Melvyn Bragg is quite simply one of the best writers we have
<i>Sunday Telegraph</i>
A gripping novel...there is a demonic streak in Bragg's imagination, something excitingly macabre
<i>Listener</i>
Very good, very pleasurable and very authentic...an extremely well-timed book
Anthony Howard
There are certain writers - Lawrence, Hardy, Bennett - whose novels seem to grow from the very soil that nurtured them. Melvyn Bragg is one of them: his characters' roots are firmly in Cumbria...The writing and characterisation are powerful
<i>Daily Telegraph</i>