Disappointing, but not surprising: I knew that Dumas had written a lot, and even his best works need a lot of compression to be readable. The count of Sainte-Hermine probably would not have been good even with much more work, though. With a blatant Mary Sue (much, much worse than Monte Cristo) and a meandering plot at best, finishing this book is an achievement that was not worth it. Trust me.

The Last Cavalier: Being the Adventures of Count Sainte-Hermine in the Age of Napoleon
authors: | Alexandre Dumas (1870) |
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date read: | 2005-12-01 |
pages: | 864 |
lists: | historical-fiction |
rating: | β β β β β |