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The story of Catholicism in Britain from the Reformation to the present day, from a master of popular history - 'A first-class storyteller' The Times
Roy Hattersley was elected to Parliament in 1964. He served in Harold Wilson's government and in Jim Callaghan's Cabinet. In 1983 he became deputy leader of the Labour Party. As well as contributing to a host of national newspapers, he has written twenty-five books, including The Edwardians; Borrowed Time- the Story of Britain between the Wars; In Search of England; acclaimed biographies of John Wesley and Lloyd George, and, most recently, The Devonshires. Roy Hattersley has been Visiting Fellow of Harvard's Institute of Politics and of Nuffield College, Oxford. In 2003 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.
[Roy Hattersley] is very good: Catholics is a great read and
spectacularly well-researched…. British Politics, especially the
shipwrecked Labour Party, could do with a generation of Hattersleys
– tough, committed, smart and cultivated.
*Sunday Times*
[An] elegantly written, sweeping account of Catholics in these
islands from the Reformation to the present day. It’s a tale of
high drama and high stakes, by turns horrifying, romantic and
ultimately hopeful.
*Observer*
big-hearted, fair-minded, insightful...a joy to read
*New Statesman*
Enjoyable… Perfectly solid, sensible and often astute.
*Sunday Times*
Hattersley narrates… with his characteristic energy… His talent for
invective remains strong.
*Times*
Hattersley offers a scholarly chronicle of heroism and holiness in
post-Reformation Britain, when the age of Catholic saints and
miracles was seen to survive against the odds.
*Financial Times*
Thoroughly entertaining… I heartily recommend this volume, which is
written with great brio, intelligence and charm; and with a wistful
distance from his subjects’ faith which I found very appealing.
*Catholic Herald*
Hattersley… excels in describing political machinations… One must
admire his courage, not to say his chutzpah, in undertaking a book
of such enormous scope.
*Tablet*
Thoughtful and thought provoking, minutely researched and
well-written
*Choice*
The author writes with authority... He engages with his material
and shares his enthusiasm with the reader. But equally he is
detached: he has no interest in covering up scandals or selling a
party line. The engaged outsider becomes a compelling biographer,
at once intrigued and underwhelmed by his subject-matter
*Church Times*
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