Fan Mail.

I wrote a fan letter to Mack P. Holt, the author of "The French Wars of Religion, 1562-1629 (New Approaches to European History)."

I really liked Holt's book, which I found to be a crisply written presentation about an era that deserves a mini-series.

Professor Holt kindly responded.

Here's the exchange:

I recently read and reviewed for Amazon your book on the French Wars of Religion.

I really enjoyed your book. I was looking for a book that outlined the history of the French Wars of Religion and yours was perfect for that purpose, and compelling to read in its who's up and who's down this year storyline.

Thanks for writing it.

My review is here if you are interested in seeing it - http://www.amazon.com/review/R2JK7RRJZF3746/ref=cm_cr_rdp_perm

Ignore the negative "helpful" ranking; it seems that I have a troll who is trying to hurt my ranking at Amazon for some reason.

And here is Professor Holt's response:

Dear Mr. Bradley,

Thanks so much for the kind review. I am just grateful that the book is still useful and being read nearly twenty years after having written it. Since so many of the popular views of the religious wars both in France and abroad are based on propaganda from biased sources, it is a pleasure and a privilege to be able to make one small step toward correcting that narrative. Thanks for all your comments and for spending the time to do so.

Best wishes,

Mack Holt

Here is my Amazon review.  I'd ask you to kindly go to this review and give me a "helpful" vote.  It seems that ever since I broke 10,000 in reviewer rankings I'm getting spammed with negative votes by trolls.

Or better still, order a copy of Professor Holt's entertaining and educational book.