A sparky and erudite book, packed with information and written with passion
Julia O'Faolain, Times Literary Supplement
A book full of delights, anecdotes, observations; it exhibits a wealth of scholarship, and a passion and charm which are hard to resist
Jackie Wullschlager, Financial Times
Haskins' analysis of the Magdalen myth is a rich and scholarly detective story, an unveiling which is at the same time a revelation. This is an intelligent book, which blends a sensitive and critical knowledge of a ...
Angela Tilby, Church Times
A sparky and erudite book, packed with information and written with passion
Julia O'Faolain, Times Literary Supplement
A book full of delights, anecdotes, observations; it exhibits a wealth of scholarship, and a passion and charm which are hard to resist
Jackie Wullschlager, Financial Times
Haskins' analysis of the Magdalen myth is a rich and scholarly detective story, an unveiling which is at the same time a revelation. This is an intelligent book, which blends a sensitive and critical knowledge of a ...
Angela Tilby, Church Times
A sparky and erudite book, packed with information and written with passion
Julia O'Faolain, Times Literary Supplement
A book full of delights, anecdotes, observations; it exhibits a wealth of scholarship, and a passion and charm which are hard to resist
Jackie Wullschlager, Financial Times
Haskins' analysis of the Magdalen myth is a rich and scholarly detective story, an unveiling which is at the same time a revelation. This is an intelligent book, which blends a sensitive and critical knowledge of a ...