Voodoo Histories

A handbook to be cherished by anyone who would rather have the unvarnished truth * Daily Mail *
Superbly researched, wittily written and eminently sane – Andrew Roberts * Literary Review *
Gloriously readable * Independent *
Dazzling debunkery * Scotland on Sunday *
This book leaves us in no doubt that arriving at the truth is a vital matter - at times a matter of life and death – John Lloyd * Financial Times *
Intelligent and hugely enjoyable… It is a serious inquiry into why conspiracy theories appeal, and aaronovitch’s theories are consistently reasonable, persuasive and humane * Sunday Times *
Terrifying, hilarious, irreverent and addictively compelling… An instant classic – Simon Sebag-Montefiore
Brilliant, sparkling and witty – Ian Kershaw
A rich and fascinating account…. His unravelling of the theories is a model of common sense and responsible reasoning – AC Grayling * The Times *
Anyone who has toyed with suspicion over the accidental nature of Princess Diana’s death, or the self-inflicted nature of David Kelly’s, will have that flirtation brutally curtailed by Aaronovitch’s caustic rationality * Observer *

David Aaronovitch is an award-winning journalist, who has worked in radio, television and newspapers in the United Kingdom since the early 1980s. He lives in Hampstead, north London, with his wife, three daughters and Kerry Blue the terrier. His first book, Paddling to Jerusalem, won the Madoc prize for travel literature in 2001 and his second, Voodoo Histories, was a Sunday Times top ten bestseller.

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