The new volume is, to my mind, the best - he discards his Sunday best and allows himself to emerge as a human being full of weakness and anxieties balanced by an enviable capacity for love and joy

There is a passion in Benn's writing and speaking that far transcends the miserable aspirations of most contemporary politicians

It is the personal side of the story that most compels...This is the unselfconscious reminiscence of a man in full

This is a powerful record of the times

Easily the best of the year's diaries... It proves to be an astonishingly moving and human document

The best political diarist of our times

[A] highly informative account

He is an engaging witness to the events that brought peace to the benighted north - largely because he wants no future role in politics and can afford to be outspoken

All parties should consult Powell’s meticulous account of negotiations that underpinned the peace process

Shows that publishers continue to believe in a market for the thinking person's football book... a good historical read

A fine book... well-researched and superbly written

This original thesis, written with style, wit and authority, explains how the beastly game became more beautiful.

Delightful... a valuable work of social history

Utterly absorbing, a really good read, sensitive and balanced and surely the definitive last word on the subject

Rappaport narrates her story in an original fashion, focusing on the final two weeks inside the Ipatiev House before the murders

Brilliantly shows how history is never simple but always enthralling when written with this style

Extraordinary and powerful ... Having uncovered enlightening new sources, Rappaport has produced a highly accessible account of the last 14 days in the lives of the former tsar Nicholas, his wife Alexandra and their children

Riveting account of turbulence, social upheaval and murder in early 20th-century Russia, which draws on new evidence uncovered in the icy, remote city where Tsar Nicholas and his family met their bloody deaths. Juxtaposing fascinating domestic details with analysis of the international political scene, the author strips away the romance of their incarceration and the mythology surrounding their murders to reveal an extraordinary human situation and its seismic worldwide repercussions

Rappaport precisely imagines those last few days ... As the pages turn quickly towards an end that is never in doubt, a picture emerges of a devout, loving and rather commonplace family

The great strength of Rappaport's book is her tight focus on the royal family's final three months in the Iaptiev House... She has told the human story, and the truly appalling tale of what man can do to man

A tragic and thrilling account ... Ekaterinburg is really a twofold triumph for Helen Rappaport ... On top of the impressive level of research that Rappaport has conducted in order to produce Ekaterinburg, she also has an excellent and engaging writing style and succeeds in maintaining the tension and mood throughout ... Gritty and compelling