Compelling ... Vivid ... Fascinating

Financial Times

This is an eminently readable, even-handed and exhaustively researched account of a pivotal moment in modern Britain. It will be the definitive version for years to come, and may even restore the General Strike to its place in our collective consciousness.

The Times

Superb … The Edge of Revolution is told with equal verve and authority … Torrance has a superb conception both of the political figures and of the union men … Torrance has a deep understanding of the British temper

Simon Heffer, The Spectator

Torrance's account is balanced, solidly researched, and takes the story of the strike further beyond London than many similar histories manage

The Scotsman

Magisterial

Kevin Maguire, Daily Mirror

Torrance imaginatively recreates a turning point in the UK's political and social history

The Herald