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Happy to be introduced to Rutherfurd’s writing - what a perfect example of solid characters driving a plot to develop in believable ways. The fact that he puzzle-pieced those characters’ stories together both to let history unfold while also giving distinct slices of culture and life simultaneously is dazzling. Now I’m going to always have some reservations about people not of a culture (and in this case a white man) speaking to the experiences of a group not their own. That did get in my way a few times while reading, being critical of the pov, but overall R. felt incredibly well researched, thorough, and in his own ways acknowledging of the brutal and troubling colonizing presence of westerners throughout. Looking forward to reading more from him, because I am quite lacking when it comes to world history knowledge and learning like this is very much attainable for me.