Still, it is a provocative, stimulating introduction to Florence that will add a bit of historical muscle to any visitor's encounter with the city this autumn.
The provocation proved provocative.
Engel does not follow up any of the more provocative ideas contained in his introduction.
Russell Shorto's cover article on evangelism in the office prompted strong, provocative mail, for and against the introduction of this kind of activity at work.
And Corngold's introduction is as thorough as it is provocative (he claims to have traced the origin of ungeheueren Ungeziefer back to a protestant pamphlet written in 1581: "O monstruous vermine").
Ofcom director Christopher Woolard said Clarkson's "provocative and outspoken nature" had been referred to in his introduction on the show "with light-hearted irony".
It was a provocative finish to a polemical week in Madrid, where the introduction of blue clay ruled discussions before the tournament, and that never let up once the stars started slipping and complaining in earnest.
A translated collection of his political writings, "On the State of Egypt: A Novelist's Provocative Reflections," has been published by the American University in Cairo Press, with an introduction reflecting on 18 noteworthy days of Egyptian history.
"To get a quick introduction to the politics of black fat, I recommend Andrea Elizabeth Shaw's provocative book The Embodiment of Disobedience: Fat Black Women's Unruly Political Bodies.
