The book is read in one sitting! The author offers the reader back in time and realize that the last resistance of the proper education and knowledge French living there. Exciting book, with the taste of Camille Pascal for the story, anecdote and its ability to make us discover a world we can believe disappeared. Camille Pascal is an accurate account of the life of the "last worldly"! I recommend reading the book, probably one of the best books of Camille Pascal. You will not be bored!