What is Reddit's opinion of Conquerors: How Portugal Forged the First Global Empire?

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This may be of interest only to historians like Scorpio, but I'm nearly done with Conquerors: How Portugal Forged the First Global Empire. Really interesting read, about a period of history (1400s - 1500s) I would like to better understand. Some takeaways:

1. Portugal went from not knowing if they could circumnavigate Africa to being a major force in the Indian spice trade, over about 20 years. Extremely impressive feat.

2. Life was brutal in the 1400s. Not news, but a lot of these chapters ended with "everyone was burned alive" or "dozens drowned".

3. The Portuguese were brutal. One of their most significant leaders of that time wrote a letter to his king explaining how he executed hundreds of Muslims - happy times.

Finally, separate from the book itself - one sees and hears so much about how shitty 2020 is. Global pandemic, economy shut down, etc. "Worst year eva!!" No, no it is not.