This book is a research project listing many of the troubling events found in the Bible. I don't think anyone else has found and compiled as thorough a list of "toil and trouble" as I have from the Bible. It also contains 98 Engravings by Gustave Dore selected for their graphic depiction of many of the stories and events presented in the book. I was surprised at how many of his Biblical engravings reflected the "doom and gloom" of the Bible.