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What an outstanding novel! Fascinating and creative plot, well-drawn characters, and beautiful clean prose. The novel reads fast but thoughtful and raises questions to challenge the reader without spoon-feeding answers. One of the trickiest traps for the modern writer of historical novels to avoid is that of passing modern sensibilities on to characters who could not possibly posses those sensibilities. Butler brilliantly sidesteps that trap with her use of the time travel element without damagi
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