It was one of Publishers Weekly's top 10 bestselling novels of 1991.

The book spent three weeks on Publishers Weekly's bestseller list.

The book was named one of Publishers Weekly's "Best Books of 2011".

Publishers Weekly was not impressed with the characters:

Publishers Weekly was critical of the book's tone, commenting: "Turner is more adulatory than probing."

By 1876, Publishers Weekly was being read by nine tenths of the booksellers in the country.

Publishers Weekly was critical of the book, calling it "comfort reading for Feist's longtime fans".

Publishers Weekly was positive and wrote that it was "an ambitious novel".

Selected as one of Publishers Weekly's 100 Best Books of 2006.

In the US, it was included as one of Publishers Weekly's books of the year.