The Longest Night: Voices from the London Blitz

The careful scene-setting painlessly imparts forgotten information about the facts of wartime life ... Gavin Mortimer's book is a timely reminder that there are still many living survivors who remember and were scarred by the terrifying experience. (LITERARY REVIEW)

An excellent book... Gavin Mortimer has interviewed scores of survivors for his gripping narrative... (Andrew Roberts SCOTLAND ON SUNDAY)

Mortimer deserves full credit for assembling a mountain of material and presenting it with lucidity and balance. (Philip Zeigler DAILY MAIL)

[Mortimer's] record of London's darkest hour is brilliantly constructed and utterly absorbing (HAM & HIGH)

Well written¿ recaptures that desperate gripping time, when the very survival of the country seemed to hang in the balance.' (John Green MORNING STAR)

[Mortimer] switches the narrative seamlessly among the city's residents, the air crews at their bases... and the Luftwaffe pilots. (PUBLISHERS WEEKLY, USA)

...very readable... story of the ordinary people and how their spirits proved more impressive than the famous places and statistics. (THE ARMOURER)

engrossing... The story of [WWII] always needs new ways of being told, and this is a daring and effective attempt. (MAIL ON SUNDAY)

Mortimer has done his homework meticulously, asking the right questions and digging deep... A masterpiece of research. (GOODTIMES)