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Kathryn Hughes, THE MAIL ON SUNDAY
'Counterfactual history, when deployed as expertly as it is herre, reminds us that what seems inevitable is actually often a matter of chance.'
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'Stimulating, provocative and playful, WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN, is everything on looks for in a collection of essays.' (Graham Stewart LITERARY REVIEW )
'a gifted team of authors evnisages alternative historical scenarios. As has become the custome of the genre, some of the contributors submit sober and measured assessments, while others spot a chance for playfulness.' (Blair Worden SUNDAY TELEGRAPH )
'Roberts himself contributes both the best essay in the collection.... and an affable, perceptive introduction which he deploys to muse on the nature of such virtual historical projections.' (Roger Hutchinson THE SCOTSMAN )
'Andrew Roberts has recruited a dozen historians to pose, and answer, some of these What If, and some of their answers are as good as the questions.' (Nichola Harman THE SPECTATOR )
'All twelve essasy are good fun, and they will make the reader think - and that is, after all, what all good history, 'factual' or 'counterfactual', should be about (TG Otte TLS )
'The role that chance can play (in history) is well worth reasserting, and it is done here with much vigour and expertise.' (Philip Ziegler DAILY TELEGRAPH )
'this intriguing and entertaining anthology.' (Andrew Holgate THE SUNDAY TIMES )
'Buy the book and read it for fun.' (Roy Hattersley THE OBSERVER )
'many of the essays are amusing.' (Tristram Hunt NEW STATESMAN )
'WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN is a highly enjoyable read.' (Andrew Lynch SUNDAY BUSINESS POST )
'Counterfactual history, when deployed as expertly as it is herre, reminds us that what seems inevitable is actually often a matter of chance.' (Kathryn Hughes THE MAIL ON SUNDAY )
'a gifted team of authors evnisages alternative historical scenarios. As has become the custome of the genre, some of the contributors submit sober and measured assessments, while others spot a chance for playfulness.' (Blair Worden SUNDAY TELEGRAPH )
'Roberts himself contributes both the best essay in the collection.... and an affable, perceptive introduction which he deploys to muse on the nature of such virtual historical projections.' (Roger Hutchinson THE SCOTSMAN )
'Andrew Roberts has recruited a dozen historians to pose, and answer, some of these What If, and some of their answers are as good as the questions.' (Nichola Harman THE SPECTATOR )
'All twelve essasy are good fun, and they will make the reader think - and that is, after all, what all good history, 'factual' or 'counterfactual', should be about (TG Otte TLS )
'The role that chance can play (in history) is well worth reasserting, and it is done here with much vigour and expertise.' (Philip Ziegler DAILY TELEGRAPH )
'this intriguing and entertaining anthology.' (Andrew Holgate THE SUNDAY TIMES )
'Buy the book and read it for fun.' (Roy Hattersley THE OBSERVER )
'many of the essays are amusing.' (Tristram Hunt NEW STATESMAN )
'WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN is a highly enjoyable read.' (Andrew Lynch SUNDAY BUSINESS POST )
'Counterfactual history, when deployed as expertly as it is herre, reminds us that what seems inevitable is actually often a matter of chance.' (Kathryn Hughes THE MAIL ON SUNDAY )
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'Untune one string,' says Ulysses in Troilus and Cressida, 'And, hark! what discord follows; each thing meets in mere oppugnancy.' Read the first page
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