The best brief account of the Auschwitz experience available

Wonderfully entertaining...with complete grasp of the material, Kate Chisholm introduces us to eight women who were important in Johnson's life

Entertaining and enlightening

Fascinating... Kate Chisolm's affectionate, elegant book does the man and the women [in Johnson's life] a huge service

Excellent

Illuminating

Very good at showing us a new side of a man we might consider ourselves to be familiar with already. I've read quite a few books about Johnson and his times, and I can't think of one that gives such a vivid picture of what it was like to be around him… Chisholm isn't afraid to show Johnson as a weak and imperfect man

Chisholm presents the subject through the eyes of the women who knew him

A muscular, vivid narrative full of compelling historical insight – not just a brilliantly told story, but required reading for anyone interested in the real 1066 and all that.

Ackroyd takes us through the layers of the city, lifting the covers to peer downwards

In a short but intriguing book, Ackroyd explores the idea that, beneath the surface, there has existed another world with rules and conventions of its own

Anyone intrigued by this tumultuous city will devour London Under in a few transporting hours... packed with revelations... Ackroyd's stylistic brilliance explains why the book remains a rattling good read

Fascinating study of everything under London, from rats and eels to monsters and ghosts.

As London's anatomist-in-chief, Peter Ackroyd turns his focus on what lies beneath the capital's surface. Peppered with erudite and literary references, Ackroyd's fluent style makes for entertaining reading

Packed with anecdotes and fascinating trivia...Ackroyd never misses an opportunity to link this hidden realm with the underworlds of mythology

Reveals the London beneath your feet in all its fascinating – and sometimes horrifying – glory. Historian and novelist Ackroyd invests his tales of buried rivers and catacombs with enormous energy