Compelling, illuminating ... Chrastil's compassionate and thought-provoking history does justice to both sides of this legacy, the great statesman's achievements tempered with their human cost.
Camilla Cassidy, Daily Telegraph
Superb on the human consequences of war. It is ravishing in its evocations of wartime life ... [the] prose is crystal clear.
Pratinav Anil, The Times
An extraordinary story too little known in Britain ... Chrastil addresses the story with a modern eye, especially for issues of gender and civilian victimhood. She displays considerable knowledge... The book [off ...
Max Hastings, Sunday Times
Compelling, illuminating ... Chrastil's compassionate and thought-provoking history does justice to both sides of this legacy, the great statesman's achievements tempered with their human cost.
Camilla Cassidy, Daily Telegraph
Superb on the human consequences of war. It is ravishing in its evocations of wartime life ... [the] prose is crystal clear.
Pratinav Anil, The Times
An extraordinary story too little known in Britain ... Chrastil addresses the story with a modern eye, especially for issues of gender and civilian victimhood. She displays considerable knowledge... The book [off ...
Max Hastings, Sunday Times
Compelling, illuminating ... Chrastil's compassionate and thought-provoking history does justice to both sides of this legacy, the great statesman's achievements tempered with their human cost.
Camilla Cassidy, Daily Telegraph
Superb on the human consequences of war. It is ravishing in its evocations of wartime life ... [the] prose is crystal clear.
Pratinav Anil, The Times
An extraordinary story too little known in Britain ... Chrastil addresses the story with a modern eye, especially for issues of gender and civilian victimhood. She displays considerable knowledge... The book [off ...