What is the author's style in The Adventures of Ibn Battuta, a Muslim Traveler of the Fourteenth Century by Ross E. Dunn?

Dunn is a scholarly writer with the perspective of a historian attempting to recreate a period in time from documented original sources and informed speculation. Dunn's primary source document is the Rihla of Ibn Battuta, the written account of his travels. Dunn approaches this text with the critical perspective of academic skepticism.