Wow! You must read this book.I eventually got to read this fantastic story and loved it. My partner Karen (who has a degree in History) also loved the book which brings history to life through a range of fascinating characters exhibiting the range of positive and negative human emotion from love and kindness to envy and hatred. The reader is kept in suspense throughout the book which is a real page turner. Well done Cynthia. It is a highly intriguing story.