First Durant history that I’ve been able to compare to similar books elsewhere, and #11 doesn’t come out well in the comparison. Covers Europe from 1789-1814, and essentially focuses on Napoleon and the Napoleonic wars.
Biographical focus is too tight - the affairs and dalliances of the great man in charge rather than the context of a given court or culture. Yet by combining biography and history, ends up a cursory sketch. Gives paragraph level details of battles, but nothing that imparts wisdom beyond facts.
Historical focus is nearly non-existent. No connecting of the dots or helping the reader understand the broad sweep. By focusing on a time period shorter than a life, constantly bouncing around in history and pushing the edges time through biographies rather than through events. As a work of history, Age of Revolution offered far more insight.