A gripping tale of intrigue… I was enormously moved

Expertly alternating vivid domestic detail with lucid exposition of the gradual evolution of totalitarianism… It feels like the book she was born to write

The creepy description by the author of the naivety of the good and the seductive powers of the bad touches a nerve. A Bold and Dangerous Family is a haunting reminder of the fragility of liberty and the dangers of complaisance

Moorehead’s book, written with sensitivity, erudition and balance, is a fine tribute to the Rosselli family

Much has been written about life under fascist rule… But the study of a nation can never be as emotionally compelling as the study of a family… Expertly alternating vivid domestic detail with lucid exposition of the gradual evolution of totalitarianism, Caroline Moorehead allows her readers not only to know, but also to feel, how it was to endure fascist oppression… A prolific author who has always combined seriousness of purpose with a warm, human touch, she is drawn to good-hearted troublemakers… A Bold and Dangerous Family is animated by the evident admiration and affection she feels for her subjects. It feels like the book she was born to write

Italy’s resistance to fascism and totalitarian rule was more widespread and well organised than in any other European country… Foremost among the opposition to fascism, there were two portly, bookish, Jewish brothers… Lucid, readable and superbly titled biography of the brothers… The fact that this was a family that cared about words gives Moorehead’s book a richness and poise that’s rare in a political biography, more novel-like than journalistic… It’s hard not to feel regular little shivers of horrified contemporary recognition oat the rise of the populist demagogue Mussolini… At once a political history of pre-second world war Italy, a literary portrait of two brave young men, and a gripping tale of intrigue… I finished it impressed, breathless and enormously moved

Caroline Moorehead… tells the story of the Rosselli brothers and their mother Amelia, a playwright, with sensitivity, erudition and balance… Her account of the final years of Carlo’s life is moving. The Mussolini regime became more radical, invading Abyssinia, intervening in the Spanish civil war and aligning itself with Hitler… Moorehead’s book is a fine tribute to the Rossellis, and particularly to Carlo, who might have turned into one of Italy’s greatest 20th-century statesmen

Carefully, and with considerable skill, Moorehead juxtaposes the growth into maturity of the intelligent Florentines, Carlo and Nello, with a vivid account of the turbulent conditions that enabled Fascism to take root

A Bold and Dangerous Family represents a major contribution to the study of anti-Fascism, further enriched by Caroline Moorehead’s vivid portrayal of interwar Italy and Europe

A professional historian of modern Italy might… think it about time thay we had a clear and genuine account of the Rosselli’s story in English. This is what Caroline Moorehead provides in her engrossing new book

It’s a shocking and very powerful story, and can hardly avoid putting the question — what would you do in these circumstances?

Humane and engrossing

Absorbing

Fascinating

Spellbinding… A poignant reminder of the high price of freedom.

A fine book… Sound scholarship is wedded to an elegant and captivating narrative style.

An extraordinary story, harrowing, deeply affecting. This fascinating story is guaranteed to haunt you

A moving story of personal and family history, with a scholar's objective eye for the bigger picture.

Harrowing . . . profoundly moving

Satisfyingly detailed, yet with a convincing overarching thesis.

[Heffer] has really excelled himself with this epic study of Britain in the years before the First World War. Majestic in its scope, meticulous in its scholarship, compelling in its thesis and stylish in its prose, his heavyweight book challenges the familiar historical tale of confidence and swagger and presents the age in a more complex, sombre light . . . The author has done an extraordinary amount of research, unearthing a wealth of new material from archives. . . . It is impossible to read this magnificent work without gaining a deep new understanding of a unique and troubled age.

[One of] the best historical books to gift others this Christmas.

Heffer has turned himself into one of Britain’s most accomplished and formidable men of letters . . . Heffer is a genuine intellectual with a shelf of books to his credit.

An epic survey . . . Simon Heffer’s intricately detailed account ends with Britain diminished and on the brink of catastrophe.

London's Big Read wants to get the capital talking about [Brit(ish)] ... a personal and provocative exploration of British history, race, identity and belonging.

Afua Hirsch's new book uses the personal and political to take a good look at what it's like to be a person of colour here, now. Here's where you'll get an insight into what it means to be a mixed race and univocally British, yet continuously plagued with the question 'but where are you really from?'

An excellent read.

[A] personal and admirably honest account of her journey towards self-realisation as a woman of colour.

A fascinating...deeply intelligent, witty and often moving exploration of race in modern Britain

Afua Hirsch's first book, Brit(ish): On Race, Identity and Belonging, was published to wide acclaim at the start of 2018. She looks at the many, multi-faceted questions that surround identity - both on a personal and societal scale - to pen a thought-provoking read.

It is a life-shaping read.

Brit(ish) stands out from a crop of books on growing up mixed race in 70s Britain.

Brit(ish) is an essential read for all. Hirsch's exploration of her identity brings to light the difficulties of growing up as mixed-race and black in Britain. She also challenges the British perception of race, and how our inability to confront our past has profoundly affected our ability to coherently understand and discuss race in our present. Brit(ish) is a call to action, if we genuinely want to progress as a society, we must change our discussions and understanding of race.

A personal, political and challenging account of what it means to be British when you are racialised as Black. Hirsch is a brilliant and fearless intellect who deftly handles the complexity of the issues