Better than I thought it was going to be - I'd gotten the impression that it was going to be more of a Romance novel sort of thing. I only got started reading it because it was on the Book Exchange shelf at work. I'm not sure how accurate the history was, but if it was, it was beautifully interwoven with the story. Unfortunately, I've gotten gun-shy with "historical fiction", not having any idea which is "historical" and which is "fiction" anymore. And it wasn't an entirely sappy ending! What a lovely surprise!