"a beautifully illustrated exploration, indeed compendium, of the popular editions of Austen’s novels that have appeared over the last two centuries..."

"Although it is a memoir set in the Reagan years, the milieu still feels so contemporary..."

"an excellent suite of essays on transience and remembrance..."

" A Radical Romance is an admirable tribute to a man, a period of rapid change in London, and an unusual marriage..."

"This zigzag opus is hard to follow...."

"We are reminded too that certain features of British politics are less new-fangled than they may appear...."

"supplies us with an array of surprising and often moving details..."

"His best criticism comes in brief, piercing flashes. ..."

"a potent antidote to the winter blues..."

"A brisk account of the African American writer’s insights on race, class and sexuality, which are more relevant than ever..."

"if we are only to have fragments, then these are the very best ones to have..."

"should do a great deal to remind us how complex the pleasures we take in literary expression can be..."

"I was interested in the book. Would I recommend it? It’s a points decision, not a knock-out...."

"The candid life story of Princess Margaret’s aide, which has proved a publishing hit, provides insights into the aristocratic system and the real life behind The Crown..."

"This is not an easy book to read, but it is a necessary one..."

"It feels like an object lesson in how not to oppose President Trump..."

"The man who dragged The Times out of the gutter and hauled it on to its pedestal as the newspaper of record ..."

"It’s impossible not to be impressed by the scale of the task Moore undertook ..."

"It is a book that sets itself a conundrum: “How did Rembrandt become Rembrandt?”..."

"rich with telling detail and narrated with unobtrusive skill..."

"funny, disgusting and moving tales with a festive twist – and a show of support for overworked NHS staff..."

"gently rambling, lightly polemical non-fiction..."

"This complex and exceptional book explores the legacy of the “desk killer”...."

"Curated with valuable context by Janet Somerville, a literature teacher in Toronto, it’s her own love letter of sorts to a woman she calls “a wonder”...."

"full of ... casual brilliance and beauty..."

"Now and again a joke lands – but these jokes are saturation-bombed in the manner of a boss-fight in Ikaruga...."

"A grieving mother’s account of life after her son’s death is exquisitely expressed..."

"This devastatingly scrupulous account of Jack the Ripper’s victims exposes the misogyny at the heart of the myth..."

"offers disappointingly few glimpses of the gaiety and charm so abundantly evident in the songs..."

"Wade’s research is impressive..."

"The world Rose’s journals describe is rarefied. ..."

"this compilation of his favourite funny stories offers material both hilarious and unusual..."

"Longerich’s imposing volume (first published in German in 2015) is the third but perhaps not final step in a prodigious project in the prosopography of Nazi power. ..."

"Paul’s style is passionate, direct and at times almost childlike..."

"Disturbance is a compelling and moving book..."

"Fitzsimons paints a vivid picture of Nesbit..."

"In his interviews Nabokov offers clear-headed evaluation of his own work. ..."