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blatanthedgehog's review
3.0
A little boring, despite all the mistresses? Perhaps it's the endless people dying of consumption.
mrsbooknerd's review against another edition
3.0
The descriptions of some characters and events were relevent to the history of Louis XV but interrupted the flow of the main storyline, which to me was the relationship between Pompadour and Louis, and at times was hard to follow. I enjoyed the depictions of the characters and the interplay between politics and personal relationships at court, as well as the obvious friendship that lasted between Pompadour and Louis. Overall I enjoyed the book, but I found myself skipping some irrelevent chunks.
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