In Siberia

I have never made it as far as Siberia, but reading this book makes me feel as if I have actually been there. Thubron weaves his own observations beautifully with the history of this part of the world

Lorraine Kelly, Sunday Express

Colin Thubron is in a class of his own in being able to marry this with a literary talent for reportage which is both crisp and lyrical

Scotsman

Captivating: a passionately engaged portrait of one of the earth's most mysterious regions...confirms Thubron's place in the pantheon of the writing greats

Sunday Times

There are currently few writers and fewer books capable of transporting a reader to another place as beautifully as Thubron does in this work. It is simply superb

Observer

If there were a Nobel Prize for travel writing, Thubron should win it

Daily Mail