Title: History loses out to fantasy
Product review: Our museum docents book group decided that this book sounded perfect for those interested in history of writing, metal working, development of commerce and arithmetic. Unfortunately the characters put down their stylus or bellows just as another character arrived to chat so Harry Turtledove did not need to describe any of these interesting facets of everyday life in ancient times.Heavy portentious repetitious language weighed down the narrative in an apparent attempt to sound authentic. Cardboard characters moved through the story with no real development and the ending was obvious - man gets girl.Stick to fantasy, Harry.
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