DEREK WILSON - Reviewers Comments
|
· |
Rothschild : A Story of Wealth and Power - 2 English editions. Translated into 15 languages | ||
| 'A masterly study" |
- Daily Telegraph |
||
|
|
|
'Erudite, unsycophantic and intensely readable' |
- Books |
|
· |
The Circumnavigators (Best Book of the Sea Award) | ||
| 'Marvelous material, fluently and expertly retold....' | |||
|
- Daily Telegraph |
|||
|
· |
Hans Holbein : Portrait of an Unknown Man | ||
| 'An intriguing and compelling story ... it does justice to the great genius of Holbein and suggests a new way of looking at him....' | |||
| - Times Literary Supplement | |||
|
· |
Sweet Robin : Robert Dudley Earl of Leicester 1533 - 1588 - 2 English editions. | ||
| 'This rich biography gives the reader a fine sense of Leicester's vigorous presence....' | |||
- New York Times |
|||
|
· |
The World Encompassed - Drake's Great Voyage 1577 - 1580 - 2 English editions | ||
| 'A fine account of the most extraordinary personal adventure in British History....' | |||
|
- Daily Express |
|||
|
· |
In the Lion's Court - Power, Ambition and Sudden Death in the Reign of Henry VIII | ||
|
|
'An
exciting, scholarly book"
|
- Dallas Morning News |
|
|
· |
All the King's Women - Sex, Love and Politics in the Life of Charles II | ||
| 'Interrelated the personal and political dimensions of Charles II's life with an effectivness that few other biographers have matched' | |||
|
- Sunday Telegraph |
|||
|
· |
Uncrowned Kings of England: The Black Legend of the Dudleys | ||
|
|
'Wilson's
account...is masterly. He has a deep understanding of...characters, reaching
out accross the centuries to touch them as if they were old friends"
|
- Sunday Times |
|
AND MANY MORE. Click here to see a full list of Derek Wilson's books