Review: By 3 chapters I was totally UN-involved in the characters....
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 03 3, 2013
Novels can USE history... but they are NOT history.In a novel, I expect characters I am drawn to in some way. This did not happen in the first 3 chapters of this book for me. Characters were "stock" characters... not original... and not individuals I could care about...So I stopped reading... if the best of the book is in the remaining 300+pages... then author needs to realize that we live in a fast age and most readers don't have but so much time to give if an author fails to captivate relatively early on....I am interested in the history and the place..but that was not enough for me to read this book  without compelling characters and plot!