It starts out reasonably strong, if you're into watching people slowly and horrifically kill themselves, and goes downhill from there. The first couple dozen chapters can be read as an anti-smoking ad; after that, there's not much point reading imo.
Revolutions hardly ever start over a single wrongly punished junior officer. So while yes, it would absolutely be an abuse of power, royals did quite a bit worse with no serious consequences.
There were bras in Ancient Rome, called strophium. You can see them on frescoes, too.
In the Middle Ages, a woman would more likely wear an undershirt (chemise). It wouldn't be quite as noticeable as a bra, but then again, in the Middle Ages there wasn't any latex to make the nips quite as...
Lol. Lmao. You can't imagine the number of relationships in which people seek love (and, well, financial stability) at the cost of not just self-respect, but basic dignity. Consider as an obvious example the households where domestic violence happens.