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          <body><![CDATA[Yes, you did.  I felt the first half was very strong, but somehow the latter half didn't hold my interest; perhaps because the very concept sort of backs the author into a corner.  When one has to come to grips with MANY historical trends taking placing simultaneously, it is impossible to do so with sufficient depth and quality in a single volume.<br/>]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Wed, 24 Sep 2008 15:09:34 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[No -- the writing is very hamfisted; on the level of mediocre Chick Lit, which it sort of resembles.]]></body>
        
    
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          <body><![CDATA[The entire cast of witless, annoying characters are a spot of bother.]]></body>
        
    
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