Circulation

A book that combines scholarly science with narrative excitement to spectacular effect -- Mark Lawson A concise, skilful and eloquent book -- Charles Nicholl * Guardian * Thomas Wright's book opens brilliantly and bloodily and continues in the same vein...a captivating intellectually gripping journey into our country's scientific past -- Druin Burch * Mail on Sunday * In Circulation, Wright tells a good story, warts and all -- Duncan Wu * Independent * [An] acute, imaginative book -- John Carey * Sunday Times * The little man of 'perpetual movement' has found a fine advocate in Thomas Wright, whose highly readable Circulation combines recent scholarship with more than a touch of drama * Times Literary Supplement * Thomas Wright's lucid biography...deftly puts Harvey into his cultural context -- Hermione Eyre * Prospect * As soon as I started this book, I was gripped with curiosity -- William Leith * Spectator * Thomas Wright's lively little book on Harvey's revolutionary idea is a panegyric to the man's whirring mind, and to the excitements of thinking more generally -- Helen Brown * Daily Telegraph * Excellent and often bloodthirsty... A highly readable account of a great Englishman * Tablet * A vivid biography of William Harvey, which reveals his complex character -- Patricia Fara * BBC History Magazine * It's a pretty gruesome story - told very well here by Thomas Wright -- William Leith * Evening Standard * An engaging and lively account of an endlessly curious man * Independent *