Character interesting, sometimes laborious narration

The character of Olympe de Gouges, feminist of the French revolution, is exciting.
This cartoon tells his life linearly.
The crowd of characters mentioned the richness of this book but also its main flaw is sometimes difficult to navigate. Moreover, these figures are often not "presented" and tumble into the narrative without further explanation. The reader to try to find it, sometimes helped by the work of late explanations but it makes laborious reading.