“… feels meaty without being ponderous. It slips easily into a weekend bag, and would enhance any visitor’s pleasure of discovery.” (Building Design. February 2007)

“...a real insight into this exciting time including social and economic issues and it is illustrated with well-chosen photographs.” (France Magazine, May 2007) 

"A visual treat".(Destination France Magazine, Summer 2007)

"…hugely enjoyable book…Johnston writes evocatively and succinctly about a city he knows intimately…this is a fine account of an entrancing epoch" (The Architects' Journal (cover date Thu 21st June)

“With an enticing subject and an attractive price, this is one of the achievements of the decade in architectural history.” (The Victorian, March 2008)