Brilliant Brits is a fabulous series ... [with] colourful comic strip layout and amusing speech bubbles - Times Educational Supplement, 13 June 2003
?a great way to get your kids interested in history?A quirky blend of cartoon strip-style illustration and fascinating facts. Fun Stuff. - Sainsbury's Magazine
Brassey's colourful, comic-strip layout is easy to read and these attractive little paperbacks convey a surprising amount of information in a very palatable form. - Scotsman, 25 October 2003
This attractive little paperback is part of a series which includes Henry VIII, Queen Victoria and?David Beckham. Who said you can't please all of the people all of the time? These are highly visual and very readable books, fact-packed yet fun. - Guardian Children's Books Supplement, Autumn 2003