The full text of some of the reviews of Philip Mansel's four most recent books can be read on this site. Simply click on the relevant line below. (Extracts from these and other reviews appear on each book’s individual page in the Books section of this site.)

Levant: Splendour and Catastrophe on the Mediterranean

Noel Malcolm, Daily Telegraph, 14 November 2010

The Economist, 9 December 2010

Simon Sebag Montefiore, Financial Times, 10 December 2010

Moris Farhi, Independent, 7 January 2011

Dressed to Rule: Royal and Court Costume from Louis XIV to Elizabeth II

John Rogister, Times Literary Supplement, 4 November 2005

Roy Strong, The Spectator, 6 August 2005

Veronica Horwell, The Guardian, 2 July 2005

Christina Larson, Washington Monthly, July 2005

Prince of Europe: The Life of Charles Joseph de Ligne (1735-1814)

Tim Blanning, Times Literary Supplement, 13 June 2003

Antonia Fraser, The Mail on Sunday, 27 April 2003

Noel Malcolm, Sunday Telegraph, 6 April 2003

Douglas Johnson, The Spectator, April 2003

Paris Between Empires 1814 -1852

Michael Dirda, Washington Post, 27 April 2003

Derwent May, The Times, 19 April 2003

Martin Simpson, English Historical Review, April 2003

Roger Price, French Historian, December 2002