"I can liken reading Gregory of Tours to listening to someone’s drunken roommate tell you an anecdote about their ex that unfolds during a hurricane. You just want information about the hurricane—when did it start? how heavy were the rains?— but all they want to do is ramble on about how terribly their ex has treated them."
"I can liken reading Gregory of Tours to listening to someone’s drunken roommate tell you an anecdote about their ex that unfolds during a hurricane. You just want information about the hurricane—when did it start? how heavy were the rains?— but all they want to do is ramble on about how terribly their ex has treated them."