This was a book that I could not put down. Political, maybe, but very thought-provoking especially for today's world.
The evils and ramifications of censorship and political control told in a illuminating way.

Very good book! Great character development and details of NYC in the early 1900's.

Probably from the time I learned how to read I was taught that if you had NOTHING nice to say...don't say anything at all. Therefore.. I am saying NOTHING!

C W Gortner has written a spellbinding novel about the French Court in the 1500’s. Catherine diMedici is the storyteller but every character is vividly portrayed and developed. The author states that “Catherine lived a complex life in a complex age.” He has written a book …more that turns this complexity into a tale of love, politics and treachery. It is a book that you can’t put down and when you finish it you wish you had the sequel in hand. (less)