'Masterly.' -- Sir Henry Chadwick
'A superb book.' -- Dr Will Storrar
`A compelling and sometimes disturbing pageturner which gives colourful life to this dangerous and bloody battle for religious democracy and freedom across Europe.' * Life and Work Magazine *
`Every so often an author finds a subject which fully suits their intellectual capacities, and the result is a stimulating and timeless book. Reid and the Reformation form that perfect match: there can be no higher praise.' -- Trevor Royle * The Herald *
`Harry Reid's Reformation is a timely reassessment of the crucial series of events that created modern Scotland...most remarkably, Reid tells the story in a way that includes all traditions and lays aside any suggestion of sectarianism.' -- Mike Russell MSP * The Scotman Books of the Year *
`Highly contentious and contagiously readable' -- Alan Taylor * The Sunday Herald *
`Its brilliance exists in Reid's prose style, and his desire, even need, to be argumentative. He is a world class arguer..... He has produced a challenging, fluent, fallible and ultimately captivating history..' * The Scottish Review of Books *
`The great characters and events of one of the most influential movements in history have found in Reid a chronicler and debater worthy of their stature.' -- Rosemary Goring
`An enthralling look at a period of history that shaped a nation... Harry Reid's ambitious evaluation of the Protestant Reformation is an illuminating and entertaining read.' * The Scottish Catholic Observer *
`A well-crafted, pleasant and readable history of the whole Reformation.' * Christianity Magazine *
`A splendidly-written, extremely-readable book.' * The Press and Journal *
'Spirited, opinionated and fluently written.' -- Jonathan Wright * Catholic Herald *
`Harry Reid is a gifted journalist, and this book was just waiting to be written by him. We need a new and accessible look at the Reformation in all its revolutionary complexity, and this is it. It's a smashing read.' -- Richard Holloway
`Reid breathes life into the extraordinary personalities and writes with fluency and pace, articulating trenchant, provocative and often controversial judgments on virtually every page of this very readable book.' -- T. M Devine
`Each reader of this fine book will draw their own conclusions... I do commend it to a wide audience.' -- Keith Patirck Cardinal O'Brien
