John Coulter, Tribune, April 4, 2007
A shining example of how narrative history can be used to
illustrate a complicated subject... A remarkable piece of detective work.
--This text refers to the
Hardcover
edition.
Review
An engaging and ambitious work...a remarkable achievement...thought-provoking and enjoyable. (
Tom Webster, Histoire Sociale-Social History, 42 )
[This] will appeal to the divergent fields of academic history and broader reading without either boring the academic or patronizing the general reader. (
Tom Webster, Histoire Sociale-Social History, 42 )
This is as fine an example of microhistory as is likely to be written. (
Craig Herline, Church History and Religious Culture )
Hugely enjoyable feat of historical reconstruction...intiricate story told with hilarious elegance. (
London Review of Books )
It is an ugly story but Marshall's way of telling it is irresistible and richly informative. (
Sunday Times. John Carey. )
...an engaging and ambitious work... that will appeal to the divergent fields of academic history and broader reading without either boring the academic or patronizing the general reader... a remarkable achievement... thought-provoking and enjoyable. (
Histoire Sociale - Social History, 42. Tom Webster. )