Review: A very long book leading to a predictable end....
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 05 29, 2012
First for the positives: This book is well written and historically accurate in it's descriptions. The author went to great lengths to establish a large cast of characters. The heroine is likable. The hero is slightly more likable. As to the negatives and my reasons for three stars: the book is very long and very, very slow. There is a lot of detail paid to very insignificant parts of the book and a lot less detail, or even time spent with the two main characters together. The book was only minimally romantic. I felt like I read and read and read only to come up with a ho hum ending. The dialogue was the only redeeming quality in such a lengthy, laborious read.