David Kynaston, Observer: ‘The People is a book we badly need … clear, compelling’

Roger Lewis, The Times: ‘Rousing … My feelings, after reading Selina Todd’s great book, is that a little salutary use of the guillotine wouldn’t go amiss’

Suzanne Moore, Guardian: ‘Todd’s history is excellent – a deft interweaving of many narratives, smart, intimate and readable’.

Alistair Dawber, Independent: ‘What an excellent book this is … an accessible and entertaining read …the tales of the ordinary people whose lives spanned the last 100 years are compelling’.