Stonehenge

Rosemary Hill is a writer and historian. She has written two prize-winning books, God's Architect, a life of A.W.N. Pugin and Stonehenge. She is a contributing editor to the London Review of Books, a fellow the Society of Antiquaries and the Royal Society of Literature and a Quondam Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford. She lives in London and is working on a history of antiquarianism in the Romantic period.

Her book is a treasure: stylish, thoughtful, miraculously condensed, and as full of knowledge as megalith is full of megalith Sunday Times She brings genuine originality to the cultural history of Stonehenge; nobody has until now considered it as literature, poetry and art, in this comprehensive way Times Literary Supplement A fascinating overview Time Out This is a fascinating account of how Stonehenge has been written up over the years ... this is a thoroughly researched history that's both entertaining and authoritative -- Lesley McDowell Independent on Sunday Clear, intelligent and often highly amusing, this study achieves something new in the voluminous literature on Stonehenge ... excellent. -- Christopher Hirst Independent Intelligent and often witty ... refreshingly unmocking. -- Andrew Holgate Sunday Times A thorough examination of England's most captivating World Heritage Site. -- Julian Fleming Sunday Business Post Superbly researched and thoroughly entertaining account of the monument's history -- Simon Shaw Mail on Sunday