|summary=Some interesting ideas and the making of a good story lie behind this book, but I can't genuinely recommend it as it stands. More work on the ideas could produce something really worth reading.
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There is absolutely nothing wrong with books that cross genres. The best historical novels are as much history as fiction. However, it is a golden rule that a book must know who and what it is. One of the problems with The Royal Enigma is that it suffers from a serious identity crisis.