I enjoyed reading this work although sometimes I feel like I'm reading a sermon rather than a biography. I would recommend this book to anyone who wanted to start reading a biography explicitly about Martin Luther's life. ( )

Competent but rather dull. Boynton's shifts from commentary to quotation (or a summary of Luther's and others' positions and writings) are not well-marked. His copious endnotes are not actually noted in the text, but left for the reader to find out; there are several for just about every page. ( )

A fantastic biography of Martin Luther. This is the standard against which all others are measured. ( )

Its funny to think that the Protestant religion - today, at least, a moderate and forward-looking religion - is based on the writings of this man, one of the evilest human beings that ever lived. He was also the acknowledged inspiration for the Nazi party which should tell you plenty of his sentiments on race and the value of life. Not only did he advocate violence against Jews but was behind the Peasants' War where thousands died, and all because he felt that men should not ape their betters nor expect to improve their station in life but accept whatever lowly status they may be born into and serve their betters cheerfully. He was, needless to say, in the pay of the aristocratic class he so felt he belonged to. Naturally this book is not required reading for Protestants in Sunday school. ( )

A must read for any Christian that has not neglected their history. A romanticized look at the incredible life of Martin Luther. A classic work indeed. ( )