Did this book but buy because it is about the great Geneva bee researcher François Huber. This has, though even blind won the help of his servant François Burnens groundbreaking insights into the biology of European honeybees. While in neighboring France raged the "big" Revo, the two men went to their targeted observing unwaveringly. In addition, there is a still readable font ("Nouvelles observations sur les Abeilles"), he has probably dictated his congenial wife in the spring.
All this would be key elements for an exciting and instructive story. George has to structure this from the perspective of the servant tried as a kind of diary. But they quickly learn that they have no idea of beekeeping in the 18th century, still can be eizufühlen into the mind of a poor peasant of that time. Significantly, the list of sources used; only accessible publications that convey a superficial knowledge - no archives, diaries, not times francophone original literature.
So ripples action accompanied how small-Sara imagines life on lord of the manor. One should introduce a driving test for writing historical novels. In order for such a waste of paper will be spared in the future ...
