Not the best historical novel I've read, but not the worst either. The author had a habit of dropping in modern terms - like one character describing another as "a bitch on wheels". That did tend to jar me out of the story at times. I enjoyed it, for what it was, but I'm not tempted to buy books 2 and 3.
LabRat
Athos: If you'd told us what you were doing, we might have been able to plan this properly. Aramis: Yes, sorry. Athos: No, no, by all means, let's keep things suicidal.
