A brilliant history: The first serious and really wide-ranging history of the Home Front during the Great War for decades. Scholarly, objective and extremely well-written. A masterclass . . . that ought to be taught in schools. It is filled with surprising revelations . . . and empathy. Heffer's eye for the telling detail is evident on almost every page. -- Professor Andrew Roberts, 5* * Telegraph * Gloriously rich and spirited . . . colourful, character-driven history . . . it zips along, leavened by so many wonderful cultural and social details. -- Dominic Sandbrook * The Sunday Times * Fresh insights, vast scope and caustic judgement. Possibly the finest, most comprehensive analysis of the home front in the Great War ever produced. Compelling reading. * Literary Review * Enlightening . . . Robust opinion, an eye for telling detail and a gift for bringing historical figures alive . . . An epic, ambitious book. -- History Books of the Year * Daily Mail * Staring at God is a vast compendium of atrocious political conduct. Refreshing . . . [ The book]s length is due to the authors enormous enthusiasm. A trenchant history. * The Times * A magisterial history. -- Melanie McDonagh * Daily Mail * The book stands out for its humanity as well as its breadth and detail -- Allan Mallinson, Books of the Year * The Spectator * The book I read with the most profit this year was the absorbing Staring at God: Britain in the Great War . . . A particular strength of the book is Heffer's understanding - as befits a former deputy editor of the Daily Telegraph - of the role of the press; this was the great age of newspaper proprietors -- Brendan Simms, Books of the Year * The Spectator * An epic history of Britain. It is every bit as good as its two predecessors. Illuminating. ***** * Daily Express * [ An] admirable book . . . ambitious in its scope, content and approach . . . Heffer's understanding of the personalities and the issues is comprehensive -- Charles Vyvyan * Standpoint *
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