I did not know this author. Fufu but the subject interests me. I was very pleasantly surprised! An adventure that makes you want to continue without stopping .. good style and good suspense: a great time! Historical side, interesting work. I liked the handling of information on "Fulcanisables" a quasi-mathematical treatment of hypotheses. I do not have the knowledge to know where does historical research and where the novel starts, but it was very useful to revise the pages of history, and learn more.
Very pleased with this author and his style, I dove then on "Ockham's Razor", and "The Cathedrals of Nothingness". And I'll start Apothecary ;-)
Since the Millennium, I had not found such an appetite ...