Title: Doesn't Quite Reach the Same Heights
Product review: Having read and enjoyed A Sailor of Austria, I looked forward to reading a second installment of the Prohaska saga. But I was hesitant. Could Biggins repeat the Magic of the first book? After reading The Emperors Coloured Coat, I would answer "sort of".The book is roughly divided into three sections: Austria/Balkans/Asia. The first third is true to the form of A Sailor of Austria. An edifying slice of history told in a delightful fashion. Every page includes something fascinating about the Austro Hungarian empire as well as something laugh out loud funny. The other two thirds don't achieve the same level though. A long series of tribulations and predicaments become rather tedious. By the end of the book I had rather forgotten how enjoyable the first third of it was.
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