The Independent, 7 October 2006
A fascinating insight
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The Times )
There is fascination and scholarship in equal measure to be found on every single page of this extraordinary endeavour ... The Oxford DNB brings the figures of our national story into sharp focus, brilliantly illuminating the darkest corners of our remarkable past. (
Simon Winchester, author of The Meaning of Everything )
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Godfrey Smith, Sunday Times )
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Christopher Howse, Daily Telegraph )
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David Smith, The Observer )
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