Red

Authoritative and beautifully illustrated, Red is a captivating read, whatever your natural hair colour. * Daily Mail *
Colliss Harvey is an engaging narrator. She sets scenes and creates immediacy. She writes eloquently, sometimes humorously, often rousingly. * Independent *
[A] bright and breezy cultural history. * Telegraph *
A feisty study of red hair through the ages. * Mail on Sunday *
I devoured the book. Red is an engaging read, playful and smart, packed with facts but never boggy with them. It is both a study and a celebration. It is also the perfect gift idea for any redheads in your life (you're welcome). -- Emma Jane Unsworth * Big Issue *
A fascinating new book. * Vogue US *
Red is an important, fascinating read for redheads - and others - everywhere. * Elle US *
A fascinating new book. * Guardian *
Jacky Colliss Harvey sets out to discover everything - what it takes to make a redhead, where in the world they come from and why they exist at all... [Her] project is personal... Red is a memoir as well as a study. * Spectator *
Wide-ranging... Hard to resist. * Country Life *
Red: A Natural History of the Redheadexamines the history of red hair through the ages, as well as focusing on modern-day attitudes to people with red hair. * Irish Examiner *
She is as comfortable with the science as she is with cultural history...Colliss Harvey is especially informative on red hair in painting. * Oldie *
Harvey is eloquent on the cultural expectations that surround redheads * TLS *
A light touch and a lively style... intellectually wide-ranging and searching when it comes to issues of discrimination. * Wall Street Journal *