"Colourful and enjoyably written.An entertaining series of journeys through the events leading to three revolutions that really did have a profound impact on the world. Hall proves a well-informed and eloquent guide for the trip." - Peter Conradi, Sunday Times "Like a Hollywood epic, the book pays close attention to characters, scene-setting and pacing. But beyond telling an engaging story of political odysseys, the book argues that the cause of revolution and the nature of reporting evolved in tandem across the twentieth century.Hall uses the intimate perspective of his protagonists to illuminate a sweeping history." - Maurice J. Casey, Times Literary Supplement "Lively, insightful.

Full of colourful human details." - Andrew Lynch, Irish Times "A captivating account of three revolutionaries and the intrepid journalists who brought their stories to the world." - Kirkus Reviews "Written with a magisterial sweep yet intimate in detail, Simon Hall's Three Revolutions recreates the history of these political dramas through the personal experiences of the revolutionaries who led the overthrow of old political regimes and the reporters who were witness to the rise of new orders. Rooted in deep research and told with narrative verve, the book gives a powerful sense of immediacy to the events of the past." - Clive Webb "Three Revolutions is a brilliantly conceived and beautifully written book about three giants of twentieth-century communist revolution - Lenin, Mao, Castro - and their daring American chroniclers. The historian Simon Hall has unearthed several remarkable narratives of our recent revolutionary past that serve as a salve for our current reactionary times." - Andrew Hartman, author of KARL MARX IN AMERICA "Clever and engaging.A book full of memorable details, from Lenin's strategy for handling the toilet queues on his train home to St Petersburg to Fidel Castro's tactics for winning over credulous western reporters.

" Dominic Sandbrook, The Times (Book of the Year).