A little hard to give one rating to a collection of short stories by different authors. There were a few stories I didn’t like, but overall I either outright liked them or found them interesting. 

I liked the mini biographies before each story, although sometimes they had confusing wording. I liked that the stories covered a wide range of time periods and had a variety of topics and writing styles. Added several books to my TBR based on what was mentioned in the biographies of the stories I liked. 

Worth the read. I think the variety means most people would enjoy at least a few stories.