The Book of Revelations

A triumph – shocking, brave, compellingly readable and of clear importance

PHILIP NORMAN

With incredible intimacy and deep compassion, Juliet Nicolson has woven together the stories that make our lives, but which so often remain hidden... This is a dazzling and surprising book, and I was changed by the experience of reading it

CLOVER STROUD

I read this straight through with the excitement of reading a detective story... I cannot recommend it too highly

ANTONIA FRASER, author of Marie Antoinette: The Journey

A gripping exploration of the secrets women keep. Raw, revealing and deeply human, The Book of Revelations is a bold ode to womanhood, love, and freedom

MIREILLE HARPER, author of Timelines from Black History

I loved this book. The combination of personal, social and historical is fascinating, and beautifully done. The range and quality of its psychological insights make it truly valuable

JULIA SAMUEL, author of Every Family Has a Story

Bold, brave and brilliant

JUSTINE PICARDIE, author of Miss Dior

A book about the stories we don’t tell, written with such truth-telling compulsion and compassionate honesty... a true act of bravery and sisterhood

ELIZABETH DAY

An amazing achievement - teeming with life, vivid history rolling alongside personal stories.... A precious testament to sisterhood and trust

HANNAH DAWSON, author of The Penguin Book of Feminist Writing

Juliet Nicolson is a hugely gifted social historian, one who never fails to startle a gripped reader into a new understanding

MIRANDA SEYMOUR, author of I Used to Live Here Once

A time-travelling investigation... Juliet Nicolson’s book has a depth charge and a sense of the now that is so timely and important

JEANETTE WINTERSON

Kept me up until 3 in the morning. Absolutely topical. Unputdownable. An amazing book

ANNABEL GOLDSMITH

I gobbled this book up. It's a gem, packed with nuggets I wanted to share. Nicolson is brilliant at contextualising personal stories in the bigger historical picture. All the women we meet are heroines, and their honesty is inspiring

HELENA BONHAM-CARTER

Utterly engrossing and timely... told with immense empathy, intelligence and compassion... an important work of social history and as gripping as a beach read. I cannot recommend it highly enough

INDIA KNIGHT, Sunday Times

A fascinating hybrid of memoir and social history... transforms the highly personal into something universal

India Block, London Standard

An intriguing book with an unusual narrative

iNews

One of my favorite recent books

WILLIAM NORWICH

A truly fascinating read

Kent Life, *Books of the Year*

This is a truly exquisite tapestry of stories expertly woven with such care, kindness and compassion. I was devastated by it and uplifted by it in equal measure. An homage not just to women but to anyone who has ever felt the weight of keeping a secret that needs to be shared. Beautiful

DENISE GOUGH