Nick Rennison is a writer, editor and bookseller with a particular interest in the Victorian era and in crime fiction. He is the editor of six anthologies of short stories for No Exit Press, plus A Short History of Polar Exploration, Peter Mark Roget: A Biography, Freud and Psychoanalysis, Robin Hood: Myth, History & Culture and Bohemian London, published by Oldcastle Books. He is a regular reviewer for both The Sunday Times and BBC History Magazine.
Breezy and very readable canter through a seminal 12 months... a finely judged balance between conversational anecdote and genuine insight * Observer * Rennison proves a chatty and amiable guide [and] offers an enjoyable and evocative ramble down Memory Lane * Telegraph * Hugely entertaining... often wryly amusing... plenty of light entertainment and colourful anecdote -- Mail on Sunday Rennison makes an enjoyable and often wry case for that year being a key moment -- BBC History Magazine