True to the title, this is indeed a good short history of myth - rather than looking at the specifics of myths, Armstrong looks more at the unifying trends of myth, and the way the Age of Enlightenment's focus on logos over mythos perverted and changed the way myth is viewed, thus spawning modern fundamentalism as we know it (trying to apply logos to religious myths, which originally derived their meaning and resonance by speaking to what is beyond logos - to that which is inexpressible and unknowable). She ends with looking at novels as the modern myth, and makes a compelling argument for that as well.