Your post reminded me that I've not read The Scar yet. Since I just lucked into a gift certificate to Amazon I may have to put that in my shopping cart
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The review itself was good too. Made me interested. You definitely have a way with words. The first portion regarding the revolution reminded me that I wanted to recommend Quicksilver by Neal Stephenson to you. I really think you would enjoy it. Despite the fact that quite a bit of it is set up as 'lite popcorn' reading (LittleMiss I use that expression way too much now that you've introduced me to it!) it is a fascinating (if fictional) look at a portion of our history.