Mr Abulafia enjoys using arcane detail to bolster his arguments.
拉斯坎姆教授喜欢运用不为人知的细节支持他的观点。
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Marshalling a vast array of intricate detail, Mr Abulafia takes the reader from the age of the Phoenicians and Trojans to the advent of modern tourism.
Mr Abulafia is too conscientious a historian to speculate much about the future, or even to prejudge how the modern age will fit into the sweep of Mediterranean history.