Informative and incredibly readable - sometimes too much so, to be honest; the author will confidently state things that probably aren’t in the historical record and then a few paragraphs later remember that he’s writing nonfiction and hedge with “undoubtedly,” “likely,” etc. Additionally I am somewhat squeamish about a work of history written so recently which does not even try to present the Native American side of things. While I recognize that Atkinson is writing from the perspective of the settlers, Duston’s captors are described as Indians, savages, and squaws. Not occasionally, either - those are the words used to describe them throughout the narrative.