Acclaim for Remembering the 20th Century Limited
"Matthew Stevenson's Remembering the Twentieth Century Limited is, as was the train, a wonder to behold. He joins a well-traveled knowledge of history with state of the art powers of observation to conduct his reader on an adventurous wandering of the world in time." —Lewis H. Lapham, founder and editor, Lapham's Quarterly, author of Gag Rule, Theatre of War; and numerous other books.
"Matthew Stevenson's letters are always illuminating, always a delight. The revealing chapter on the Hiss case is worth the price alone! " —Simon Hoggart, columnist, the Guardian; (London) and the author of numerous books, including The Hands of History: Parliamentary Sketches 1997-2007
"A banquet in a book with a course to appeal to everybody...battlefields, banking, train journeys, the Cold War and the joys and perils of living in Switzerland, to name just a few. " —Philip Knightley, author of The First Casualty: From Crimea to Vietnam: The War Correspondent as Hero, Propagandist, and Myth Maker
"This is a kind of travel book, the travels being to matters central to the human condition as well as to exotic countries, that prompts affection for the un-rushed pleasure of an earlier time because it rewards with provocation, literary grace and, yes, wisdom which is to say its sophistication makes it wonderfully entertaining. " —George Feifer, author Tennozan: The Battle of Okinawa and the Atomic Bomb
"Matthew Stevenson seems to have been everywhere and noticed everything interesting. But unlike most essayists abroad, he s already done some reading before he reaches his destination. It s nice to feel like you re there, but history and context are what make this collection special." —John R. MacArthur, publisher, Harper s Magazine, and author of You Can t Be President: The Outrageous Barriers to Democracy in America
"Matthew Stevenson is the master of the personal essay, transforming his close reading of history and the fascinating accounts of his travels around America and to faraway places into literary delights for virtually every palette. " —Tom Wallace, editor and literary agent