Though of course based on a very powerful politico-historical event, I wasn’t as familiar with the affair as I perhaps should have been. In fact, I don’t recall it being mentioned in any of my formal education; only my interest in the services really brought it into focus to begin with. Despite that, it wasn’t an area I’d explored in any depth.

This was a vivid telling. Although occasionally the narrator is almost too Human and mundaine and you wonder where things are going, it’s a gripping story, more so because we know just how real the outcome is and in that light, his Humanity is surely to be applauded. It’s an interesting interpretation of a long-ago France, and I’m very glad I picked it up. Thanks, Rebecca!