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A truly engaging and beautifully crafted read. The author picks up the characters well & inserts them into the correct frame to bring alive some of the living andamp; working conditions of the 1700's. The story line is not one i have ever come acr...  Read More

Jean-baptiste baratte is ordered to exhume the vast and ancient cemetery known as les innocents. The process of emptying the space and eliminating and ancient church is mostly this is what happens. However, it's full of ominous hints of trouble the gr...  Read More

It perfectly evokes the paris of the late 1700s - there's revolution in the air and everyone, including those in charge, is looking towards modernity. Reminiscent of john fowles' *the french lieutenant's woman*, this novel evokes a long-ago time and p...  Read More

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Quality


Would definitely recommend it for anyone looking for a fairly quick read with the french revolution brewing in the background


Read this unusual story you will enjoy it immensely


As the reader gets deeper into the story a relationship with the main character jeanbaptiste baratte develops


The writing is excellent but for me the effect of millers style is to make the reader into an onlooker so i found that i didnt ...  Read More

Price


Jeanbaptiste baratte is a modern man wellversed in voltaire and ready to leave his peasant upbringing behind

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Baratte’s task requires negotiations and deliberations and through his interactions we get glimpses of the old guard and the se...  Read More


It is tangible in the very air of paris and gradually seeps out of the pages too

Competitiveness


” a calfs head tastes as though “pickled in its own tears

Overview

  • How are reviewers describing this item?
    novel, historical, french, great and pure.
  • Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there is minimal deception involved.
  • Our engine has determined that the review content quality is high and informative.
  • Our engine has discovered that over 90% high quality reviews are present.
  • This product had a total of 565 reviews as of our last analysis date on Jul 31 2022.

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    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    If i had read these i would not have bought the book


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    The story is one of those that is at first bizarre


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Wish it could last another 500 pages


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I finished it in one day while on vacation and was lost in the world described so vividly


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Set in interesting times in a very small area of paris


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    The lack of education of many of the protagonists did not diminish in any way their ability to get their stories out there the author was able to give them all a voice


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    The people in the surrounding area cant live with it but they cant live without it take ziguette who becomes histrionic at the thought of the loss of this black place


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    A magical captivating disturbing story

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