Reviews

"As a historian Lord Norwich knows what matters. As a writer he has a taste for beauty, a love of language, and an enlivening wit . . . He contrives, as no English writer has done before, to sustain a continuous interest in that crowded history." --Hugh Trevor-Roper, author of "The Last Days of Hitler "and "The Golden Age of Europe"
"Norwich is an enchanting and satisfying raconteur." --"Washington Post
""He has put readers of this generation more in his debt than any other English writer."
--Peter Levi, "Sunday Times" (London)
"Norwich is a historian of uncommon urbanity: scholarly and erudite but never pedantic. His style is as graceful and easy as it is knowledgeable." --"Los Angeles Times
""[Norwich] is certainly the English language's most passionate and dedicated chronicler of extraordinary history . . ." --"Seattle Times"

" As a historian Lord Norwich knows what matters. As a writer he has a taste for beauty, a love of language, and an enlivening wit . . . He contrives, as no English writer has done before, to sustain a continuous interest in that crowded history. " -- Hugh Trevor-Roper, author of The Last Days of Hitler and The Golden Age of Europe
" Norwich is an enchanting and satisfying raconteur. " -- Washington Post
" He has put readers of this generation more in his debt than any other English writer. "
-- Peter Levi, Sunday Times (London)
" Norwich is a historian of uncommon urbanity: scholarly and erudite but never pedantic. His style is as graceful and easy as it is knowledgeable. " -- Los Angeles Times
" [Norwich] is certainly the English language ' s most passionate and dedicated chronicler of extraordinary history . . . " -- Seattle Times

" As a historian Lord Norwich knows what matters. As a writer he has a taste for beauty, a love of language, and an enlivening wit . . . He contrives, as no English writer has done before, to sustain a continuous interest in that crowded history." -- Hugh Trevor-Roper, author of "The Last Days of Hitler "and "The Golden Age of Europe"
" Norwich is an enchanting and satisfying raconteur." -- "Washington Post
"" He has put readers of this generation more in his debt than any other English writer."
-- Peter Levi, "Sunday Times" (London)
" Norwich is a historian of uncommon urbanity: scholarly and erudite but never pedantic. His style is as graceful and easy as it is knowledgeable." -- "Los Angeles Times
"" [Norwich] is certainly the English language's most passionate and dedicated chronicler of extraordinary history . . ." -- "Seattle Times"