Praise for 1815: THE ROADS TO WATERLOO 'This is diplomatic history de luxe ! an extraordinarily vivid world of real diplomats, real diaries, and real wives and women. A splendid tour de force in every sense' -- Elizabeth Longford 'A brilliant account; imaginative and wildly ambitious ! A series of vivid snapshots of scenes and moments is cross-cut with microscopic examination of personalities, motives and manoeuvres by participants in the peace process' -- J.B. Pick, The Scotsman 'Dallas is a visual historian ! Here we have, in microscopic detail, an impressionistic study of a dying European ruling caste, unable to comprehend how such a catastrophe could have happened, and incapable of planning s future in which it didn't recur' -- John Crossland, Independent on Sunday 'Dallas has the journalist's eye for detail, and for the great quote.' -- The Glasgow Herald 20050219 'Gregor Dallas's talent for engaging readers by telling history on several levels is highlighted in Poisoned Peace.' -- Soldier 20050301 Praise for 1918: WAR AND PEACE 'This brilliant, ambitious book fizzes with insights, colour and energy! Like a film, it moves from sweeping wide-angle shots of the battlefields to detailed snapshots of what life was really like in war-torn Paris or revolutionary Berlin! As a way of writing history it succeeds triumphantly. And like all the best history books it changes the way you see things. 1918 will never seem the same again' -- Jane Ridley, The Spectator 20050301 'Dallas pulls us into wartime Europe and shows us how it continues to wreak havoc today.' -- Good Book Guide 20050301 ' Dallas presents a clear, comprehensive view of a most complex subject ! he has an eye for the telling detail and the evocative phrase.' -- History Today 20051106 'Beautifully written, admirably researched, utterly riveting' -- Allan Massie, Daily Telegraph 'His approach is thematic, eclectic and discursive ... It reads like a conversation with a sympathetic guide ...and Dallas convincingly demonstrates that where we are can be understood only by where we were. -- The Daily Telegraph 20050226 'Not a conventional history of 1945 ... but highly visual, and there is certainly much enjoyment and instruction to be derived from this book. -- Independent on Sunday, Frank McLynn 20050220 'This is a not-to-be-forgotten read by an author of outstanding quality' -- The Spectator 20050212 'An ambitious, generally readable, often absorbing, sometimes vivid book ... Dallas wisely organises his story around certain key moments.' Brendan Simms. -- The Sunday Times 20050306 'A fascinating and thought-provoking study' -- Book Guide 20060701