Human Race

Mortimer is an entertaining guide on this superb time-travel journey of human innovations -- Julia Richardson * Daily Mail *
An ambitious study of the last millennium * Evening Standard *
An excellent romp through the past millennium of British (and particularly English) history… Highly entertaining, well written and packed with lively characters and surprising facts. -- Ian Morris * BBC History Magazine *
I loved this book... It will enable you to understand your past, your place in it and that of your ancestors as never before. A modern classic -- FIVE STARS, James Delingpole * Mail on Sunday *
Provocative and enjoyable... Almost every page of this engaging book sets your mind racing -- Dominic Sandbrook * Sunday Times *
Original and fascinating... It is a planetary ride which Mortimer offers us in his tour of ten centuries. It is exhilarating to time-travel with him -- Peter Lewis * Book of the Week, Daily Mail *
It feels as though he has put his heart and soul into it and readers of his other books will enjoy it for its scope and energy * The Times *
Written in his usual accessible yet quirky style Mortimer proves his worth as the best upmarket tour guide to the hidden mysteries of the past that we have -- Alex Larman * Daily Express *
On his whirlwind tour of western history through the part millennium, he takes his readers on an entertaining and thought-provoking journey * Choice Magazine *
Smarten up your discussion technique with this fascinating book by a universally-known historian… This is history made real -- Sophie King * Sidmouth Herald *