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For the first time, historian Miranda Malins chronicles the story of one of the most influential families in British history—the Cromwells.
Two powerful, controversial men who had an astonishing impact on British history—Thomas and Oliver Cromwell—were commoners who came from the same family. These two men started out with nothing and ended with nothing, but not before they—and the rest of their family—had changed the face of British history, becoming architects of the early modern world in the process.
In The House of Cromwell, historian Miranda Malins takes listeners on an extraordinary journey through two centuries from the Wars of the Roses to the accession of the Hanoverians. This expedition through some of the important years in British history overflows with explosive family dynamics, power struggles that would determine dynastic succession, and the eruption of overlooked voices from the past—particularly those of the Cromwell women—that determined the family's fate.
Family mattered above all else to Thomas and Oliver Cromwell. Without understanding the entire dynasty, however, one can never understand their impact on Britain and the world. Miranda Malins' The House of Cromwell is the first, complete history of the most unique, disruptive, creative and controversial family to rule Britain.
Two powerful, controversial men who had an astonishing impact on British history—Thomas and Oliver Cromwell—were commoners who came from the same family. These two men started out with nothing and ended with nothing, but not before they—and the rest of their family—had changed the face of British history, becoming architects of the early modern world in the process.
In The House of Cromwell, historian Miranda Malins takes listeners on an extraordinary journey through two centuries from the Wars of the Roses to the accession of the Hanoverians. This expedition through some of the important years in British history overflows with explosive family dynamics, power struggles that would determine dynastic succession, and the eruption of overlooked voices from the past—particularly those of the Cromwell women—that determined the family's fate.
Family mattered above all else to Thomas and Oliver Cromwell. Without understanding the entire dynasty, however, one can never understand their impact on Britain and the world. Miranda Malins' The House of Cromwell is the first, complete history of the most unique, disruptive, creative and controversial family to rule Britain.
480 pages, Hardcover
Expected publication December 8, 2026
About the author
Miranda Malins
6 books73 followersMiranda Malins is a historian specialising in Oliver Cromwell, his family and the Civil War and Commonwealth period. She studied at Cambridge University, leaving with a PhD, and is a long-standing trustee of the Cromwell Association. She writes for many publications, is a regular judge of the Historical Writers’ Association Crown Awards and co-hosts the podcast 1666 and All That. Miranda is the author of two acclaimed historical novels about the Cromwell family, The Puritan Princess (2020) and The Rebel Daughter (2022). The House of Cromwell is her first work of non-fiction.
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Review of advance copy received from Publisher
I received a free copy of, The House of Cromwell, by Miranda Malins, from the publisher and Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. I have never heard of Thomas and Oliver Cromwell before reading this book. Two family members from Britain, an uncle and a nephew who like power and control. This was an interesting read, but a bit dry at times.
Review of advance copy received from NetGalley
The House of Cromwell: Britain's Forgotten Dynasty, by Author Miranda Malins
Historian Miranda Malins has written a very interesting and educational book about The British Family The Cromwell's.
This historical book took me quite a while to get through, as is has so much content and details on this very influential family.
This covers two centuries, and gives the readers a glimpse into so many Cromwell family members. Many influential, and many with voices that I learned so much about.
Personally I found many of the female family members had a great deal more influence that I had realized.
Thomas and Oliver Cromwell started off with nothing, however changed the face of British history.
A very detailed and extremely interesting read.
I thank Author Miranda Malins, NetGalley, and St. Martin's Press for my advanced copy to read, and to review
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Historian Miranda Malins has written a very interesting and educational book about The British Family The Cromwell's.
This historical book took me quite a while to get through, as is has so much content and details on this very influential family.
This covers two centuries, and gives the readers a glimpse into so many Cromwell family members. Many influential, and many with voices that I learned so much about.
Personally I found many of the female family members had a great deal more influence that I had realized.
Thomas and Oliver Cromwell started off with nothing, however changed the face of British history.
A very detailed and extremely interesting read.
I thank Author Miranda Malins, NetGalley, and St. Martin's Press for my advanced copy to read, and to review
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August 21, 2026
Thanks to HarperCollins and NetGalley for the advance copy.
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What struck me most about this book was the sheer depth of research behind it. Malins clearly knows this world inside and out, and that expertise makes the people, places, and political maneuvering of the era feel alive rather than academic. Instead of marching through a timeline of events, she gives us the family underneath the history — their ambitions, rivalries, loyalties, and weak spots, including the black sheep who preferred drink, cards, and lavish entertaining to public service.
The book's real hook, for me, was its meditation on identity and power. What happens when people outside the traditional ruling class suddenly find themselves running the country? Malins draws a thoughtful line between Thomas and Oliver Cromwell — two men generations apart — showing how each acquired, wielded, and ultimately lost power in very different ways. I also appreciated how much space she gives the women of the family, whose influence tends to get erased from the political narrative. It's a reminder that power in this period ran through marriages, reputations, and personal relationships just as much as through parliaments and battlefields — even if I still can't quite warm to Oliver himself, family-history buff and reluctant humorist that he apparently was.
Malins is at her best when she lets the human story sit alongside the scholarship. There's something almost ironic in how these legacies played out: Thomas lost control of his own narrative in his lifetime, while Oliver managed to shape his — even though it was actually Thomas Fairfax, not Cromwell, who commanded the New Model Army. Fairfax simply stepped back from power and let history forget him.
Their deaths tell their own story about how dangerous that power could be. Oliver got a state funeral, only for the restored monarchy to dig up his body in 1661, hang it at Tyburn, and bury it in an unmarked grave. Thomas, by contrast, was beheaded but left to rest undisturbed at St Peter ad Vincula, even after his grave's exact location was lost to time.
Both men, in their own ways, made sure their families weren't left exposed. Thomas secured his son Gregory and nephew Richard financially before his execution, helped along by Gregory's marriage into the Seymour family and some carefully watertight property arrangements — even the Crown's attainder laws couldn't undo all of it. Oliver's descendants fared reasonably well too: his original family estates were modest enough to survive the Restoration relatively untouched, though the Irish lands he'd gained during the Civil War were stripped from his heirs. The Cromwells didn't vanish so much as quietly return to gentry life. Richard came home from exile to live out his days peacefully, his brother Henry was left alone, and it likely helped that their sister Mary had married a committed royalist, the Earl of Fauconberg.
What I appreciated most is that this never reads like a dry academic history — there's a narrative pull to it that makes it feel closer to a novel, while still teaching you an enormous amount about the Cromwells and about Britain in their time. I'd recommend it to anyone who loves history told through people rather than dates.
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What struck me most about this book was the sheer depth of research behind it. Malins clearly knows this world inside and out, and that expertise makes the people, places, and political maneuvering of the era feel alive rather than academic. Instead of marching through a timeline of events, she gives us the family underneath the history — their ambitions, rivalries, loyalties, and weak spots, including the black sheep who preferred drink, cards, and lavish entertaining to public service.
The book's real hook, for me, was its meditation on identity and power. What happens when people outside the traditional ruling class suddenly find themselves running the country? Malins draws a thoughtful line between Thomas and Oliver Cromwell — two men generations apart — showing how each acquired, wielded, and ultimately lost power in very different ways. I also appreciated how much space she gives the women of the family, whose influence tends to get erased from the political narrative. It's a reminder that power in this period ran through marriages, reputations, and personal relationships just as much as through parliaments and battlefields — even if I still can't quite warm to Oliver himself, family-history buff and reluctant humorist that he apparently was.
Malins is at her best when she lets the human story sit alongside the scholarship. There's something almost ironic in how these legacies played out: Thomas lost control of his own narrative in his lifetime, while Oliver managed to shape his — even though it was actually Thomas Fairfax, not Cromwell, who commanded the New Model Army. Fairfax simply stepped back from power and let history forget him.
Their deaths tell their own story about how dangerous that power could be. Oliver got a state funeral, only for the restored monarchy to dig up his body in 1661, hang it at Tyburn, and bury it in an unmarked grave. Thomas, by contrast, was beheaded but left to rest undisturbed at St Peter ad Vincula, even after his grave's exact location was lost to time.
Both men, in their own ways, made sure their families weren't left exposed. Thomas secured his son Gregory and nephew Richard financially before his execution, helped along by Gregory's marriage into the Seymour family and some carefully watertight property arrangements — even the Crown's attainder laws couldn't undo all of it. Oliver's descendants fared reasonably well too: his original family estates were modest enough to survive the Restoration relatively untouched, though the Irish lands he'd gained during the Civil War were stripped from his heirs. The Cromwells didn't vanish so much as quietly return to gentry life. Richard came home from exile to live out his days peacefully, his brother Henry was left alone, and it likely helped that their sister Mary had married a committed royalist, the Earl of Fauconberg.
What I appreciated most is that this never reads like a dry academic history — there's a narrative pull to it that makes it feel closer to a novel, while still teaching you an enormous amount about the Cromwells and about Britain in their time. I'd recommend it to anyone who loves history told through people rather than dates.
Review of advance copy received from NetGalley
The House of Cromwell is compelling in its extraordinary level of detail. Miranda Malins has clearly immersed herself in the world of the Cromwells, and that knowledge brings the people, places and politics of the period vividly to life. Rather than simply presenting history as a sequence of political events, she allows us to see the family behind the history —weaving together their ambitions, loyalties, rivalries and vulnerabilities – not to mention introducing us to the rather less successful members of the family…think an excess of drinking, gambling and entertaining.
What I found particularly fascinating was the book’s exploration of identity and power. The Cromwells’ rise raises such interesting questions about what happens when people from outside the traditional aristocracy suddenly find themselves at the centre of national power. Thomas and Oliver Cromwell may have been separated by generations, but Malins makes us think about the connections between them and about the different ways in which power can be acquired, exercised and ultimately lost.
I also loved the attention given to the wider family, particularly the women whose lives and influence can so easily disappear behind the better-known political story. It gives a much richer sense of how power actually worked: not simply through kings, parliaments and battles, but through marriage, family relationships, reputation, loyalty and personal influence…though I’m still not a huge fan of Oliver, although it turns out that he had something of an interest in family history and a sense of humour.
For me, the great strength of the book is the way Malins combines scholarship with a real feeling for the human story. And lets face it while Thomas Cromwell ended up losing control of his story Oliver ended up controlling his own history unlike Sir Thomas Fairfax who deliberately stepped away from power which meant that although it was Fairfax who was the commander-in-chief of the New Model Army that its Cromwell who everyone remembers.
Unlike Thomas, His two times great nephew Oliver received a state funeral but in 1661, orders were given by. the restored Crown to have the Lord Protector’s body dug up, hanged at Tyburn where it remained for several hours before being beheaded. Oliver’s body went into an unmarked grave near Tyburn. Thomas fared better. Having been beheaded, his remains were interred at St Peter ad Vinincula – and remained undisturbed even though the grave was eventually lost to history. Both men discovered that power can be rather a dangerous commodity.
Thomas, a canny administrator if ever there was one, had ensured that both his son Gregory and his nephew Richard were well provided for prior to his death. It helped that Gregory was married to Jane Seymour’s sister and that Cromwell made sure property deeds were watertight in terms of inheritance even if the Crown did take back property under attainder laws. Oliver’s family estates were little impacted by the Restoration – they hadn’t been that significant to start with. However, land he acquired in the aftermath of the civil war – particularly Irish estates – were removed from his heirs. For the younger Cromwells who had made good marriages there was life in the gentry.
The Cromwells didn’t disappear they simply retreated back to the life that Oliver emerged from. Perhaps the government didn’t feel the need to make martyrs of them. Richard Cromwell who spent some years abroad returned to England to live a quiet life and like his brother, Henry, was permitted to live undisturbed. It probably helped that Mary Cromwell, the third of Oliver’s daughters, was married to Thomas Belasyse, 1st Earl Fauconberg, an active supporter of the Crown.
I’d like to thank Harper Collins and Net Galley for giving me the opportunity to read Miranda Malins’ The House of Cromwell prior to its publication.
What I found particularly fascinating was the book’s exploration of identity and power. The Cromwells’ rise raises such interesting questions about what happens when people from outside the traditional aristocracy suddenly find themselves at the centre of national power. Thomas and Oliver Cromwell may have been separated by generations, but Malins makes us think about the connections between them and about the different ways in which power can be acquired, exercised and ultimately lost.
I also loved the attention given to the wider family, particularly the women whose lives and influence can so easily disappear behind the better-known political story. It gives a much richer sense of how power actually worked: not simply through kings, parliaments and battles, but through marriage, family relationships, reputation, loyalty and personal influence…though I’m still not a huge fan of Oliver, although it turns out that he had something of an interest in family history and a sense of humour.
For me, the great strength of the book is the way Malins combines scholarship with a real feeling for the human story. And lets face it while Thomas Cromwell ended up losing control of his story Oliver ended up controlling his own history unlike Sir Thomas Fairfax who deliberately stepped away from power which meant that although it was Fairfax who was the commander-in-chief of the New Model Army that its Cromwell who everyone remembers.
Unlike Thomas, His two times great nephew Oliver received a state funeral but in 1661, orders were given by. the restored Crown to have the Lord Protector’s body dug up, hanged at Tyburn where it remained for several hours before being beheaded. Oliver’s body went into an unmarked grave near Tyburn. Thomas fared better. Having been beheaded, his remains were interred at St Peter ad Vinincula – and remained undisturbed even though the grave was eventually lost to history. Both men discovered that power can be rather a dangerous commodity.
Thomas, a canny administrator if ever there was one, had ensured that both his son Gregory and his nephew Richard were well provided for prior to his death. It helped that Gregory was married to Jane Seymour’s sister and that Cromwell made sure property deeds were watertight in terms of inheritance even if the Crown did take back property under attainder laws. Oliver’s family estates were little impacted by the Restoration – they hadn’t been that significant to start with. However, land he acquired in the aftermath of the civil war – particularly Irish estates – were removed from his heirs. For the younger Cromwells who had made good marriages there was life in the gentry.
The Cromwells didn’t disappear they simply retreated back to the life that Oliver emerged from. Perhaps the government didn’t feel the need to make martyrs of them. Richard Cromwell who spent some years abroad returned to England to live a quiet life and like his brother, Henry, was permitted to live undisturbed. It probably helped that Mary Cromwell, the third of Oliver’s daughters, was married to Thomas Belasyse, 1st Earl Fauconberg, an active supporter of the Crown.
I’d like to thank Harper Collins and Net Galley for giving me the opportunity to read Miranda Malins’ The House of Cromwell prior to its publication.
Review of advance copy received from Publisher
⭐️⭐️⭐️ 3/5 stars
I haven’t thought seriously about Oliver Cromwell since AP European History—and let’s just say that was many, many years ago. So The House of Cromwell was both a refresher and a reminder of just how much I had forgotten.
Miranda Malins takes on roughly 200 years of one of the most influential—and complicated—families in British history, beginning with Thomas Cromwell’s extraordinary rise to become Henry VIII’s chief minister and following the family through the generations to his great-great-grandson Oliver Cromwell.
And there is A LOT here.
This is a dense history, complete with genealogies, maps, political maneuvering, marriages, shifting alliances, rises, falls, and enough Cromwells to make you very grateful for those family trees. You definitely want to be in the mood for a history book when you pick this one up. There were sections that felt dry to me, particularly when the political and genealogical details became especially intricate, but Malins clearly knows her subject and has an incredible passion for it.
One of my favorite aspects was the attention she gives to the women of the Cromwell family. Their stories were largely absent from the history I remember learning, and I appreciated seeing their roles within this powerful family explored alongside the much more familiar men.
Malins has done an impressive amount of research, and when the book hits its stride, it makes these historical figures and their world remarkably engaging.
Because really, this is history—but it’s also 200 years of ambition, power, marriages, betrayals, religion, politics, family grudges, and people behaving badly.
So basically: a messy family drama, except it actually happened.
⭐️⭐️⭐️ 3/5 stars
The House of Cromwell will be published December 8, 2026.
Thank you to St. Martin’s Press for the advanced reading copy.
I haven’t thought seriously about Oliver Cromwell since AP European History—and let’s just say that was many, many years ago. So The House of Cromwell was both a refresher and a reminder of just how much I had forgotten.
Miranda Malins takes on roughly 200 years of one of the most influential—and complicated—families in British history, beginning with Thomas Cromwell’s extraordinary rise to become Henry VIII’s chief minister and following the family through the generations to his great-great-grandson Oliver Cromwell.
And there is A LOT here.
This is a dense history, complete with genealogies, maps, political maneuvering, marriages, shifting alliances, rises, falls, and enough Cromwells to make you very grateful for those family trees. You definitely want to be in the mood for a history book when you pick this one up. There were sections that felt dry to me, particularly when the political and genealogical details became especially intricate, but Malins clearly knows her subject and has an incredible passion for it.
One of my favorite aspects was the attention she gives to the women of the Cromwell family. Their stories were largely absent from the history I remember learning, and I appreciated seeing their roles within this powerful family explored alongside the much more familiar men.
Malins has done an impressive amount of research, and when the book hits its stride, it makes these historical figures and their world remarkably engaging.
Because really, this is history—but it’s also 200 years of ambition, power, marriages, betrayals, religion, politics, family grudges, and people behaving badly.
So basically: a messy family drama, except it actually happened.
⭐️⭐️⭐️ 3/5 stars
The House of Cromwell will be published December 8, 2026.
Thank you to St. Martin’s Press for the advanced reading copy.
Review of advance copy received from NetGalley
An original history that intricately weaves together the lives of two of Britain’s most formidable commoners, Thomas Cromwell and his descendant Oliver, as part of one remarkable family.
Emerging from a humble blacksmith’s yard in Putney, Thomas ascended to the position of Henry VIII’s chief minister, orchestrating the break with Rome and the dissolution of the monasteries, which transformed England. A century later, his relative Oliver, raised in a modest home in Huntingdon, led parliamentary forces to triumph, signed a king’s death warrant, and governed as Lord Protector from the very palaces once graced by royalty. Between them lay a tapestry of marriages, ambitions, and resilient women whose voices Miranda Malins thoughtfully revives.
With flair and profound insight, she traces the family’s tumultuous journey across two centuries, from the Wars of the Roses to the Hanoverians, uncovering how familial bonds shaped the men who shaped the nation. This is the first comprehensive portrait of Britain’s most disruptive non royal dynasty, a history that feels vibrant and alive. It’s essential reading for anyone captivated by the human drama behind power.
**I would like to express my gratitude to NetGalley and the publisher for providing me with the opportunity to read this book in exchange for an honest review.
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Emerging from a humble blacksmith’s yard in Putney, Thomas ascended to the position of Henry VIII’s chief minister, orchestrating the break with Rome and the dissolution of the monasteries, which transformed England. A century later, his relative Oliver, raised in a modest home in Huntingdon, led parliamentary forces to triumph, signed a king’s death warrant, and governed as Lord Protector from the very palaces once graced by royalty. Between them lay a tapestry of marriages, ambitions, and resilient women whose voices Miranda Malins thoughtfully revives.
With flair and profound insight, she traces the family’s tumultuous journey across two centuries, from the Wars of the Roses to the Hanoverians, uncovering how familial bonds shaped the men who shaped the nation. This is the first comprehensive portrait of Britain’s most disruptive non royal dynasty, a history that feels vibrant and alive. It’s essential reading for anyone captivated by the human drama behind power.
**I would like to express my gratitude to NetGalley and the publisher for providing me with the opportunity to read this book in exchange for an honest review.
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Review of advance copy received from NetGalley
3.75/5
Sometimes, I like to learn random things about history.
I did learn a lot from this book, but I definitely didn't retain everything just due to how this is written. It's a bit nicer to read than a textbook, but it is still dense with information. So I think reading it slowly would help with that retention.
This gist of history is that everybody is in everyone else's business and I find that fascinating. And kind of funny. Everyone be meddling.
I did think the information on Ireland was so impactful, I knew there's a very complicated history there, but I didn't realize it was in that many ways.
There's a lot of talk on succession and how different influences impacted that. I found that very interesting.
Thanks to NetGalley for the e-ARC of this book in exchange for my honest review!
Sometimes, I like to learn random things about history.
I did learn a lot from this book, but I definitely didn't retain everything just due to how this is written. It's a bit nicer to read than a textbook, but it is still dense with information. So I think reading it slowly would help with that retention.
This gist of history is that everybody is in everyone else's business and I find that fascinating. And kind of funny. Everyone be meddling.
I did think the information on Ireland was so impactful, I knew there's a very complicated history there, but I didn't realize it was in that many ways.
There's a lot of talk on succession and how different influences impacted that. I found that very interesting.
Thanks to NetGalley for the e-ARC of this book in exchange for my honest review!
Review of advance copy received from NetGalley
A brilliantly researched and captivating biography that looks at the Cromwell name through a whole new lens. Rather than focusing solely on Thomas or Oliver, Dr. Miranda Malins broadens the scope to trace the entire dynasty over two centuries, highlighting the forgotten family members, complex internal dynamics, and formidable women who shaped British history. Malins writes with both academic authority and dynamic flair, making dense history feel deeply personal and fast-paced. Essential reading for anyone interested in the Tudors, the Civil War, or British political history.
Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for providing an advance reader copy in exchange for an honest review.
Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for providing an advance reader copy in exchange for an honest review.
Review of advance copy received from NetGalley
This is the most complete book I have ever read about the Cromwell Dynasty. As a retiree, I was able to devote a lot of time to this - as the book demands it. The author thoroughly researched it and definitely has a passion for the subject matter. If your interest is more along the lines of historical fiction or dramas of the Tudors - then this is probably not the book for you. However, if you really want to learn who these powerful and intriguing men were - then take your time with it and enjoy - for it has everything and more! Thank you to NetGalley, the author and publisher for an advanced copy in exchange for my honest opinion.
Review of advance copy received from NetGalley
This book is an absolute testament to the love Malins has for her work. This was nothing like a “typical” history book, and often read more like a novel. I found myself lost in the story of Oliver and Thomas, and I learnt so much about not only them but Britain at the time.
I will be recommending this to all my fellow history lovers.
Thank you net galley and the publisher for giving me the opportunity to read this, I am very grateful.
I will be recommending this to all my fellow history lovers.
Thank you net galley and the publisher for giving me the opportunity to read this, I am very grateful.
Review of advance copy received from Publisher
Goodreads ARC Copy Win
If you are a British history buff you will enjoy this book of a family legacy most people would thought to be one just man who ended up having a legacy that most people did not recognize. It shows the
iinfluence that this family had on the royalty throughout generations. It is a look back at a time that we did not realize played a such historical role n Britain history. Straight forward basic factual read.
If you are a British history buff you will enjoy this book of a family legacy most people would thought to be one just man who ended up having a legacy that most people did not recognize. It shows the
iinfluence that this family had on the royalty throughout generations. It is a look back at a time that we did not realize played a such historical role n Britain history. Straight forward basic factual read.
Review of advance copy received from NetGalley
** I received a copy of this book for free from NetGalley; my review is my own, and I leave it voluntarily.
So, I am not much of a history buff - English or otherwise- and I also wouldn't describe myself as much of a nonfiction reader. Before I read this, I had no idea who any of the Cromwell's were. So, why did I want to read this book? What has possessed me, you ask? I'm not sure, but I did enjoy this book (even if it took me quadruple the time it would have as a novel of the same length).
I am pretty impressed with Malins's ability to keep me engaged through this history book (sixteen-year-old me would faint if she knew I read a history book willingly).
This particular non-fiction does read a bit like a textbook (this is not necessarily a bad thing, but it's a more formal tone than something like a memoir or a more casual Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection) and can be a bit dry at times.
Overall, this is definitely worth the read. I mean, I managed to enjoy it (in rather smaller doses than I usually take my books), and it is the exact opposite of my usual style.
So, I am not much of a history buff - English or otherwise- and I also wouldn't describe myself as much of a nonfiction reader. Before I read this, I had no idea who any of the Cromwell's were. So, why did I want to read this book? What has possessed me, you ask? I'm not sure, but I did enjoy this book (even if it took me quadruple the time it would have as a novel of the same length).
I am pretty impressed with Malins's ability to keep me engaged through this history book (sixteen-year-old me would faint if she knew I read a history book willingly).
This particular non-fiction does read a bit like a textbook (this is not necessarily a bad thing, but it's a more formal tone than something like a memoir or a more casual Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection) and can be a bit dry at times.
Overall, this is definitely worth the read. I mean, I managed to enjoy it (in rather smaller doses than I usually take my books), and it is the exact opposite of my usual style.
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