I’m a history fanatic and I'm reasonably proficient in Photoshop. But also.. to my surprise, I’ve grown to deeply appreciate Dan Jones’s written material (though I still struggle to see him on my TV screen). Anyway, when I heard about this book I had an instant interest. In particular when I saw that One Direction-esque picture of one of the Lincoln conspirators I knew I had to get this book. I appreciate the diversify of the topics and photos that span 110 years of history through 200 photo’s. It’s often not the most obvious or best-known photos they selected to depict an event. And there is a lot of attention for events that most people would have glossed over by now. In the past I’ve been looking up historic-restored and colourized photos online and they usually leave me astonished and deeply impressed. This book provides you with a selection of the most amazing of such photo’s and they come accompanied by Dan Jones’ excellent explanations and context. The main artist however is Marina, her painstaking job deserves most praise. She only started a number of years ago but she already has grown into an historic photo colourisation authority. The majority of the photo’s now appear as if they were taken recently or just a few decades ago, and generally left me in awe. But I must say a small selection of the photos are a bit less impressive. It might be my perception but here either the colour scheme is unrealistically bright or too much contrast was used. And like with most black and white photos that get colourised; the greyish contrasts continue to shine through the colours. I’m surprised that given all the research Marina and Dan still had to 'choose' colours and tones, as they explain in the introduction. I always understood that there is a scientific method to determine original colours based on the grey tone in the picture, and apparently colour blind people can help to identify colours from grey tones. That brings me to the objections from the historical purists that argue that colourized-in photo’s falsify history. I struggle to agree. Any history that is narrated or depicted is coloured - sorry for the pun – by our own perceptions and contemporary experiences. And the original photos are still there to admire. This work only gives a very different, often more impactful view into historic events. So I thoroughly enjoyed the book and will continue to enjoy the book. Even my wife and kids that are usually hard pushed on historical topics browsed through it with lots of interest. This triggered questions that in turn sparked discussion. Excellent. Given that the book is nicely bound and comes with a hard cover it is now prominently displayed on our coffee table. Can’t wait for part 2 of The Colour of Time!