MixedThe Telegraph (UK)Where the book falters is not in this lack of a neat resolution, but in Harding’s attempts to assign greater significance to the narrative than there is ... Good on the how, what, when, where and who – but he never really gets to the heart of the why.
Charles Spencer
RaveThe Telegraph (UK)Searing, heartbreaking ... Spencer is acutely observant of the myriad power imbalances at play within this imperial throwback ... His turn of phrase is often delightful.
