A review by storiesofmagic
A Declaration of the Rights of Magicians by H.G. Parry

Did not finish book. Stopped at 38%.

It was very weird to me how real life historical figures were used as characters in the story, with the author assigning their own ideas of motives, relationships, and even identity on people that actually existed. I especially didn't like how Robespierre, famous beheader of the French Revolution, was painted as a tragic, sympathetic figure who accidentally got caught up in a revolt more violent than expected. I understand that this is an alternate history, but prominent figures could have easily either not been the focus of the story, or been replaced by fictionalized representations. 
I also did not like how, for a story ostensibly about slavery and colonialism, the only actual victim of those systems gets the smallest amount of page time and the least character development by an incredibly wide margin.