Title: settle in and enjoy this epic novel of historical intrigue
Product review: I was completely enthralled by this book. The characters and setting are richly drawn and the story moves at a fast clip. I found myself looking up historical details continually, checking the story against historical record or simply getting lost looking at 12th century cathedral's. This is a true escapist book where the world within the novel truly comes alive. It reminds me of "I Claudius", there is nothing better than ancient gossip and intrique that peaks your intellectual curiosity. I do think it could have been 100 pages shorter though. The story starts to use similar plot statagies as in "24" where there is always yet another intrigue that the hero must overcome. We could have had one less horror from William and Waleran. The ending was a little to drawn out and thus was not fully satisfying. All in all though very enjoyable.
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