I thought I wrote a review for this, but apparently I didn't. I blame my upcoming move and being busy or something. Yeah. Aaaaaaanyway, I really enjoyed this. I only occasionally read historical fiction (I'm not counting romances here) and I've never been super interested in novels about the French revolution, but this got pretty good reviews. It's also told from the perspective of Marie Grosholtz, who later became Madame Tussaud or wax museum fame, which made it seem like it would add another interesting element. It did. I loved Marie's voice, I loved the author's writing style. The author gives you a good feel of life during the revolution - the uncertainty, the terror - without the book getting bogged down by the history.