Books like The Eagle and the Raven

Bereft of notes and sources, this so-called "historical narrative" is worse than fiction. Michener makes wild assertions based on his own racial prejudices and religious intolerance. Treatment of the two main characters, Santa Anna and Sam Houston, is disparate and disappointing. Houston is portrayed as a lovable frontiersman with a propensity to brawl, glazing over the fact that he abused his wife, raped Native American women, and murdered his own slaves. Such facts are mentioned yet justified by Michener, who gleefully condemns Santa Anna's foibles, conveniently overlooking the fact that Houston undoubtedly behaved worse. Aside from the characters, Michener's interpretation of historical data is atrocious. He fabricates Santa Anna's "atrocities" while simultaneously discounting any historical source that contradicts his own fabricated narrative that is so clearly in favor of Houston. Such a narrative does great disservice to the true facts of history. Please do yourself a favor and do not read this book.