I'm not sure I would want to read this, but it does sound interesting and I love his concept of  "looking at the forest".

Canmore author explores family feud that divided world in two

As with most of Stephen R. Bown's history-based books, the first glimmer of inspiration for his latest was hastily jotted down on a yellow sticky note and placed on his messy desk.

In fact, there may have been a few sticky notes, both literal and figurative, floating about for 1494: How a Family Feud in Medieval Spain Divided the World in Half (Douglas & McIntyre, 292 pages, $35).

The message was concise and to the point, but certainly implied that Bown had stumbled upon a world-altering, far-reaching topic; the sort of “big historyâ€