The Lifesavers

'The dazzling story of the heroic, extraordinary efforts by small groups of doctors to overcome every impediment to achieve a remarkable aim: to save lives by introducing blood transfusions on the battlefield . . . This account by a master historian is fresh and vital, history at its best.'

Rob Lyman, author of Victory to Defeat

'A story destined to be told. A fascinating history of blood for the front line. Humbling, awe inspiring and life affirming.'

Sue Black, author of All That Remains 

Exemplary

Max Hastings on The Wildest Province, Sunday Times

Beautifully written and impeccably researched

Anthony Loyd on The Wildest Province, Sunday Times

History more breathtaking than any thriller

Melissa Katsoulis on The Wildest Province, Daily Telegraph

A tremendous work of scholarship

Jon Latimer on The Wildest Province, Daily Telegraph

Bailey’s first book establishes him as a modern historian of great skill

M.R.D. Foot on The Wildest Province, Literary Review

Excellent . . . Deserves to be regarded as definitive

Alan Judd on The Wildest Province, Spectator

Inspiring . . . The great skill of this book is to demonstrate that war is both brutal and dizzyingly unpredictable

Sinclair McKay on Target: Italy, Daily Telegraph

Precious testimony to our past . . . with an absolutely flawless series of sources

Angelo Paratico on Target: Italy, Corriere della Sera

Gripping history . . . readable, fast-paced

Ian Thomson on Target: Italy, Observer

A very good read . . . The nightmarish and brutal world of underground work against Fascism in Italy is well covered . . . Drama is ever present

James Pettifer on Target: Italy, Times Literary Supplement

Bailey is a fine historian who has researched his subject and given his tale a strong narrative drive

David Gilmour on Target: Italy, Spectator

Incomparable. The voices speak with utter immediacy of fear, determination, bewilderment, indifference, and unmistakable courage.

Andro Linklater on Forgotten Voices of D-Day, Spectator

A wonderful selection of first-hand accounts

Richard Holmes on Forgotten Voices of D-Day, Spectator

However well you know the history behind the landings, Forgotten Voices of D-Day is bound to offer everyone who reads it a brand new perspective

Legion

Outstanding

Soldier (the British Army’s magazine) on Forgotten Voices of D-Day

A significant and important book . . . Highly recommended.

Jon Mulholland on Forgotten Voices of the Victoria Cross, Victoria Cross Society

Bailey’s assembly of tales deserves a warm welcome . . . A great deal of it is unknown to the general public

M. R. D. Foot on Forgotten Voices of the Secret War, Literary Review

Bailey brings this story alive . . . riveting

Anne Sebba, Spectator