sentences:  While some characters are clearly intended as comic relief, the humour is dry and unobtrusive.The stories themselves are carefully plotted and well thought out.The "Sigismondo" series received a positive response from many reviewers when it was released, with good reviews appearing in the Mail on Sunday (London), the Sunday Express (London) and the Weekend Telegraph (London), some of which were reprinted on the dust jackets of the later volumes in the series.