<p> Some days, you just need you some Dumas pastiche. Or, at least, I do.</p> <p> I&#39;ve read this, and its immediate sequel, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">500 Years After</span> a dozen times since it first came out. My affection for it runs deep and wide. If it is not a profound work of literature, it is an exemplary entertainment (which, really, I would say about Steven Brust&#39;s entire oeuvre).</p> <p> That said, there is An Incident that this book will always remind me of.</p>

<p> The immediate sequel of #11. &#39;Nuff said.</p>