Read one or two other biographies of Luther first. This one requires some previous background knowledge of Luther to follow the author’s critiques.

There were several interesting parts to the book, but the middle section seemed to lose itself in overwrought analysis. Very good insights otherwise. ( )

Has a lot of medieval politics with was hard to follow. ( )

A work which comes with a sterling academic reputation. Successful in placing Luther in the context of medieval thought and rescuing him from historicism. Suffers from a convulated narrative and inaccessibiltiy (one suspects a by-product of the translation). ( )