The new emphasis on the history of everybody has now been consecrated in [this] ambitious five-volume series… Copious illustrative materials—paintings, drawings, caricatures, and photographs, all cannily chosen and wittily captioned to display domestic life… Magnificent.
-- Roger Shattuck (reviewing A History of Private Life) New York Times Book Review
This series has deservedly attracted huge praise from historians of all hues for its scholarly imagination and beautiful presentation.
-- Andrew Freedman (reviewing A History of Private Life) Financial Times