As in most of his fiction, de Camp entertains with humor as well as adventure. He invites his readers to laugh at themselves and uses his humor to comment on human relationships. For instance, Barbe Dulac remarks to Iroedh, "It is a curious feature of Terran culture that when the men do something of a stupidity they always blame their wives."
Humor and swift, violent action in exotic locales make Rogue Queen a good read.
Some fastidious readers would object to.....
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