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This book is a historical fantasy very loosely based on the setting of The Three Musketeers. As an adventure story, it is exciting and interesting. Its flaws entirely center around the aspects which are a pastiche of the Dumas novel. These are so serious that as a reader, I began to wonder if Stuart Gibbs had ever read the novel, or only seen a movie version of it.
A typical example: many key points of the story center around the family of the Cardinal Richelieu, and Richelieu being the family na ...more
A typical example: many key points of the story center around the family of the Cardinal Richelieu, and Richelieu being the family na ...more
Grandpa Gus always told Greg that his family should never sell any of the old things in their home. “These heirlooms must always stay in our family, no matter what” “…These things are more important that you can possibly understand. …Do whatever it takes to protect them. And most important of all …never take them to France.”
But now, 14 year old Greg’s family is no longer rich. And his parents have decided that the best way to get money is to sell the family’s heirlooms. To the Louvre. In France ...more
But now, 14 year old Greg’s family is no longer rich. And his parents have decided that the best way to get money is to sell the family’s heirlooms. To the Louvre. In France ...more
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