Author:Tim Harris
To an extraordinary extent everyone in Britain still lives under the shadow of the 'Glorious Revolution' of 1688. It was a massive, brutal and terrifying event, which completely changed the governments of England, Scotland and Ireland and which was only achieved through overwhelming violence. Revolution brilliantly captures the sense that this was a great turning point in Britain's history, but also shows how severe a price was paid to achieve this.
Gripping ... a much-needed reinterrogation
—— Daily TelegraphA magisterial work...confident prose, trenchant insight and vivid illustration
—— Independent'Splendidly conveys...compassion, excitement, entertainment'
—— Evening StandardVividly readable... Leslie Thomas is one of nature's life enchancers
—— Sunday ExpressA fine storyteller
—— Sunday TelegraphGrossman was above all a clear-eyed and generous witness to the human cost of war, civilians and soldiers of both sides, the lost women and broken men; in the very highest order of journalistic achievement, he was as alert to the victims as much as to the heroes his audience was required to read about
—— David Flusfeder , Daily TelegraphImpeccably edited, the commentary as informative as it is unobtrusive.
—— Robert Chandler , Financial TimesIn bringing his notebooks to a wider audience, and in reminding us about this brilliant witness, Beevor and Vinogradova have done their readers - and Grossman's memory - a great service
—— Independent'Nicholas Stargardt evokes the individual voices of children under Nazi rule. In re-creating their wartime experiences, he has produced a challenging new historical interpretation of the Second World War
—— History Today