MixedThe Guardian (UK)A good and worthwhile account of his undoing, even if part of the subtitle...promises more than it delivers. It amply demonstrates the ways in which the shah was the author of his own downfall ... Anderson’s book suffers, in a way so many accounts by American writers seem to do, from concentrating on the Iran-US relationship to the virtual exclusion of any other... But he has interviewed some of the key people, including the genuinely tragic figure of the shahbanu, Farah Pahlavi.
RaveThe Guardian (UK)Weiner is clear in his condemnation...but inclined to give the CIA the benefit of the doubt ... The book contains many essential new details ... There are all sorts of...important and fascinating revelations
... This is a journalist’s book, and bears the marks of it. But no one has opened up the CIA to us like Weiner has, and The Mission deserves to win Weiner a second Pulitzer.
RaveThe Guardian (UK)A real pleasure to read – a finely written page-turner full of well-researched stories of smuggling, intrigue and survival. It would make an exceptionally good series for television, and it provides a powerful reminder of the extraordinary events of Poland’s struggle for freedom. Suitably for such a literate nation, books played their part in it, and Minden got the result he wanted.
Anne Applebaum
RaveThe Guardian (UK)Well-positioned ... Skillful ... It’s a disturbing world we live in, but understanding its ways, keeping our own counsel, and knowing who to trust have never been so important. Anne Applebaum, who 30 years ago foresaw the way we were going, is one of those we can trust.
Edward Wong
RaveThe Guardian (UK)Wong skilfully weaves his father’s and his uncle’s stories into an account of his own experiences in China, in a way that is deeply satisfying. At the Edge of Empire is valuable both on a political and a personal level ... Finely crafted.
Simon Shuster
RaveThe Guardian (UK)A far more intimate and much better informed biography than most politicians get from journalists. Shuster is an honest and frank biographer, thoroughly equipped for the job ... Shuster is particularly good in describing Zelenskiy’s courage in staying put in Kyiv with his family on the morning the Russian army invaded.
Paul Caruana Galizia
RaveThe Guardian (UK)Paul has written a superbly honest and very painful account of all this. Like her, he didn’t start out as a journalist, but, also like her and his brother Matthew, he became a highly effective reporter. His fine, natural, relaxed style shows Daphne as a living woman – delightful, quirky, far from perfect, increasingly affected by the things she wrote about and the danger she faced, and utterly magnificent ... Paul Caruana Galizia has given his mother a new and even more lasting monument: a book that is unforgettable, beautifully written, and deeply honest.
