History for the curious rather than for the specialist is where Civilizations That Time Forgot places itself. The title promises lost cultures and the running time promises they will be handled briskly: a survey to be listened to in an afternoon, not a reading list to be worked through over months.
There is nothing dependable to say about Briskael S. Thoryn as a person, so we say nothing. The work is shelved with classics and heritage, and it belongs to a durable tradition of popular history that trades depth for reach, carrying a listener from complete unfamiliarity to a sense of the shape of things.