Excellent... an expansive work that neatly manages to combine a broad history of the Romanovs' Gulag with heart-rending tales of the plights of individual prisoners
Douglas Smith, Literary Review
A splendid example of academic scholarship for a public audience. Yet even though he is an impressively calm and sober narrator, the injustices and atrocities pile up on every page.
Dominic Sandbrook, The Sunday Times
An absolutely fascinating book, rich in fact and anecdote.
David Aaronovitch, The Times
Excellent... an expansive work that neatly manages to combine a broad history of the Romanovs' Gulag with heart-rending tales of the plights of individual prisoners
Douglas Smith, Literary Review
A splendid example of academic scholarship for a public audience. Yet even though he is an impressively calm and sober narrator, the injustices and atrocities pile up on every page.
Dominic Sandbrook, The Sunday Times
An absolutely fascinating book, rich in fact and anecdote.
David Aaronovitch, The Times
Excellent... an expansive work that neatly manages to combine a broad history of the Romanovs' Gulag with heart-rending tales of the plights of individual prisoners
Douglas Smith, Literary Review
A splendid example of academic scholarship for a public audience. Yet even though he is an impressively calm and sober narrator, the injustices and atrocities pile up on every page.
Dominic Sandbrook, The Sunday Times
An absolutely fascinating book, rich in fact and anecdote.