Victoria Clark's Reviews Page

Reviews of Victoria Clark's Books

Publication Date: 28th Aug. 2007	Allies for Armageddon The Rise of Christian Zionism 'This is a compelling, confident and much needed book... This study captures the intensity and threat of Christian Zionism...The author knows that this is an incendiary subject and manages to handle tricky poitical issues with great sensitivity and without mocking the views of those she disagrees with. This is a robust, entirely fair challenge to Christian Zionism.' - Reverend Giles Fraser

	Holy Fire The Battle for Christ's Tomb 'The story of how things became so complicated is a fascinating one that Clark tells extremely well... well-observed and freshly written...' - The Sunday Times 'this is a humbling book for any Christian to read' - The Tablet 'Ms Clark has written a rich and insightful essay on Christian Jerusalem' - The Economist 'Readers will come to understand why a small incident, such as an Egyptian Copt sitting in the Ethiopian section of the rooftop patio of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, can erupt in violence and why so many nations today continue to take sides in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.' - Publishers' Weekly

	The Far-Farers A Journey from Viking Iceland to Crusader Jerusalem A wonderful idea, and Clark herself is a plucky "far-farer"... She follows in the footsteps of a splendid range of characters' - Independent 'It is a testament to her perceptiveness and reportage that we feel almost as much at home in 11th century Europe as in today's counterpart.' - Financial Times 'smart prose, engaging narrative and inventive historical fusions. There is more than enough in Ms Clark's deeply reserached and long-legged book to satisfy.' - New York Sun 'At a time when Britain's most avowedly Christian prime minister for generations has been waging another "just war" the questions this book asks seem likely only to grow in importance' - Times Literary Supplement 'Victoria Clark draws thoughtful and subtle parallels between the beginning of the first millennium and the second....an engaging blend of journalism and history...' - Newsweek

	Why Angels Fall A Portrait of Eastern Orthodox Europe 'meticulously researched, well-conceived and so persuasive in its central premise that, having read it, one finds it hard to think of Europe in the same light again' - Sunday Times 'We are grateful for that sensitivity and for her determination to alert us to the rumblings along one of the globe's most volatile fault-lines' - The Wall Street Journal A writer with considerable literary talent, she describes her wide-ranging travels with zest and humour' - the Economist 'So impressive. It is hard to say which are most rousing;: her tales of physical journeyings in the Eastern Orthodox countries or descriptions of excursions nto the Orthodox Christian mind' - Financial Times 'compelling, powerful, magnificent' - The Times