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Title: What am I missing?
Review: Wow -- everyone loves this but me! I don't get it -- I read Cornwell's Agincourt right before this book, and they're almost identical books. Pretty much the same characters in the same situtation -- just 300 years apart. The same lead character, the same female companion, the same strong leader, the same completely evil villian.....it really lacks creativity for me. The good are completely good, and the evil are completely evil -- I've seen more balanced characters in a Steven King novel. On top of that, the coincidences in this book are outrageous. How many times can the hero and the villian happen to accidently run into each other all over India?I enjoy learning about the British army and their battles in India, but the writing seems very lazy and schlocky to me.
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