Long and boring to me because it sounded like someone's family gossip from beginning to end. At the same time, I do think I learned a lot about the first three emperorers after Julius Caesar died.
I have now started An Echo In the Bone, the 7th book in The Outlander Series. It picks up after Jamie's and Claire's house burns down with an accidental tragedy which is probably incidental to the story but is disturbing to Jaime, Claire and Ian. Jaime is thinking of going to Scotland to return Ian and get his printing press. I'm thinking something may interfere with his plans (the American Revolution.)