The far reaching legacy and consequences of the “Little Ice Age,” provide a fascinating story. A story which should inform our view of both current ecological challenges and the social economic structure we live in. Well written and topical.

This book concerns the Little Ice Age and the effect it had on the intellectual development of history. The author tries to connect the weather to changes throughout Europe. Each chapter is dedicated to a different subject. The book was easy to read and historical illustrations accompany the text. At the end of the book the author ties history the current climate change. For those not familiar with the little ice age this book offers a good overview. Enjoy

Nature's Mutiny contains some interesting vignettes about European history, but the conclusions drawn about the effects of the Little Ice Age often feel like a stretch on the part of the author.

While there are some segments of the book in which Blom convincingly connects the changing climate with human society, there are huge swaths of text that seem to lapse into needless digression that is only tangentially tied to climate and sometimes not tied to it at all.

Blom frequently meanders off into lengthy diatribes on religion and philosophy. Sometimes he tries to tie them back to the purported topic of the book, sometimes he doesn't. Either way, the connection isn't there.

A more condensed, better edited version of this might have played better. Cut down to the information that actually relates to the book's alleged subject, this might have been a more convincing argument by the author.

I enjoyed the book regardless of its flaws, and it's certainly a great brush-up for students of this period of European history, but the actual content doesn't quite match up with the book's objective.