

Tamburlaine's Elephants



'...this is a saga with a difference...such invigorating little drops of satire'
Sunday Times
...'it is a model of how this sort of thing should be done.'
Daily Telegraph
Jonathan Cape
'Definitely adult fun, the writing gutsy, vivid and economical, the observation shrewd... an exceptionally well written, spirit-lifting good read,'
'Written in a brisk,concrete, yet elegant style, the sort of prose that would be a pleasure to read for its own sake'.
Guardian
Times Educational Supplement
'....a perfectly balanced combination of humour and pathos, imbuing the romance with her own spectacular verbal image.'
Lindsay Fraser, Sunday Herald.
'This book's strength lies in the poetry of McCaughrean's language, the period flavour and the elaborate humour (successfully translated against the odds) and, not least, all those nose jokes'.
Nicolette Jones, Sunday Times.
'...insights
of narrative are set like diamonds in gold. In a plot full of twists of circumstance
and delightful and appalling surprise.'
The Tablet
'In a strong, fast flowing narrative... she brings the 1790's vibrantly to life...entrancing.'
Daily Telegraph

Richard Cohen Books
'A superb novel of violence and love, earthy as Chaucer. A small masterpiece.'
Oxford University Press



Secker & Warburg
Secker & Warburg

'Probably the best historical novel I have ever read'
Philippa Gregory, Sunday Times
'McCaughrean... is well on her way to becoming one of the few great novelists to adorn our age.'
David Hughes, Mail on Sunday
Richard Cohen Books
