Joanne Renaud’s Reviews > The Last Love > Status Update

Thomas Costain is alwaysreadable, and his insight into Napoleon's character is first-rate. I love all the conversations Bonaparte has with Betsy. It's delightful. What's not delightful is that the slave characters are there for comic relief. Why are all the slaves who have come directly from various unspecified regions in Africa speaking in badly rendered AAVE out of Uncle Tom's Cabin? Why are they afraid of ghosts?