praise for the series New York Times
These historical novels engulfed me in the thrilling and terrible imperatives of history…Sinclair’s historical acumen and his calculations about powerful institutions—government, press, corporations, oil cartels, and lobbyists—remain remarkably shrewd and often prescient.”
praise for the series Time
Few works of fiction are more fun to read; fewer still make history half as clear, or as human.”
praise for the series H. G. Wells
A great and well-balanced design…I think it the completest and most faithful portrait of that period that has been done or will likely be done.”
praise for the author George Bernard Shaw
When people ask me what has happened in my long lifetime, I do not refer them to the newspaper files and to the authorities, but to [Upton Sinclair’s] novels.”
H. G. Wells praise for the series
A great and well-balanced design…I think it the completest and most faithful portrait of that period that has been done or will likely be done.”
George Bernard Shaw praise for the series
When people ask me what has happened in my long lifetime, I do not refer them to the newspaper files and to the authorities, but to [Upton Sinclair’s] novels.”
New York Times praise for the series
These historical novels engulfed me in the thrilling and terrible imperatives of history…Sinclair’s historical acumen and his calculations about powerful institutions—government, press, corporations, oil cartels and lobbyists—remain remarkably shrewd and often prescient.”
Time praise for the series
Few works of fiction are more fun to read; fewer still make history half as clear, or as human.”