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Title: Fascinating but slowly-paced
Review: This book is best described as a fantasy history. Suppose there were magicians aiding the Duke of Wellington in his battles against Napoleon? There are also several subplots including one about a particularly malevolent fairy.The book is well worth reading, and will especially appeal to fans of fantasy. It has been well-described as "Harry Potter for adults." I would suggest it for adults not because of cautions about language, sex or violence. There is no bad language, no sex and less violence than in the Harry Potter books.My concern for both children and adults is the book's pacing. The pace of the novel is frustratingly slow. It is not so much the footnotes (which are often delightful) as the author's style. The book is 800 pages and seemed longer. It would be a better book if it had been more tightly edited and been published at 600 pages.
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