Tracey Hill is Head of the Department of English Literature and Cultural Studies at Bath Spa University
Pageantry and Power succeeds admirably in rescuing the early modern Lord Mayor's show from scholarly obscurity. The book also-and it is this which will probably appeal to the greatest number of readers-fleshes out our knowledge of the careers of a number of writers associated with these shows, including Thomas Middleton, Thomas Dekker, Anthony Munday, Thomas Heywood, John Taylor, and John Webster.' Elizabeth Goldring , Journal of British Studies, 01/07/2012 '[Tracey] Hill is fast establishing herself as one of the most respected authorities on the Lord Mayor's pageant' and Pageantry and Power is 'heavyweight, seriously researched book [that] . makes a considerable contribution to advancing knowledge in this area' The London Review, 01/06/2012 Hill's Pageantry and Power is an impressive achievement, presenting an authoritative argument in accessible and largely jargon-free language. -- .