Mrs Jordan's Profession

'Intelligent, finely made and wonderfully readable. As gripping as the best fiction' - Independent on Sunday

'The strangest and most sensational story Tomalin has told so far. A miraculously detailed portrait - as brisk, unsentimental, good-humoured and fairminded as its subject' - Hilary Spurling, Daily Telegraph

'Compelling, shrewd in its judgements, exceptionally well written, and informed by a vivid sense of the past' - John Gross, Sunday Telegraph

'Riveting. Conjures up a rich, alluring period which, in its brittle decadence and love of scandal and flamboyance, often seems closer than the nineteenth century to our own times. The most haunting biography I have read this year' - Jackie Wullschlager, Financial Times

'Fascinating, affecting. A compelling story and Tomalin tells it with clarity and warmth' - Lucy Hughes-Hallett, Sunday Times