"... this is a thorough and convincing reconstruction of the life of a member of the landed gentry, and the circumstances which led him to build his fine house, the picturesque ruins of which still adorn the Northumberland countryside."
Current Archaeology - June 2025

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BFBS Forces News

The volume under review is the seventh and final book produced under the aegis of that project, and a fitting swansong. Steele builds on the methodological innovations of CREWS and provides an intellectual bridge to the follow-up VIEWS Project
Journal of the American Oriental Society - February 2025

[b]Rating[/b]: 5 out of 5 stars This is a fascinating book, well-written and thoroughly researched. It is about a real private detective, yet at times it reads like a novel. In addition to telling the story of Henry Slater, this book discusses identity in Victorian society including class and gender. Even the parts of the book that feel slower are interesting in painting a portrait of Slater and the society in which he lived. I was totally engrossed, even while I was appalled by some of the actions that were pertinent to the trial. Fans of historical true crime (that doesn't involve murder) and Sherlock Holmes will likely find this book interesting.
NetGalley, Katie A

This more high-level, material-culture approach allows Philip Boyes’ Script and Society to ask incisive questions about Ugaritic’s practical contexts and make a groundbreaking proposal about the motivations for its invention as a response to Hittite imperialism
Bibliotheca Orientalis - October 2024