What an unexpected gem. It's surprisingly true to the historical time period as well as offering many insights. Makes me brush up on my world history, just in case.

Full review below, but the first thing I need to note is that this book embraces antisemitic tropes regarding Jews, money lending, and international cabals manipulating things behind the scenes. The world background of this story is surprisingly rich in detail, which makes this crude antisemitism all the more disappointing. If not for that, I would recommend that people give this book a shot, even though I have serious criticisms regarding character development. The Crown Prince wants France to become the dominant power in Europe and is willing to kill (and let people kill each other) to ensure that it does. Beyond that, Enlightenment values, and some amount of naivete regarding women, he doesn't have much of a personality. In some ways, the details of his decision making process and world building can help make up for his lack of character development. Other characters are similarly one-dimensional. The translation of this book also seems to be MTL. The story is readable but some parts are painful.

Great translation quality and strong character design. The story and world-building are top-notch. Updates seem stable so far. Overall, a must-read!

Great work overall. I read the free chapters but the writing is great and refreshing.

Masterful storytelling and translation work, as well as deep insightful pen work by the author, has translated this historical fiction into an deeply engaging, adrenaline pumping, action-packed story. There is no system (thank god; I think everyone is tired of the overly used troupe and clichés of face slapping), but with masterful use of language - both by the author and Faithfully translated by the TL, allowed arcs of the story to have similar scenes of "face-slapping". Additionally, the amazingly true historic resemblance of other fictional character woven seamlessly into the true historical background and characters. This story is an absolute delight to read! had me gripping the edge of the seat in every chapter, without sudden and obvious cliffhangers. Beautifully done TL. This is an absolute gem among the drool that is infesting this webnovel platform.

when i came here to read, i didn't expect to find such an amazing work, it's a crime that this is not popular enough.

My favourite book now, I like books like these, but this one is just written perfectly, not making the story too fast, nor too slow that you lose interest. No fantasy bull that just gives him a huge advantage, he's just a bit of a history geek, has a good grasp on where to direct, but can't just wip up a new weapon like it's nothing, research is still needed. has historical people in it, and events. Keep up the good work, it's all I read now.

I don’t know if this can ever reach the author. I wish it can. To The Author… I got hooked here, then to keep up I went to 69shuba for Chinese version cause I can’t keep my impatience in check. TienHaiShan my man! I love you. I love you more than what words can express buddy. You’re the greatest author of this world. There’s no one above you. A thousand bows to you my man. A million kisses on your right cheek and an another million on your left one. Anyone out there. Read this novel. Please. This novel is amazing. This… may be TienHaiShan my man is an angel, or may be he is from an alternate reality where this shit actually happened. My man is so accurate with his writing, it’s almost impossible to believe him as a 21st century Chinese person. This novel is Diamond, it’s Kohinoor of Novels… there’s no novel in this entire fucking universe that can hold even a matchstick or a firefly in front of this. TienHaiShan deserves a Literature Nobel for this masterpiece. If you’re a History Enthusiast. This is what you need. This is dope. This is not a novel, this is a movie… a description so fucking accurate and advanced. It’s a whole movie script. I bow down to the eminence of TienHaiShan. My man! You rocked it. I have no words…. I have so much respect for you brother… I can’t even put it into words. God Bless You Brother. Lots of Love From India. Your Biggest Fan Puneet

Good story but still falls into the WebNovel pitfall of waaaaaaaaaay to much side story and ignoring the mc for several chapters at a time

My favorite book to read right now, it features an intelligent MC and shows how he navigates the oppressive political scene as a crown prince -as you've probably guessed-, it's been done really well and I highly recommend it to anyone who likes similar books or just bullying the British.