Title: Impressive, but boring...
Product review: Being an avid reader of historical fiction and attracted by the subject and praising (mainly) reviews of the book, unfortunately, after having started to read the book I couldn't make it further than the 20th page. Then it became clear to me that I simply can 't read it any more, because I already forgot what I had read 10 pages before. The background research performed by the author is impressive, and the book might have been a splendid read if only the characters were not drawn so one-dimensially. Has there been something else in their life than intrigues? Feasts, passion, life at home? They are mentioned only as background for innumerable meetings, strifles and scheming.Unfortunately it gives impression of an old chronicle, not of a book sparkling with true-to life characters.
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