Acknowledgements
With warm thanks to Caroline Barron, Tony Belton, Peter D’Sena, Sonia Hitchcock, Alina McClennan, Doug Munro, Kendra Packham, Stephen Sobey and Jeremy Tee for constructive input; to the stringent anonymous assessors of an early draft text; to Susan Whyman for a perceptive critique of the penultimate version; and to all friends and fellow historians.
Special acknowledgement to the illustrator
The apt illustrations have all been devised by Edwina Hannam, in consultation with the authors, who appreciate her wit, style and visual artistry.
Copyright acknowledgements
Edward Gibbon by Henry Walton © National Portrait Gallery, London (ref: 1443).
Photograph of Gerda Lerner. Gerda Lerner, c.1981. Image #S05705 (Uwar01534x). UW-Madison Archives. CC BY 3.0.
Bromide print of E. P. Thompson in National Portrait Gallery NPG P473 © Steve Pyke (1989).
Photograph of Natalie Zemon Davis. Marit Hommedal/SCANPIX (2010). CC BY 2.0.
Photograph of David Olusoga © Ollie Smith at Epigram (2018).
Photograph of Olivette Otele © JLK (2020).
Edward Gibbon by Unknown Artist © National Portrait Gallery, London (ref: 3317).