Title: Disappointing..
Review: I was excited about this book when I first came across it, but as I read into it, I was very disappointed. Not only is the author's writing style a little elementary, with several cliché and phrasing that made me cringe, but also much of his information is hearsay and assumption. I suspected as much as I read through the novel and my suspicions were confirmed as I read over passages that I knew to be factually incorrect(eg, the assesment of Marie Theresa's marriage). It seems that the author has attempted to make this subject appeal to a soap opera type audience and it simply isn't historical. For a work of fiction, it is mildly entertaining, although, as mentioned, poorly written. Save your money.
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