"Edwards (Univ. of Roehampton) has written a fascinating if somewhat diffuse study of virtually every aspect of the use of horses in England between the reign of Henry VII and the 18th century...the wealth of details about equine culture is in some sense its own reward.  Summing Up: Recommended.  Upper-division undergraduates and above." —S. Morillo, CHOICE, April 2008, Vol. 45, No.

- S. Morillo,

"the best available overview...Edwards' book chronicles an inter-species relationship whose importance can scarcely be overestimated, one that produced major changes in the history of transportation, trade, sport, warfare, agriculture, art, diplomacy, and much more besides." - Bruce Boehrer, Reviews in History, May 2008

"Peter Edwards, in Horse and Man In Early Modern England, his most recent history of horses, looks forward as he looks back to the uses of these animals during the period...His book is useful, particularly the documentary information he provides...The best one can say about a work is it makes a reader think, and this one does: not only by providing usable facts and figures in tables and graphs, say of market versus fair purchases or the rates of insemination for breeders, but by stimulating us to think in new ways about the world we write and teach...Perhaps most significantly of all is the work's potential utility for the classroom. As if the clear writing weren't argument enough for introducing student to historical research and how to use it in their own research, the structure of the book makes it particularly suitable for the undergraduate classroom...Those who teach undergraduate humanities courses and would like to offer supplemental reading for literature or history in which horses figure prominently, whether in Swift or Shakespeare or in the ethos of early modern kings and commons, will also find this history bridled with gems." -Sandy Feinstein, Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Teaching, Fall 2008