Scots, the English, and the Lords of Mann. The mediaeval era is so cool. Dope to read about Castle Rushen a bunch. Interesting that the Isle never was hit by the Black Death. Surprised to read that the Isle's population was about 10,000 around this time. I know that it is a small Island, but it felt so small when I visited and the current population is about 80,000.

Read Chapter Three (Invaders from the North). I love learning more about Norse society I feel like it's always overlooked. Would kinda have wanted to know a bit about how mainland Norway was Christianized. Loved the final section, literally had a warning for how much complex political intrigue was about to go down.

Read Chapter Two (The Bronze Age, The Iron Age, and why the Romans Never Came to Mann). Life then must have been awesome. Liked the part about the Romans, would like to know more about early Christianity though.

Read Chapter One (Moving Mann into the Stone Age). Couldn't find the edition I'm reading on GoodReads, the version the website pulls up is nine years outdated. Whatever, the book is pretty obscure from a pretty obscure place. I can tell that when I read, since this is very obviously an amateur/semi-professional author. Not complaining though, this book feels like it was written by a kind, wise local grandmother.