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As a minister in a protestant church I was interested to see how Luther's story was told. This is a quick read, summarising the key points of the protestant reformation and the European wars of religion. The story is told as a graphic novel in fast moving form, well drawn with intriguing details. Luther's anxious fear of hell comes across well, as does his recognition that salvation is a free gift of God, not bought by indulgences.
Luther's anti semitism seems to be being blamed here on his chronic illness, if true an interesting reason for this objectionable part of his theology.
i found some of the portraits too similar to each other to distinguish easily, and wish that the pictures at the end were at the beginning of the book to clarify who was who.
Overall an interesting book for the Luther 500 year, I will be recommending it to colleagues.

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