This is an interesting book, taking an almost novelistic approach to the early, and clumsy, history of blood transfusions in 17th century France. The characters could, perhaps, have been better developed, but there's a difficult line between being historically true and substantiated, and fiction...
A villager unaccustomed to the bustle of the big city, Perrine wove her way awkwardly through a crush of bodies and carriages. The noise was deafening: Hawkers clanged bells announcing that they had brandy for the men trudging to work, town criers shouted the day’s news, quarreling neighbors scre...