Each chapter is jam packed with information taken from the archives, building up a picture of Broadmoor as an institution, the patients that resided inside and events that led them to its door. It is presented in a concise and entertaining way ... Stevens takes the reader on a journey that will challenge any pre-conceptions on the Victorian Asylum, lunatics and even Broadmoor itself.

Historical Honey

A compelling and fascinating book and a useful addition to our understanding of mental illness.

The Local Historian

It challenges preconceptions about mental illness and public reaction to shocking crimes.

Bracknell Forest Standard

Sensitively written…paints a fascinating picture

Who Do You Think You Are?

Detailed and thoughtful.

Times Literary Supplement

Still known today as one of the country's three high-security psychiatric hospitals, it has a colourful history, which has been assiduously brought to light by Mark Stevens of Berkshire Record Office. A fascinating insight into the country's most famous asylum for criminals

Your Family Tree

It challenges preconceptions about mental illness and public reaction to shocking crimes. This new version published by Pen and Sword in hardback and ebook form tells some new stories and others in depth.

Get Reading

Broadmoor Revealed will find ready audiences. It's likely to be the popular read. Mark Stevens skilfully uses his access to Broadmoor's records and is especially good at describing the experiences of the female patients.

The Howard Journal

Our top choice. Superb updated and expanded version, packed with stories of some of the colourful characters who graced Broadmoor's wards in the 19th century. Told with a witty turn-of-phrase, Stevens' entertaining style lifts these fascinating characters off the page. You'd be mad not to read it.

Family Tree

Broadmoor, Britain’s first hospital for the criminally insane, was founded 150 years ago this month. Historian Mark Stevens has spent 10 years researching the place for Broadmoor Revealed..
He says: ‘Victorian doctors were surprisingly compassionate. They provided good food, healthy occupations, hobbies and uplifting surroundings. And it did work because some patients ended up well enough to go back to their families.”

Sunday People, May 19 2013