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"there are many beauties to be found in Blackburn’s writing..."

"a fascinating account of what a city of seekers found at LA Central Library..."

"The strength of this short book lies in its illustrations — more than 100 of them, brilliantly selected and reproduced..."

"a persuasive case..."

"A superb new biography of Nicholas Hilliard vividly recounts the life and times of Elizabeth I’s favourite portrait painter..."

"whatever it lacks in grace, it amply makes up for in intellectual vigour. ..."

"skilfully maps a tale of growing tensions, precipitate action, and troubled aftermath..."

"a beautifully written and utterly compelling narrative..."

"a miraculous story..."

" Toby Green, in A Fistful of Shells, has taken on that momentous task. ..."

"Mouth Full of Blood is a bracing reminder of what words do, how carefully they should and can be used..."

"...adroitly couples details with theory, and enhances her “object-driven approach” with illuminating reproductions ..."

"Parisian sewers, old gold mines and the Mole Man of Hackney in a thrilling celebration of the subterranean..."

"she has given us an illuminating critical perspective on the regime of surveillance under which we all now live..."

"Peter Martell’s moving evocation of South Sudan’s slide into civil war..."

"to dip in and out of this book is immensely enjoyable..."

"The border between North and South has plagued Britain and Ireland from 1921 to today..."

"In this unusual book, part memoir, part history, Clare Hunter offers a personal meditation on the textile arts..."

"He is a dedicated observer of people and things, whom no detail escapes...."

"one of the most thoughtful books on the Cold War period that has come my way...."

"it is hard not to take pride, by the end, in the eccentric and inspiring story of a great British institution..."