Review of the hardback‎:‎ ‎'‎The weaving together of ideas with accounts of personal life and historical events brings to life Mill‎'‎s views‎,‎ makes his ideas more engaging and is a particularly effective way of securing a deeper understanding of both the man and the values and interests which dominated his life‎.‎‎'‎ C‎.‎ L‎.‎ Ten‎,‎ The National University of Singapore Review of the hardback‎:‎ ‎'‎This is a new interpretation of Mill‎,‎ based on deep research and wide reading and one that will shape future generations‎'‎ understanding of the man and his works‎.‎‎'‎ Contemporary Review Review of the hardback‎:‎ ‎'‎‎.‎‎.‎‎.‎ an engaging book that gives a rounded picture of Mill as person and thinker‎.‎ ‎.‎‎.‎‎.‎ It gives us a readable and carefully documented retelling‎,‎ enlivened with well‎-chosen and often even comical detail ‎.‎‎.‎‎.‎ The task of giving a readable account of someone as deeply inward as Mill is a real challenge‎,‎ and Capaldi meets it ‎.‎‎.‎‎.‎‎'‎ Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences Review of the hardback‎:‎ ‎'‎‎.‎‎.‎‎.‎ fine intellectual biography ‎.‎‎.‎‎.‎ a very high standard ‎.‎‎.‎‎.‎‎'‎ The Heythrop Journal