Very educational! You’ll meet personages from la Révolution (ie. French), the American Revolution, the American Civil War, and the ‘Indian Wars’ (ie. genocide), plus a bonus Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte. Giesbert’s heroine, centenarian Lucile Bradsock (an assumed name - she is a fugitive from French justice), recounts how she met, and sometimes bonked, or extracted the teeth of, or executed, more famous / infamous people than most of us would expect to meet in 9 lifetimes. Suspend disbelief, and enjoy the ride. Here is a cast of history’s heroes and villains brought vividly to life, in the voice of a larger-than-life picaresque heroine.
My one reservation about the novel would be that Giesbert has created husbands for Lucile, all 3 of them, who are mere ciphers; especially the first who, until he has been rescued from slavery, has almost no qualities beyond his good looks - it makes it a bit difficult to empathise when she puts herself to so much trouble and risk to rescue him. More suspension of disbelief required, but of the sort that may test the goodwill of readers.