"Refreshingly original . . . it's fascinating, suspenseful, revelatory, alive. Familiar characters are given vibrancy and previously unknown players emerge from the shadows. Clark's prose is beautiful but also crystal clear."
–The Times "Magnificent, authoritative and deeply-researched . . . a supreme work of scholarship."
–The Telegraph "Exhilarating, heroic, horrifying and tragic, the events of the mid-19th century in Europe invite a good retelling . . . Christopher Clark's new book is, arguably, the best to date . . . deeply researched, rich, engaging and though-provoking. There is now no better place to turn for readers who want to immerse themselves in this period and to reflect on how it resonates today."
–Literary Review "An engrossing dissection of a revolutionary year in European society."
–The Independent 'Full of characters, colour and story, but also makes the arresting case that the revolutions . . . changed Europe and the world in ways felt to this day . . .the history teacher you wished you'd had."
–Daily Mail "Christopher Clark is that rare thing: a great historian who is also a brilliant storyteller, with a gift for sketching scenes and delineating characters with a few deft brushstrokes.
Revolutionary Spring is a beautifully written, richly detailed account of a historical moment that rhymes and resonates, in many strange ways, with our own era of turmoil and disruption."
–Amitav Ghosh, author of Sea of Poppies and The Great Derangement