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  • Full of promise but a little long  

    The Sun in silk (Paperback)
    This book proves promising, a story on Ken Follett or Noah Gordon. Unfortunately it is a bit long and we begin to get bored. The characters are endearing, very interesting story, it lacks a bit of pace in the second half of the novel. However, I reco
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  • a tone lower  

    The sun in silk (Paperback)
    A book touted by the club booksellers France Info, which disappoints although interesting. The main character has no substance - no history, little is known about its origins, fears, which prevents the reader to identify with him, forge a deep bond t
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  • pale sun  

    The sun in silk (Paperback)
    I bought this novel, pushed by a poster touting his merits and evoking a writer of the caliber of Ken Follett. Alas, the sun does not shine as much as one would expect. Of course, reading is easy, fluid and pen you can easily take over the descriptio
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  • Mouaih ...  

    The sun in silk (Paperback)
    Agree with "reader andresy" I am also ran into this novel after hearing a columnist on France Info race over the "Pillars of the Earth" ... Failed. It is well written, the novel reads quickly and is rarely boring. Surgical techniques o
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  • In the vein of a good novel of the nineteenth century  

    The sun in silk (Paperback)
    The Sun in the silk is the type of book that will ensure you hours of great reading. Surgical operations and life of the Duchy of Lorraine at the time of the Sun King are well documented. This sounds like common Zola; but the work in my opinion lacks
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  • The first steps of medicine, against the advice of physicians of the day!  

    The sun in silk (Paperback)
    At the time aeuvraient doctors to send their patients to the grave, using the bloodletting and purging, rather than trying to cure them really, it was men who, for their part, cared for good, their best: barbers surgeons. The latter being despised by
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