So much potential, so little delivery...
I read quite extensively (mostly classics, scientific and sci-fi/fantasy) and was looking for an intense story with colorful (and not so colorful) depictions of a gritty world filled with gritty people. Instead this book has all the drama of newspaper clipping with half the details. The duel was quick and anti-climatic and the romance was a complete yawner. Actually, it was annoying. The characters were the mere shell of a stereotype.And here I am searching the web for what happened to these two historical figures, these "heroes of Russia" (since the book didn't tell me) and I'm finding nothing. Sigh...