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    <updated_at>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 22:29:21 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I think that that the book was great. I've read everyone's posts throughout the past couple weeks and it seems like most are skeptic, but I say BRAVO. I loved it. I love historical fiction because it always gets me interested in relationships and periods I've never heard about before, and I love falling in love with characters that actually existed- it inspires me to research their real lives...and with this book, fall in love I did! As I said in another post, I want to learn something new and to feel a tug at my heart with these kinds of books and this book did both for me. I'm actually skimming it all over again so that I can feel the &quot;tug&quot; again in Chenonceaux and Anet. <br/>I was SO messed up at the ending that my mother and friends were laughing at me as I was crying when Catherine wouldn't let Diane see Henri on his deathbed. This book, for me, was definitely up there with my all time favorite Josephine Trilogy by Sandra Gulland. <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/70288.The_Josephine_Bonaparte_Collection_The_Many_Lives_and_Secret_Sorrows_of_Josephine_B_Tales_of_Passion_Tales_of_Woe_and_The_Last_Great_Dance_on_Earth" title="The Josephine Bonaparte Collection  The Many Lives and Secret Sorrows of Josephine B., Tales of Passion, Tales of Woe, and  The Last Great Dance on Earth by Sandra Gulland">The Josephine Bonaparte Collection  The Many Lives and Secret Sorrows of Josephine B., Tales of Passion, Tales of Woe, and  The Last Great Dance on Earth</a><br/><br/>Did anyone else like it as much as I did? ]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 22:12:55 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Ok so I've been reading this on my Kindle and had no idea how long this book was... At first I found myself checking my &quot;progress&quot; every 5 or 10 minutes but as the book progresses I'm falling SO in love with Henri and Diane!! I just adore them together. I was up until 3am looking for their emblem in pictures and all of the portraits of her online. Am I the only one that loves this book?? Henri's love for Diane is truly aspirational! Sounds corny, but hey- that's why we read these historical fiction books right? I like to learn something new and feel a tug at my heart. This is doing both. Regardless of some negativity going on I'm a fan and proud to say it. <br/>(ALSO- I'm pretending like I didn't see Henri's portrait on Wiki and imagining him to look like some Matt Damon type. LOL)]]></body>
        
    
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