The Little Ice Age: Ancient and Modern

`A masterpiece of meticulous research on a huge topic. It is written in a style that will appeal to a wide audience and is illustrated both lavishly and sensibly throughout ... Jean M. Grove is to be heartily congratulated .' - Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers `A synthesis of knowledge of the Little Ice Age has long been needed, and this is the nearest we can expect to a comprehensive review in a single volume ... Illustration and maps are of very high quality. I particularly compliment the author and publishers on the 57 plates, containing several reproductions of 18th and 19th centuries paintings of glaciers with advanced terminus. This is a book to be strongly recommended, and essential for scientists investigating climatic change.' - Polar Record `In her major analysis of evidence from every glacial region of the world, Jean Grove steers her way through this morass with remarkable skill, neither ignoring the inconsistencies nor allowing them to obscure the truth. The most complete and plausible picture yet of the Little Ice Age ... there is barely a word or sentence that cannot be understood by any intelligent reader.' - New Scientist `Three cheers for Jean Grove for producing the definitive synthesis of global glacier expansions between about 1550 and 1850 ... this is a top-notch well-produced book that puts a wealth of information about Little Ice Age glacier fluctuations at hand ... the book must be regarded as definitive on its chosen subject. The Little Ice Age should appeal to a wide audience including historians, geologists, glaciologists, and climatologists.' - Climatic Change 'The book is essential reading for all Quaternary researchers. It ought to be listed as a mandatory textbook for senior undergraduates and Masters students ... this book is a mine of useful information and fascinating facts. Anyone preparing work on the Holocene history of any glaciated area in the world would do no better than to read the relevant parts of this book. It provides a lead-in to much of the important literature and hence is a particularly effective research tool.' - Geological Magazine