“Intriguing…. There is a haunting quality to this biography, especially for anyone who writes. One day, it reminds us, we too will be forgotten.” William Whyte, Literary Review

“Superb…compelling…. Sisman Is ideally suited to the job. He’s a writer highly attuned to the niceties, sensitivities and, indeed, hypocrisies of the British class system and of academic life, a complex terrain that he traverses smoothly.” Ian Sansom, Daily Telegraph

“Sisman acquits himself well.” Mark Bostridge, Spectator