'Grips from start to finish . . . Munich captures the mood of the times: the suspicion and the fear, the political intrigue, the swagger of the Nazi machine and the widespread elation at the mistaken belief that war has been averted. Superb.'
- Mail on Sunday
'Harris's cleverness, judgment and eye for detail are second to none . . . his research is so impeccable that he could have cut all the spy stuff and published Munich as a history book. Harris's treatment of Britain's most maligned prime minister is so powerful, so persuasive, that it ranks among the most moving fictional portraits of a politician that I have ever read'
- Sunday Times
'An intelligent thriller . . . with exacting attention to historical detail'
- The Times, Books of the Year
'Unputdownable to the point of being dangerous: the house could have been on fire while I was reading and I wouldn't have noticed
- Sunday Express
'Harris makes the reader gasp at every turn, with a truly moving portrayal of Chamberlain as a man who did the wrong thing for the right reason'
- Daily Express, Books of the Year
'A brilliantly constructed spy novel set amid the politicking of Chamberlain's last-ditch negotiations with Hitler'
- Observer
'A tantalising addition to the inexhaustible game of "what if"?'
- Guardian
'A wonderful tale of personal relationships and political drama...This is a very, very good read'
- Spectator, Books of the Year
'I enjoyed romping through Robert Harris' Munich'
- Evening Standard, Books of the Year