Evening Gazette - "..painstaking research ...vivid.."

Stockton-on-Tees Libraries - "extremely impressive - hope it reaches a wide audience"

Darlington and Stockton Times - "The book chronicles the trials and tribulations of the aristocratic Bulmer family…"

Northern Echo - Christmas book list "..a plan to capture Scarborough ..Sir John was beheaded, while Margaret was burnt at the stake ..painstakingly chronicled.."

Northumberland & Durham Family History Society Journal - "a fascinating and involved story … very readable - well furnished with illustrations - which add to the attraction."

Durham County Local HS Journal "...is an exceptionally euphoric enterprise… lively, informed style which exudes enthusiasm and belies his endeavours in research… The book is a work of extraordinary devotion and a good read". G.R. BATHO Emeritus Professor, Durham