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    <name><![CDATA[Mike]]></name>
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  <read_at>Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Sep 26 07:25:07 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Oct 26 12:58:12 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[A bit more dwarf sex than I am used to in a book about chess and 18th century European nobility but............<br/><br/>I think that this novel falls into the trap that many books in the &quot;historical fiction&quot; fall into regardless of the subject.  The fictional characters, or the events/dialogue created around the historical characters, are just not nearly as interesting as the actual events.<br/>]]></body>
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