Bernard Crick

Praise for George Orwell

Bernard Crick’s book is a triumph of the first order. It is an absorbing, scrupulous, original record…

Michael Foot, New Standard

It is hardly worth using up space to declare just how good it is. Different readers will come away from its seventeen pungent and packed chapters with diverse memories of its excellence.

Peter Sedgwick, Guardian

No one interested in its great subject, or indeed the social, political and cultural fate of this country from 1903 to 1950 and beyond, will fail to enjoy most of it very much indeed.

Michael Ratcliffe, The Times

Bernard Crick’s book is a triumph of the first order. It is an absorbing, scrupulous, original record…

Michael Foot, New Standard

It is hardly worth using up space to declare just how good it is. Different readers will come away from its seventeen pungent and packed chapters with diverse memories of its excellence.

Peter Sedgwick, Guardian

No one interested in its great subject, or indeed the social, political and cultural fate of this country from 1903 to 1950 and beyond, will fail to enjoy most of it very much indeed.

Michael Ratcliffe, The Times

Bernard Crick’s book is a triumph of the first order. It is an absorbing, scrupulous, original record…

Michael Foot, New Standard

It is hardly worth using up space to declare just how good it is. Different readers will come away from its seventeen pungent and packed chapters with diverse memories of its excellence.

Peter Sedgwick, Guardian

No one interested in its great subject, or indeed the social, political and cultural fate of this country from 1903 to 1950 and beyond, will fail to enjoy most of it very much indeed.

Michael Ratcliffe, The Times