“Phil Carradice's well-researched and easy, elegant style of writing laid out in the pages of "Women of the Jacobite Rebellions" brings these forgotten women and their times vividly back to life with a particular elegance that lifts this work of British history to an impressive level of literary elegance.” Read the full review [link=https://www.midwestbookreview.com/lbw/sep_24.htm#WorldHistory]here.[/link]
Midwest Book Review

'A fascinating and often intimate glimpse into the Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars against Russia from the perspective of French officers and soldiers: highly recommended.'
Andrew Field

Well-written and highly readable, this is not simply a sad story about the past and children’s place in it, important as that is. It’s also a reminder that we shouldn’t be too smug. Maybe our children can go to school and play instead of working for wages. But for many children, the whole idea of such a childhood is still out of reach, even in the 21st century.
NetGalley, Cynthia Comacchio

"(The book) provides, a valuable perspective from one of our proudest and most independent offshore islands... A particular strength of this book is the author’s desire to give a voice to the lower deck, and to do so by drawing on local archive sources. Letters to home, wills and other records, bring vignettes of experiences of pressed men, victims of disease and battle wounds, and prisoners of war." Read the full review [link=https://www.naval-review.com/book-reviews/manxmen-at-sea-in-the-age-of-nelson-1760-1815/]here.[/link]
The Naval Review

I've often wondered about the captivating woman painted several times by Thomas Gainsborough and others. Now my curiosity is satisfied by this biography of Sarah Siddons, the first "celebrity actress". She grew up as a member of a family troupe of travelling actors, always poor and often hungry, resorting to foraging for turnips to eat. But before she was 30 she had become a superstar, her fees greater than any actor - male or female - had previously achieved. The book is full of period detail and I really enjoyed Sarah's story.
NetGalley, Gail Hanlon