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A highly entertaining, carefully researched novel, set through the end of the XVIII and the beginning of the XIX century in Europe. A story inspired by true events in which the main character leads us on a journey from Paris to Saint Petersburg. He travels by road, leaving behind the political chaos of the French Revolution and after his adventure in Tsarist St Petersburg, he returns home through the Baltic and the North Sea. This arduous journey takes weeks where the unforeseen, the danger, the curiosity, the exploration of the old cities, and the variety of engaging fellow travelers, pave his way to new friendships and emerging possibilities. This elegant mix of Champagne and Vodka results in a sparkling historical novel. Beautifully and sensitively written, this utterly engaging and effervescent literary creation captures the atmosphere of this turbulent time in French and European history.

"Sass wake up and get the fuck out of this taxi. He is driving you to a second location. You are going to be raped and murdered tonight." Sassy jumped out at the next traffic light. In the fifteen seconds between waking up and jumping out, you know that Sassy had to muster the courage to do just that. Jump out. She did. Sarah Jayne Dennis' utterly efficacious first novel, Keep it. Yeah! I know. is a love letter for the World. Introspective Sassy is a master at moving the chess pieces of life eight steps ahead, although at first, second, and third glances it does not seem so. She is slightly behind on the life milestones that pepper one's life in their late twenties and early thirties in Brisbane. It is right to believe that willing the Universe to ruin you is a fool's errand, especially when you are swinging punches for Sassy in the energy-holes set for her by her adversaries that overwhelm her. However, there is a hope and a sensitivity to Sassy that will leave you with the sense that she is destined for more than an ordinary life. The solemn fighting spirit which keeps her standing will never leave you questioning who is and was the heavyweight champion all along. That is to say, Sassy has a genius residing within her that knows what will really be in the end, despite the dominant narrative of today that she is losing.

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